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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOctober 27, 2011 MinutesPUBLIC =AFETY COORDINATING COUNCIL Minutes of Meeting October 27, 2011 Convened 3:45 p.m. ~ ~ l ~ ~ Adiowrned~ 4:10 p.m. CALL TO ORDER Commissioner Craft called the meeting to order at 3:36 p.m. in Conference Room # 3, 2300 Virginia Avenue, Fort Pierce, Florida. ROLL CALL Roll call was taken. Member: Pretent~ Commissioner Chris Craft Judge Philip 1. Vacucci,l9t" Circuit Eric Gidland for Thomas Mark, Department of Corrections Chief Gary Wilson for Ken Mascara, Sheriff of SLC Major Pat Tighe, SLC SO Diamond Litty, Public Defender Member: Abfenli:: Bruce Colton, State Attorney Chief Judge Steve Levin,l9t" Circuit Suzanne Caudell, CORE Program Janet Collins, Bail Association John Romano, New Horizons Oiler= Pre=enlbe Mary Godwin, SLC Criminal Justice Coordinator Ethel Rowland, Taxpayer Broderick Underwood, C11S Analyst Lt. William McMahon, SLC SO Trevor Morganti, Classification Supervisor, SLC SO lames Clasby, APPROVAL OF MINU1'Ef~ The minutes from September 29, 2011 were unanimously approved. Pablie fafety Coordinating Coaneil October Z7, ZOf1f Page Z UPDATE by fLC fherriff':Offi~e- Maior 1'igl~e on behalf of fl~eriff Ma=earai Major Tighe, Director of Detention reported the jail population at 1313 which includes 57 federal inmates. The average population for August was 1274. The following stats of inmates in custody were given: 70 sex offenders (5.4% of the population), inmates with mental health issues make up 22.45% of the population and 47 have been charged with murder. Major Tighe brought a color coded handout regarding the U.S. Jail Capacity by County; this packet also included an article entitled, "Jails Geography, and Policy". Please see attached. The information was discussed, Major Tighe pointed out that Large jails make up the smallest number of jail systems in the United Sates; 167 counties in the United States. Although there are only 167 counties that have large jails, the total prisoner population for these counties represents more than half of the total jail population in the United States. Major Tighe added the reason he brought that information was because policies, procedures, programs and the overall operation of a large jail is distinctly different than that of smaller jails. He advised the group that the University of Central Florida (UCF) is conducting a study of jail population across the Country. Major Tighe's idea was to maybe have the students at UCF take a look at our population. Chairman Craft thought it would be interesting to see if there was a report done by someone or could be done with regards to overlaying the crime rate and types of differences within each of the counties. Major Tighe thought it was possible or he could provide his stats. Chief Wilson reported that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) released the Uniform Crime Report (UCR) and all the agencies in St. Lucie County have seen an up-tic in crime with regards to larcenies, home, car burglaries, and copper theft. More than half the burglaries occurred in homes and cars that were not locked. Unfortunately the Sheriff s office expected to see an increase in crime as the economy got worse. Major Tighe added that they have seen more crimes against persons and violent crimes. Major Tighe shared a few cases where people in need of medical care have tried to get themselves arrested for past crimes. Judges have worked on a case by case basis to have these people released on their own recognizance. UPDATE by Criminal ~a=tiee Coordinator- Marh Godwin The Average Monthly Inmate Population report was reviewed and discussed. This report included an Age Profile which shows inmates between the ages of 25 -34 is on the rise. Traditionally the larger population age range was 18 - 24. A discussion ensued about prescription drug dependencies. Chairman Craft asked if the problem is equally proportioned across the scale or was it a specific age group or class of people involved with the abuse. Major Tighe and Trevor Morganti, Classification Supervisor indicated that it affects everyone even young kids and middle class moms. Chief Wilson added that they have seen a sicker Pwblie fafety Coordinating