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o Moved some misdemeanants from prison to local confinement facilities (County Jails) through the Misdemeanant Confinement Program o Did not apply to sentences over 180 days or to sentences for impaired driving o Participation in the program as a receiving County is voluntary o Orange County has not volunteered as a receiving County; no impact on jail population to date • Beginning January 1, 2015 o Applies to all misdemeanor sentences, including impaired driving of any length o Misdemeanant Confinement Program capacity currently sufficient o Future changes are unclear if bed demand exceeds supply Population Projections (chart) • Inmate population projections are for County inmates only • Inmate population projections are driven by projected population growth and current confinement rates • Confinement rates have decreased in recent years resulting in lower projections using a five year history compared to a ten year history • Impact of misdemeanor sentencing changes not included. Future changes could add between 10 and 24 ADP if Misdemeanant Confinement Program is not available • Jail Bed Projection assumes a jail management factor of approximately 17% to account for peak populations and inmate separation • County inmate jail bed needs should be satisfied through 2035 with a 144 bed facility • Federal inmates will be crowded out over time as the County inmate population grows Commissioner Price asked why the Latino population is not represented in the race demographics. Sheriff Blackwood said on their federal and state reporting there is not a check box for Latinos, unless a person identifies himself or herself as Latino, in which case it is recorded as such. Commissioner Jacobs asked if there is an update on the review of the payments for federal inmates. Sheriff Blackwood said this is ongoing, and data is being gathered. He said the federal program instructed them not to present this information until the jail has been built. He said this information will be submitted both now and at that future time. Bonnie Hammersley said the County has received a contract from a consultant who has worked with a number of jails across the State. She said this consultant will go to the U.S. Marshal's office for the County. She said the contract is yet to be executed, but doing so is within her authority, and there is money in her appropriation. Bonnie Hammersley said the last contract with the U.S. Marshal's office was executed in 2008. She said prior to 2007, contracts were done on an annual basis but are now done every three years. Commissioner Burroughs asked if the contract will potentially change the price the County is paid for federal inmates. Bonnie Hammersley said this will be negotiated. She said the federal government used to pay the exact costs annually, along with an audit; however, now that contracts are done every three years, the process is more of a negotiation. Commissioner Jacobs said another consultant working for the jail alternatives, noted that the County was only reporting income for housing federal inmates, but failed to note the expenses. Commissioner Pelissier asked if there is access to information on the ages of the inmates.