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