Compact Online Reference Encyclopedia (CORE)
Looking for information on a specific topic, training, rule, or process? Through one search here, you can find the information you need from ICAOS’ white papers, advisory opinions, bylaws, policies, Hearing Officer's Guide, training modules, rules, helpdesk articles and the bench book. All results are cross-referenced with links to make navigation easy and intuitive.
Rejection of Transfers Based on Outstanding Warrants. "May a state reject a transfer request from an offender, who is a resident of that state and has verified employment, when there are warrants or pending charges in the receiving state?”
Notwithstanding any other rule, if an offender is charged with a subsequent felony or violent crime, the offender shall not be retaken or ordered to return until criminal charges have been dismissed, sentence has been satisfied, or the offender has been…
There is a pending activity showing up under the action items tab for an offender, but the case it's associated with is closed.
It turns out ICOTS is actually working as designed. The action items are left pending when a case is closed so that they…
DCA Training Institute Presentation & Handout
Painting the Supervision Picture
Retaking required ‘Upon a request of the receiving state’
Warrant Tracking
Dealing with Pending Charges & Revocable Behavior
Probable Cause Hearing Requirements…
Can a receiving state make a determination that an offender is not in substantial compliance in the sending state, when the offender commits a crime in the receiving state during the period of investigation, or when the offender has an outstanding warrant…
This is a demonstration of how to locate and complete pending action items on the compact workload.
This is a demonstration of how to edit a pending compact activity that has yet to be submitted into the workflow.
An offender subject to retaking proceedings has no right to bail. Rule 5.111 specifically prohibits any court or paroling authority in any state to admit an offender to bail pending completion of the retaking process, individual state law to the contrary…
Find out why Compact Office users should become familiar with the Workload Search funtionality.
Search criteria should be administered when accessing pending activities as Compact Office Users’ workload is not filtered by user and will display all cases…
Find out how to narrow down and refine your search using the search criteria in the Compact Workload.
With more legacy data going into ICOTS, many Compact Office Users are still experiencing problems with the Compact Workload when more than 250 records…
Description: The report lists incoming/outgoing rejected cases where an offender is in the receiving state with approved RIs and has a rejected transfer request. Cases are distinguished by whether an offender is remaining in the receiving state pending a…
This tutorial gives states some direction on how to best implement ICOTS.
Topics covered are: Help desk, user load, setting up workflow, managing case load, legacy data, duplicate records, and pending cases.
The ICOTS Implementation Guide will offer…
Review Open and Pending Tickets
You can review your open and pending tickets by clicking the ‘Check Your Existing Request’ tab at the top of the screen.
A list of all your tickets that have not been solved or closed will be listed including your initial…
A receiving state shall be responsible for the cost of detaining the offender in the receiving state pending the offender’s retaking by the sending state.
History: Adopted November 4, 2003, effective August 1, 2004.
Generally, how should states manage an occurrence when offenders located in receiving states abscond, triggering case closure, but are later apprehended in the jurisdiction of the receiving state? And, is the receiving state required to reopen the case in…
Updated 5/10/2021
MERGE: Ensure ALL cases are historical (withdrawn or closed) before initiating a merge. When approving a merge request, review the record and disapprove if a new active case is created while the merge is pending.
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ICOTS Code Release 29.6 - Intended Departure Date
ICOTS 29.6 code release went into production on May 27, 2015 and implemented the development items below:
The Intended Departure Date is now captured when a user submits a request for reporting…
Through its rules, the Commission allows an “expedited” option, which effectively allows the offender to transfer supervision on a “pending acceptance” basis. To qualify for expedited reporting instructions, the sending and receiving state must agree that…
Description: The report lists ICOTS offenders who have been identified as possible duplicate records based on matches with first name, last name and date of birth or social security number. Also includes an indicator for whether there already exists a…
Who’s telling the story? Details, Accuracy and Due Process! Presentation
Latest Progress & Violation Report Stats
Identifying issue: Training & DCA Calls
Supervision Documentation Overview
Compact Office Review: Ensuring Quality…
These are the processes involved with withdrawing cases and individual compact activities.
Withdrawing Cases and Individual Activities
The function to withdraw an entire case is now separate from the function to withdraw an individual activity. This…
The attached reference provides usage tips for all the Dashboard External Reports as well as Top ICOTS Reports
Top ICOTS Reports
Duplicate Offender List & Pending Merges and Deletions of Offenders
Cases in Need of Notice of Departure
Cases in Need…
Deferred Sentence –means a sentence the imposition of which is postponed pending the successful completion by the offender of the terms and conditions of supervision ordered by the court.
On Wednesday, April 25, 2018 three new enhancements will be launched in ICOTS. One enhancement adds completely new functionality to ICOTS, while the other two provide an improved user experience.
This is the sixth of several enhancement releases to take…
What is Offender Management?
Offender management administrative functions assure the Commission’s internal and external partners that the ICOTS data contains information that is accurate, valid, and reliable. Per the ICOTS Privacy Policy, states must…
[Update June 29, 2017]
This article also explains a similar action for withdrawn Violation Reports due to an ICOTS release on May 31, 2017.
With the launch of ICOTS Release 18.0, any pending violation reports or responses to violation reports had to be…
On Wednesday, May 16, 2018 one new enhancement was launched in ICOTS.
This is the seventh of several enhancement releases to take place during FY 2018. The description of the change is as follows:
1.) Prevent two people from working on the same activity…
Training Bulletin 1-2016i - Offenders Returning to a Sending State
Effective March 1, 2016
Re: Rules 3.101-1, 3.103, 3.106, 4.111 & 5.103
Standard Procedures for Offenders Returning to a Sending State
Receiving states must request reporting…
Find out why reviewing and assigning activities should take place from within the Compact Workload Screen.
* ATTENTION SUPERVISORS *
Most functions you use are accessed via the Compact Workload.
The Supervisor role in ICOTS is for reviewing outgoing…
Training Bulletin 6-2008i explains why an ICOTS must complete a Case Closure Reply before a case is officially closed.
To prevent states from inadvertently or prematurely closing cases via the Case Closure Notice, a Case Closure Reply exists which…