“A WAY BEYOND THE WALL”
INTENSIVE SUPERVISION PROGRAM
Probation Services Division
Administrative Office of the Courts
PO Box 974
Trenton, New Jersey 08625
ISP PROVIDES
A “CHANCE TO CHANGE”
ARE YOU READY?
QUOTES FROM ISP PARTICIPANTS
“Four years ago, I was on the streets. I was selling drugs to support my drug habit. Today, I am just the
opposite. I am a drug and alcohol counselor at a half-way house.”
Galindo K. – Graduate
“I see a great future. Before taking ISP, I see a very dim future. But, since I took the program, I see gradu-
ating off the program, getting the GED and just seeing a big, brighter future.”
Shirlean H. – Participant
“This program is a strict, but very good one. Anyone who comes out on this program is fortunate, but anyone
who does anything to go back to prison is a fool. If it wasn’t for this program, I know my life would have con-
tinued the way it was before – useless.”
John A. – Graduate
“The ISP program is a chance if you want to come out and change and stop hurting family, people around
you, and number one: stop hurting yourself.”
Emilio F. – Graduate
“ISP has helped me achieve a job, some goals in my life. Prior to ISP, I was a habitual shoplifter, full of
crime, corrupt. Today, I do not do those things. ISP has really helped me be a better person.”
Shirley C. - Graduate
“The way I feel today is great. I have a new life, a family and I have new friends. I do not look at myself as a
someone who is likely to commit a crime. And that is the ISP difference. People who graduate ISP are win-
ners.”
Julio P. – Graduate
For more information contact:
Harvey M. Goldstein Manager ISP
PO Box 974 Trenton, NJ 08625
(609) 984 0076
Joseph Grinkevich Bay Regional Supervisor
236 Main Street, 2nd Floor Toms River, NJ 08753
(732) 286-6440
Donald Bornheimer Crossroads Regional Supervisor
928 Livingston Avenue North Brunswick, NJ 08902
(732) 937-4547
Ezell Brewer Mountain Regional Supervisor
One Greenwood Avenue, Suite 200-A Montclair, NJ 07042
(973) 783-6311
Shirley Lennon Southern Regional Office
101 Haddon Avenue, Suite 14 Camden, NJ 08103-1482
(856) 614-3350
Nick Fagioli Acting Northern Regional Supervisor
One Greenwood Avenue, Suite 200-B Montclair, NJ 07042
(973) 509-6552
Marshall Muldrow River Regional Supervisor
40 East Broad Street, Suite 200 Bridgeton, NJ 08302
(856) 453-3967
This brochure is published by:
The Administrative Office of the Courts Probation Services Division
Glenn A. Grant, J.A.D. Acting Administrative Director of the Courts
Robert P. Sebastian Assistant Director, Probation Services
November 2005
New Jersey Judiciary
CN: 10686-English
Are you interested in changing you life?
Do you want to become a different person?
If so, then perhaps the Intensive Supervision Program (ISP) is for you. ISP is not a “set-up”,
but a carefully designed program to help you change “persons, places and things” which may
have caused you problems in the past.
Your ISP Officer will work with you so you can successfully complete the program. ISP has ex-
pectations and restrictions and you will have to learn to say “no”. But, if you really want to
change, you will succeed on ISP.
If accepted into the program, you can expect to be on the program for at least sixteen (16)
months. If your original sentence was for than five (5) years, and/or if you violate any program
expectation, you can expect to be under supervi-sion longer.
Since 1983, over 4000 participants have suc-cessfully completed the program. YOU TOO CAN
BE AN ISP GRADUATE.
BASIC QUESTIONS
Am I eligible to apply for ISP?
If you have been convicted of a homicide, rob-bery, or sex offense, or sentenced on a first
degree offense, you are not eligible for ISP. Most other offenders are eligible to apply. Also, you
must live in New Jersey. If you don’t have a New Jersey residence, apply anyway. ISP may be
able to find you a place to live.
Who decides whether I get into ISP?
Your application will be reviewed by a Screening board which may recommend your release to a
three member panel of ISP Judges. The Judges make the final decision. If accepted by the
Judges, you will be immediately released from prison.
How do I apply?
You fill out an application, which is available at all county jails and state prisons, and send it to ISP.
Be sure to answer all questions, including who will be your community sponsor. If you do not have an-
swers to all the questions, send the application with as much information as you have.
How can I help get accepted?
If you are interviewed for ISP, you will be asked to write a plan explaining what you are going to do to
help you avoid problems in the future. What you put in your plan is very important. The people reviewing
your application will closely review your plan. You should be able to do the things you say you can do.
What happens if I get in?
You will be released from prison under the condi-tions of ISP. You will have to live up to all the de-
tails in your plan. Whether you remain in the pro-gram depends on you. Your community sponsor
and ISP Officer will help you, but you must make sure you do what you agreed to do.
MAJOR EXPECTATIONS OF ISP
Obtain a job within 30 days of your release from prison.
Obey the 6 p.m. curfew until employed; the cur-few can be changed to between 8 p.m. and 10
p.m. at the discretion of your ISP Officer.
Support your dependents and meet family responsibilities.
Participate in treatment and counseling programs including AA, NA, and/or GA.
Do not leave the State of New Jersey without permission of your ISP Officer.
Do not carry any firearm or other weapons.
Perform at least 16 hours of community service per month.
Keep a daily diary of your activities and a weekly budget while under supervision.
Have weekly contact with your community spon-sor and network team members.
Allow your ISP Officer to visit your home and search you or places or things under your con-
trol.
Do not use illegal drugs or alcohol and submit to drug and/or alcohol testing as requested by your
ISP Officer.
Pay all financial obligations imposed by the ISP Resentencing Panel or by other Courts.
Inform your employer you are on ISP within 30 days of finding a job.
You should realize that if you fail to meet these expectations, as well as others that will be set by
the Resentencing Panel, you may immediately be returned to prison. Should you break any rule, you
may be placed under more restrictions rather than being returned to prison. At the same time, if you
successfully meet the expectations, certain privi-leges and extensions of your curfew are permitted
based on your performance.
