Agenda - 01-21-2016 - 6-a - Minutes

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21 Average $79.89 $29,160 Source: www.ncdps.gov— Cost of Corrections 1 2 Misdemeanor Sentencing 3 • Changes to sentencing of misdemeanants started in 2011 through the Justice Reinvestment 4 Act 5 o Moved some misdemeanants from prison to local confinement facilities (County Jails) 6 through the Misdemeanant Confinement Program 7 o Did not apply to sentences over 180 days or to sentences for impaired driving 8 o Participation in the program as a receiving County is voluntary 9 o Orange County has not volunteered as a receiving County; no impact on jail population 10 to date 11 • Beginning January 1, 2015 12 o Applies to all misdemeanor sentences, including impaired driving of any length 13 o Misdemeanant Confinement Program capacity currently sufficient 14 o Future changes are unclear if bed demand exceeds supply 15 16 Population Projections (chart) 17 • Inmate population projections are for County inmates only 18 • Inmate population projections are driven by projected population growth and current 19 confinement rates 20 • Confinement rates have decreased in recent years resulting in lower projections using a five 21 year history compared to a ten year history 22 • Impact of misdemeanor sentencing changes not included. Future changes could add 23 between 10 and 24 ADP if Misdemeanant Confinement Program is not available 24 • Jail Bed Projection assumes a jail management factor of approximately 17% to account for 25 peak populations and inmate separation 26 • County inmate jail bed needs should be satisfied through 2035 with a 144 bed facility 27 • Federal inmates will be crowded out over time as the County inmate population grows 28 29 Commissioner Price asked why the Latino population is not represented in the race 30 demographics. 31 Sheriff Blackwood said on their federal and state reporting there is not a check box for 32 Latinos, unless a person identifies himself or herself as Latino, in which case it is recorded as 33 such. 34 Commissioner Jacobs asked if there is an update on the review of the payments for 35 federal inmates. 36 Sheriff Blackwood said this is ongoing, and data is being gathered. He said the federal 37 program instructed them not to present this information until the jail has been built. He said this 38 information will be submitted both now and at that future time. 39 Bonnie Hammersley said the County has received a contract from a consultant who has 40 worked with a number of jails across the State. She said this consultant will go to the U.S. 41 Marshal's office for the County. She said the contract is yet to be executed, but doing so is 42 within her authority, and there is money in her appropriation. 43 Bonnie Hammersley said the last contract with the U.S. Marshal's office was executed in 44 2008. She said prior to 2007, contracts were done on an annual basis but are now done every 45 three years.