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atop of the Hillsborough Landfill site that closed in 1975. opportunities for diversion from the criminal justice This baseball field served as a place for neighborhood system, and provide treatment needs assessment and children to gather and play. Shortly after the Field of programming for justice-involved individuals. CJRD's Dreams was built, contamination problems were dis- primary objective is to reduce the number of individ- covered. The community continued using the field until uals diagnosed with mental illness and substance use debris from the old landfill began to surface. Eventually, issues, safely and successfully reduce the overall rates it became too hazardous for use and closed. of justice involvement and pretrial incarceration, reduce repetition, and address racial and economic dispari- In 2001, Orange County voters approved a Parks and ties. CJRD seeks to ensure a productive collaboration Open Space Bond that secured $850,000 for the de- between county and court system stakeholders that velopment of a park in Fairview. These funds were not promotes sharing of information and implementation invested until 2008, and by then, were not enough to of evidence-based and equitable best practices and cover the cost of the originally planned improvements; programs. however, additional funding was added in 2009. By 2011, Fairview Park was completed and features a 0.25 Some quick 2019-2020 facts: mile paved walking trail, basketball courts, picnic shelter, playground, tennis courts, and of course, a baseball • Approximately 800 individuals will be screened by field51. Pretrial Services and 375 individuals will be released to Pretrial Services for supervision. Criminal Justice • The Criminal Case Assessment Specialist will assist Criminal justice is the act of delivering justice to those 140 justice-involved and/or incarcerated adults to who have committed crimes. The criminal justice help them receive direct CJRD mental health or sub- system is made up of government agencies and insti- stance use services. tutions, law enforcement, lawyers, courts and prisons that offer rehabilitation to offenders and provides moral ' The Youth Mental Liaison will assist over 40 jus- support to victims. tice-involved youth and their families to help them receive CJRD mental health and/or substance use The inequities around the cash bail system are some- services. thing Orange County officials have long understood. The county is one of dozens across the state that • Close to 100 individuals will be diverted from arrest support pretrial services — a jail alternative system that or charge to the Misdemeanor Diversion Program or identifies poor people who are low risks for violence and Orange County Pre-Arrest Diversion. likely to show up for their court dates and allows them • An estimated 50 individuals will be served by Recov- to be released on very low or no bail. Below are local ery Court and Family Treatment Court. Detention Center numbers over the past two years. • 56 individuals will be enrolled in and will receive The mission of the Criminal Justice Resource Depart- reentry case management and support. ment (CJRD) is to support and increase jail alternatives, Table 11: Orange County Detention Center Bookings Cost per day to house an individual at the Detention Center $110 2019 Total Pretrial Detention Center Bookings 1,918 2018 Total Pretrial Detention Center Bookings 2,031 2019 Average Daily Population at Detention Center 124 (72 Pretrial; 42 Federal; 10 State serving) 2018 Average Daily Population at Detention Center 125 (77 Pretrial; 35 Fed; 13 State serving) 2019 Average length of stay for Pretrial inmates 14 days (felonies and misdemeanors) 2019 COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT 23