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Maine County Commissioners’ Association & Maine Sheriffs’ Association

An overview of the Maine County Commissioners’ Association and Maine Sheriffs’ Association joint plan to enhance efficiency, reduce overcrowding, and save costs within the Maine jail and community corrections system.

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Maine County Commissioners’ Association & Maine Sheriffs’ Association

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  1. An Overview of the Maine County Commissioners’ Association&Maine Sheriffs’ Association JOINT PLAN To Establish The: MAINE JAIL AND COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS SYSTEM

  2. Plan Objectives • Improve Efficiency & Effectiveness • Both the Jail System and Community Corrections • Optimize Bed Space Use • Reduce Overcrowding - county jails and state facilities • Service Special Inmate Populations • Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Infirmary • Save Money & Provide Property Tax Relief

  3. Foundational AssumptionsTHEN AND NOW • Establish Jail Authority • Board of Corrections created • County Jail Debt Service Paid by “Others” • Counties pay their own debt service • Community Corrections Act Funded • State funding maintained • C.J. Prisoner Support Monies - Fund Authority • Authority has no full-time paid staff • Community Corrections Incentive Funds • BOC’s Investment Fund ?

  4. Foundational AssumptionsTHEN AND NOW • Department of Health and Human Services to fund and deliver Mental Health Services • Discussion needed to identify available resources • Counties responsible for jail budgets • Property tax cap and BOC approval. • Counties responsible for Maintenance & Operation • Property tax cap and BOC approval. • Regional Planning Committees

  5. Plan Components • Coordinate Jail Bed Space • Technology Initiative Underway • Internet-based Solution • Manage Population Information • New Data Collection Tools Implemented (Jan ’09) • Manage Jail Capacity Growth • Certificate of Need Process Created • Needs Group Identifying Data to Collect and Analyze (Muskie Institute) • Evaluate Each Jail’s Purpose (Mission) & Capacity • Similar review needed for DOC facilities

  6. Plan Components • Coordinate Services for Special Populations (Mental Health, Substance Abuse & Infirmary) • Needs Group to Evaluate Existing Facilities and Present to Working Group • Coordinate Inter-County Transport System • Pilot Project Currently Underway • Opportunity for Immediate Impact ($avings) • Operate Jail Inspections System • Deleted from BOC Model • Need to Assess Impact of DOC Budget Cuts

  7. Plan Components • Administer Pretrial & Post-Conviction Programs • Services must be provided in all counties • Community Corrections • Lowest-cost beds to build and operate • Existing resources available (DOC Adult Community Corrections [Probation], Community Works Crews, Work Release, Maine Pretrial Services and Volunteers of America) • Work of the Pretrial and Diversion Group Is Critical • Criminal Justice Planning Committees • Currently None Established • Defer to 2010 ??

  8. Plan Components • Improve Criminal Justice System Operations • Inform and Educate Criminal Justice System Stakeholders • Build Local Planning Councils • BOC Initiative to Work With Judiciary • Greatest Potential for Efficiencies and Co$t $aving$ • Manage Corrections Beds as Finite Resource • State Sentencing and Corrections Practices Coordinating Council

  9. LOW-HANGING FRUIT • Inmate Transportation System • Jail Bed Management • Certificate of Need Process • Data Collection (validate vs. challenge) • Community Corrections • Pretrial Diversion • Management of Probationers • Sentencing Practices • Spl / it Sent / encing

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