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f <br /> 1 <br /> i <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8• h <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 4, 1996 <br /> SUBJECT: CJPP Contract: Orange/Chatham Alternative Sentencing <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: YES: NO: X <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT: YES: X NO: <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharron Siler <br /> ext. 2300 <br /> Contract TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough -732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill -968-4501 <br /> Durham -688-7331 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To continue contractual arrangements with Orange/Chatham Alternative Sentencing for <br /> the implementation of the Pre-Trial Release Program. <br /> BACKGROUND: In FY 1995-96, Orange County initiated a pre-trial release program funded by the <br /> NC Criminal Justice Partnership Program. The pre-trial release program is implemented through a <br /> contractual agreement with Orange/Chatham Alternative Sentencing. The purpose of the program is <br /> to expedite the pre-trial release of certain low-moderate risk offenders prior to trial; thereby relieving <br /> jail crowding and enhancing the management of that limited resource. <br /> During its first year of operation,the program facilitated 1899"release days" for defendant's awaiting <br /> trial; thereby saving Orange and Chatham Counties $94,950.00. (Release days are calculated as <br /> prescribed by the Criminal Justice Partnership Board. The totals for"releasable days" are figured <br /> from the day the defendant is released to the program until the day the court case is heard and a <br /> judgment on the matter is rendered. Release days are calculated at a cost of $50.00/day -the cost to <br /> house an inmate in jail.) <br />