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2 <br /> 1 �:� Supervision for offenders with pending charges <br /> 2 �:� Investigates inmates for appropriate recommendation <br /> 3 �:� Facilitates placements for problems that manage offender risk factors such as mental <br /> 4 health or substance abuse treatment <br /> 5 �:� Pro-active on strike order supervision, preventing jail costs on the "front end" as well as <br /> 6 avoiding costs after arrest <br /> 7 <br /> 8 Pretrial Services Creates a Social Safety Net: <br /> 9 �:� Calls attention to poor risk factors & revokes non-compliance promptly with re-arrest <br /> 10 �:� TREMENDOUS COST SAVINGS: <br /> ll 300 inmates released through pretrial at a savings of$70 per day annually <br /> 12 Example: average 12 days saved per defendant X $70/ day (jail costs) X 300 <br /> 13 releases = $252,000 saved <br /> 14 �:� Cost sharing of overhead ended with state grant 6/30/2011 <br /> 15 �:� Admissions for services increased 100% from two years ago <br /> 16 $54,000 increase needed to cover program costs over the $70,000 allocation <br /> 17 from last year @ 70% cost in 15-B <br /> 18 cost sharing of overhead ended with state grant last fiscal year <br /> 19 <br /> 20 Druq Treatment Court <br /> 21 �:� Goal: <br /> 22 Rehabilitate drug and alcohol offenders while also saving our justice and judicial <br /> 23 system's valuable resources in the long run. <br /> 24 �:� Method: <br /> 25 Hold chemically dependent offenders accountable by requiring them to meet <br /> 26 rigorous court ordered treatment plans for a MINIMUM of 12 months. <br /> 27 �:� Results: <br /> 28 Over 2/3 remain in treatment for over six months. <br /> 29 Overall: Effective in rehabilitating offenders while also saving resources. <br /> 30 <br /> 31 Problem: <br /> 32 Druq Treatment Court's State Fundinq Cut <br /> 33 �:� In the state budget, Drug Treatment Courts were eliminated leaving district courts <br /> 34 searching for funding from local and other sources. <br /> 35 �:� For FY 2011/12— Orange County Commissioners approved $67,000 to keep the court <br /> 36 operational <br /> 37 �:� In 2011 DTC served 61 offenders and graduated 13. Currently, we have 38 participants <br /> 38 in this court, 3 of which are in long term residential programs. <br /> 39 <br /> 40 DTC Cost Savings <br /> 41 An example of cost savings: From July to September 2011, we had 5 graduates with <br /> 42 suspended sentences totaling over 7 years in prison, however, they served a combined 12 days <br /> 43 jail while in DTC, totaling $763.80 (12 days jail* 63.65). This county and the state did not have <br /> 44 to pay for approximately 2543 days of jail/prison, or approximately $161,862. <br /> 45 <br /> 46 <br /> 47 Community Resource Court <br /> 48 �:� Goal of Community Resource Court: <br />