The Mackinac Center for Public Policy recommends expanding Michigan’s Swift & Sure Sanctions Probation Program.

Incorporating SCF supervision is recommended as part of DOJ’s justice reinvestment plan to lower costs and reduce crime.

Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) uses an electronic monitoring system in response to supervision violations, but obtaining approvals to use electronic monitoring precludes swift consequences. The Illinois State Commission has recommended that IDOC have the authority to immediately implement electronic monitoring for up to 30 days.

CSG has recommended an SCF model for Pennsylvania parole violators. Today, an individual may be sent to prison for three to six months for a technical violation, which would be reduced to days under an SCF approach, and would also add consistency and greater sense of fairness, according to PADOC Bureau of Planning Director Brett Bucklen.

Fortificational punishment focuses on rehabilitating convicted individuals not by approaching them as helpless, but by offering accountability for moral and lawful behavior. SCF supervision is noted as one method of providing supportive accountability.