Coaneil October =7, =0f1 Page 3 population as a result of the pill addiction because it causes secondary health issues. Major Tighe spoke of a Controlled Substance Data Base that Pharmacies and Law Enforcement Agencies are to be using to track prescriptions, but a passcode has not been issued from FDLE as of yet. Chief Wilson advised that it has only been two or three weeks since they have applied for it and he was sure there must be a back log with all the agencies requests. Chairman Craft was concerned and asked that if a password was not assigned within fifteen days to email him. He offered to have a resolution passed by the BOCC to the State in order to draw more attention to the matter. Mr. Godwin continued with his report and thanked the Judges for helping with getting inmate medical cases in the Pretrial GPS Program. An update was given on the "Middle Building Build-Out". The Okeechobee Drug Screening Lab operations were reported as doing very well. Mr. Godwin received information from the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJl) in regards to them proposing to give the Detention Centers back to the Counties. This would be complex and it would not save money like Dll may have thought because juveniles cannot be housed with adult inmates. The Sheriff s department and the Board would have to make that decision. Mr. Godwin was happy to report the Detention Center Budget being reduced from 2.6 million to 1.3 million as a result in working with the Judges, Courts, and all involved with the juveniles. If the County and Legislators decided to go in the direction mentioned it would cause a number of liability issues. Examples given were transportation and inmate medical issues. If our juvenile was arrested in Panama City it would be the Counties responsibility to get him and a special van would have to be used only for juveniles. Major Tighe informed the group that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has sent letters to every Sheriff in the State regarding the importance of not housing juveniles with adult inmates. There will be more to come on this subject matter and Mr. Godwin concluded his report. JUDICIAL UPDA?E Judge Vacucci thought it was important to advise that given the situation with Judge Nelson a plan was already put into place to cover her court. A retired Judge as well as himself are working on coverage and a more permanent solution will be put in place in just a couple of weeks but essentially it has all been resolved. OLD BUfINEff Mr. Godwin notified the group that Tom Genung, Court Administrator contacted him regarding the facilitator discussion and requested it be passed to a later date. Pwbli~ fafeiby Coordinating Council October 27, 2011 Page 4 NEW BUfINEff Chairman Craft brought up the topic regarding the HIV medication bill and how his Vice Chair pulls it ofF the consent agenda and askrs why the cost is so high. Chairman Craft suggested that maybe a presentation should be given to the BOCC. Major Tighe replied that it will be scheduled and that the County Administrator and Risks Manager met with Corizon this weekz. There is another meeting scheduled December 6th 2011 and the presenter from Corizon was askzed to be in attendance. Major Tighe reminded the group of the fact that the Health Department is in his facility everyday identifying new HIV cases. Chairman Craft understood the importance of that works because if it is not done there will be more infected people in the community. AD~OURNMENI's Commissioner Craft adjourned the meeting at 4:1o p.m. Submitted by, Carlene Busse THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD January 26, 2012 St. Lucie County Criminal Justice System Average Monthly Inmate Population 2009 Avg Population 2010 Avg Population 2011 Avg Population 1600 1400 - 1321 1285 1302 1349 1323 1200 1193°r,K' -°~'208~- :.7.299 1226,.,.:. 42~Or -~ ~~ 1000 - 1068 1101 1093 1086 1098 800 600 - 400 200 0 1307 1320 1333 1160 1164 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep 1348 1321 254 "`x'185 hlanlhly Age Profile 18.24 ^ 25.34 2011 2411 2011 2011 2011 2411 2011 2011 2011 2011 ~JanuaryJ ~February~ ~-MarchJ ~--April--~ ~-May--~ 1-June-~ f--July-J LAugusl-1 ~Seplember~ ~OclaberJ J Q 7 W Q J v'r ,' 0 U m U Q a a U J a ui ~_. ~~Y _ S~ ~~ ' fit` _. 