Community Corrections Campus

1. Community Corrections Campus Community Corrections Day Reporting LPCC Education Programs GPS Offender Tracking Juvenile Day Reporting Truancy

2. A non-residential alternative jail sentence or pre-trial status, which allows participants to stay at home, as long as they meet all of the Day Reporting Program’s selection criteria. The program is viewed as providing close supervision, case management, and treatment in a manner that keeps offenders employed and is less expensive for the community. Day Reporting Program Description

3. GED Education & Academic Enhancement Addiction Treatment & Counseling Evidence-based Cognitive Behavioral Groups Life Skills Training Transitional Services Drug Testing Case Management & Monitoring Day Reporting Program Structure

4. Day Reporting Day Reporting is a service provider to offenders from other corrections programs.

5. Education Programs • 536 participated in Community Corrections and LPCC Education Programs • 40 out of 58 qualifying passed GED exam • 46% percent tested scored below 5th grade level • 33% of literacy participants upgraded to the 6th grade level or above • 1 literacy participant passed GED

6. Day Reporting Transitional Services • One of the biggest factors in an offender returning to jail is not having a job. • Day Reporting transitional services provides offenders with the ability to obtain or have a job.

7. Day Reporting Transitional Services • Interview Skills • Mock Interviews • Resume Writing • Job Fairs • Job Leads • Job Placement • Financial Management • Assistance with Bank Accounts • Medical & Dental Referrals • Housing • ID’s & Social Security Cards • SSI Assistance • Clothing • Food

8. GPS Offender Tracking • GPS offenders are monitored by a one piece ankle bracelet equipped with a state of the art global positioning satellite (GPS) monitor. • Monitors use cell towers for tracking along with satellite tracking which is added security as satellites alone can lose tracking inside buildings.

9. GPS Offender Tracking Softwareequipped with Google and Microsoft mapping.

10. GPS Offender Tracking Alerts sent to caseworkers via email or text message for device tampering, communication loss or if offender is in an unauthorized area.

11. GPS Offender Tracking 56% enrollment growth in one year • Growth presents challenges. More referrals and pressure to divert offenders into diversion programs has meant a higher number of participants without jobs and a higher incidence of positive drug screens. • Higher unemployment among GPS Offender Tracking participants meant that they spend more time enrolled in other programs on campus.

12. GPS Offender Tracking

13. GPS Offender Tracking2002 – 2009 • 1,259 Participants • 78% Success Rate • 35% Recidivism • $301,312 in Offender Paid Child Support

14. Juvenile Day Reporting The sheriff’s office has entered into a contract with the Lafayette Parish School Board in providing a structured alternative day program which serves out-of-school youth who need intensive behavioral modification in order to succeed in a traditional school environment.

15. Juvenile Day Reporting • Last Resort Program • Next Step Expulsion/Detention • 47% on Probation • 58% Substance Abuse Issues • 19% Mental Health Issues • 57% of graduates are still in school or have obtained a GED

16. Physical Training Educational Instruction Moral Reconation Therapy Team Building Skills Social Skills Development Drug Testing Individual Case Management LEAP Testing Referrals to Community-based Organizations Juvenile Day Reporting Program Components

17. Truancy In 2009, sheriff’s office deputies from Community Corrections, the Bailiff’s office and POP assisted the Lafayette Parish School Board in locating truants and made 100% of those requests.

18. Community Corrections Challenges • Unemployment • Lack of skills • Lack of education • Environmental stability • Providing structure to offenders • Absence of parental involvement

19. 2010 Community Corrections Goals