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