The PMC establishes uniform standards by consensus of the membership. The current ASCA PBMS performance standards are Public Safety, Institutional Safety, Substance Abuse, Mental Health, Academic Education, Healthcare, and Justice. For each standard there are uniform measures of performance; and for each measure, there are a variety of uniform key indicators of the outcome measure and rules for how to collect the data.
Agencies and facilities also enumerate and provide characteristics, or “contextual data” to provide appropriate perspective when measures are reported and reviewed. Contextual data also allow for comparisons based on region of the country, number of security staff, scope of agency responsibility, demographic characteristics of the prisoner population, and facility characteristics such as housing type, security level, age, operational capacity, and/or average monthly population.
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The PBMS Participation Map is updated regularly to reflect the participation of ASCA member agencies across the country.
Click Here for a PDF of the PBMS Participation Map.
The resource manual includes an introduction to PBMS; responses to frequently asked questions; ASCA Constitution; history and mission of PBMS: counting rules for the key indicators; glossary of terms; data entry guidelines; sample reports; template for data uploads; PBMS users guide; and training handouts and presentations. Click here to access the PBMS Resource Manual updated in November 2011.
The ASCA PBMS staff maintains an ongoing list of the most frequently asked questions to assist agency staff in finding answers o their PBMS questions.
Click here for the most FAQ document update in September 2011.
The ASCA staff has compiled this question and answer document about the Performance Based Measures System. If you have further questions about the PBMS please contact Patricia Hardyman at phardyman@asca.net
ASCA pays special tribute to Jeffrey Beard (PA) for his long and steadfast commitment, stellar leadership, and determination to develop and implement its Performance Based Measures System. Your leadership and unceasing resolve have moved this important initiative from a vision to a standard for corrections. Click here to see photos honoring Jeff Beard.
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Camille Camp ASCA Co-Executive Director |
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BJA has supported the development and implementation of PBMS since 2002. Click here for more information about BJA, our funding partner.
During it's July 30, 2010 meeting in Chicago, IL the Performance Measures Committee discussed how reports generated by the Performance Based Measures System would be shared with other interested parties. The Committee passed the attached motion regarding information sharing and the motion was adopted as practice during the ASCA Executive Committee meeting on Sunday August 1, 2010. Click here for the motion.
ASCA has always been committed to providing the most accurate correctional data to our membership. Click here to review the Early History of PBMS.
The PMC set out to develop uniform standards and measures of correctional performance so that review and research of its jurisdictions’ performance could be analyzed with certainty that all participants would be calculating numbers and rates the same way. Click here to review the PBMS Development process.