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Maximizing Cost Benefit: Jail Collaborative Strategies in Allegheny County

Explore the impactful cost benefit studies and strategies of the Allegheny County Jail Collaborative, highlighting cost savings, recidivism reduction, and outcomes for residents. Learn about current projects and the innovative approach to data analysis for evidence-based programs.

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Maximizing Cost Benefit: Jail Collaborative Strategies in Allegheny County

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  1. Local Utility of Cost Benefit Analysis By: Erin Dalton, Allegheny County, PA

  2. AGENDA How we got here Recent cost benefit studies Current project

  3. Jail Collaborative Structure

  4. Jail Collaborative’s 3 Strategies 5

  5. Reentry Center Discharge Center Release w/in 48 hours Screening & Assessment RFP for Evidence Based Programs Treatment pods DUI Hotel Criminal Court Case Review One Judge, one defendant Postponements reduced IT infrastructure to capture reentry programs Current projects • Reentry Second Chance Act Adult Demonstration Second Chance Reentry Court Grant RWJ Family Support • Justice Reinvestment First set of county-sites State site • IT Development • Cost Benefit Analysis

  6. DATA WAREHOUSE • Allegheny County Housing Authority • Allegheny County Jail • Allegheny County Coroner • Department of Public Welfare • Housing Authority City of Pittsburgh • Juvenile Probation • Pittsburgh Public Schools • Adult Probation • Pretrial Services • Criminal Court • • Children, Youth and Families • • Aging • • Drug & Alcohol • • Early Intervention • Mental Health • Intellectual Disabilities • Family Support Centers • • HeadStart • • Human Services Development Fund • • Homelessness & Housing • • Low Income House Energy Assistance • Program • • System of Care Initiative

  7. COST BENEFIT STUDIES • Mental Health Court • Jail Collaborative • Costing Policy Options, Justice Reinvestment

  8. MENTAL Health court Findings http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2007/RAND_TR439.pdf

  9. Findings • Diversion successful • Short term: not more expensive • Longer term: saves money • “In the short run, the more effective MHC is at reducing incarceration, the more expensive it is to taxpayers” http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2007/RAND_TR439.pdf

  10. Critical issues • Where costs/benefits accrue • Level of government • Individuals • External estimates • Costs of crimes • Criminal careers • Costs of criminal justice system versus treatment

  11. Jail collaborative evaluation • Allegheny County is saving over $5.3 million/yr • Greatest cost-savings generated in areas of reduced victimization among county residents • Cost-savings ratio is approximately 6 to 1 • At 12 months post-release, the Collaborative inmates achieve a 50% lower recidivism rate compared to matched comparison group • No significant differences in the recidivism between Black and White inmates

  12. Methods • Cost of jail stay • Cost of processing offenders in the criminal justice system • Costs of crime victimization • Cost of providing services at the jail • Cost savings associated with Collaborative participants’ recidivism reduction The greatest cost-savings generated areas of public safety and reduced victimization among county residents – 86 percent of total cost savings.

  13. Costing policy options • Reduce ALOS by an average of one day to produce a 1.7% reduction in jail bed days • This is the equivalent of 17,929 days and $1,290,888* Urban Institute Presentation to Allegheny County

  14. Cost benefit analysis – building capacity

  15. School based probation – quantifying outcomes

  16. Day reporting centers – identifying goals and outcomes

  17. system wide measures and goals • Agreement around Costs • Understanding of cost-benefit analysis throughout the county • Process to incorporate better data into decision-making

  18. innovations

  19. innovations http://www.wsipp.wa.gov/rptfiles/10-08-1201.pdf

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