Management Information Systems (MIS) supports
the daily operations and decision-making efforts of the Mississippi
Department of Corrections. Responsibilities include IT project planning,
network systems analysis, local and wide area network implementation and
support, data communications support, Internet and Intranet access,
software, hardware, equipment purchasing and allocation, technical support
of installed hardware/software, PC/printer repairs, virus repairs, and
equipment transfers/moves. Other responsibilities include departmental
microcomputer policies,
standards and procedures.
MIS provides
end-user support for MDOC’s recently implemented comprehensive offender
management system. The system consists of an integrated database with two
front-end applications: Offendertrak, used primarily for inmate management,
and Caseload Explorer, used primarily for community supervision management.
The system provides a means for offender information to be captured once at
the most logical transaction point and used many times by end-users
throughout the agency as well as private prisons and regional facilities
that house MDOC offenders. The system makes it possible to capture an
unlimited number of offenses with the associated details, extensively make
notations throughout the offender record, record running logs and
chronological entries, initiate requests at one department and forward the
request within the application to a supervisor for approval, record a ban on
a visitor and have that action viewable at all MDOC facilities and
locations, and place a liability on an offender’s trust account when the
offender has insufficient funds and automatically triage the repayment of
the charges as funds are received. The system is comprehensive!
MIS actively
seeks to leverage technology to improve efficiency and effectiveness, reduce
paper, streamline business processes, reduce the need for manual
intervention, provide seamless integration between functional areas, and
position the agency to share data with other law enforcement entities.