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O O N ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ s- o ~ -- v ~ ~ ~ U O ~ .~ O ~ ~ O - ~ .Q ~ Q _ ~~ ~ _ C6 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ N ~ ~ O O O ~ ,U ~ O O ~ p .J Q ~ ~ ~ ~ t~ a •F-~ U ~~ .~ V U ..~... . ~. r ~~ n N cn 4~ U C 3 ~ 7 O O L O U ~ ~ U ~ ~ r ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ N ~ O ~ ~ U7 (t) N c IV N tIJ .~] Q ..~, a. ti Q N_ O ca .~ O Q . R3 C t6 U L v v .~ 0 Q Jails, Policy AMBER PERENZIN AND ROBERTO HUGH POTTER People tend to have two mental images of jails in the United States. The first is a flashback to the two-cell jail in the fictional town of Mayberry--empty, except when the town drunk checks himself in voluntarily. Ttte sec- ond, more recent and becnming more dominant, is of larger jail facilities, which are often portrayed on reality shows and documentaries as crowded and potentially violent. Although iL_ ~__[___._~_1_ _. i. U.S. Jail Capacity by County 'Data provided by the Amr~rican Jail Association (2007): Prepared by Amber Perenzin In this article, geographic infor- mation system (GIS) technology is used to map rated jail capacity at the county level across the ivation. Using 2007 data from the American Jail Association's (AJA) publication Who's Who in jatt Martugentent, a map has been created to show the rated capacity of jails for every county in the United States. We stress that the map employs the repczrted rated capacity in 2007, not the average daily popula- tion, T'he data demonstrate how the rated capacities of counties as an indi- cation of the size of jail systems vary across the Nation. In cases where more than one jail serves a county, the stun of all of the jails' rated capacities was used. For tl'ie purposes of our map, jail categories were broken inter the following categories, which arc consistent with the jail sire rank- ings utilized by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the National Institute of Corrections: • Small jails with a rated capacity below 250. • Medium jails with a rated capac- ity from 250 to 999. • Lacge jails with a rated capacity of 1,000 or more. One of the first notable: anomalies is that 47t3 counties appear to have no jails (shaded blue on our map). Irt some States, beeause of their regional jail systems, some counties appear to have no jail. For example, in West Virginia, 5,5 counties uti- lize 10 regional jails to service all counties, in counties with no jail, arrestees are held in another colznty. Regional jail systems are also used in South Dakota and parts of Virginia. At th4 other extreme, Rhode Island has only one jail. that services the entire State. Despite the number of counties wide no jail, the dominant color on the map is yellow, signifying small jails. A handful of counties (Il) whose jails have a rated capacity of five or fewer are shown in a sepa- rate color (purple) within the small jails category. With the exception of States such as Arizona, Califorzua, 1Q ~ JULY I AUGUST 20t t AMERICANJails ~, ;. ~ t ~ -+~ ^ No County Jails (478 counties) ~w ~ 5 or less (11 counties) ~y ~ ^ 6-249 (1,999 counties) '` ,~'" ®25t)-994 (486 counties) .1,000 or greater (167 counties) ~ R I Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York, the predornirtant rated jail size for States is small; there are E, 2,010 such systems. Medium-sized jail systems comprise the next largest s set of jails (486). f Large jails make up the small- .- est number of jail systems in the United States (167). They are over- whelutingly concentrated in States such as California, Florida, New Jersey, and New York, as well as the "Delmarva" region {whichvncludes Delaware and eastern Maryland and Virginia). Although not differenti- atedhere, a "megajail" category of a rated capacity above 5,000 inmates ~ is even more concentrated in a small number of counties. It should be t noted that we are mapping total rated capacity of a jail syste»i, not the rated capacity of each facility in systems with multiple facilities. Implications for Policy Development Policy makers tend to take aone- size-fits-all approach. 'This is espe- raally true of academics who propose policy solutions for lawmakers and other policy developers. Until. now, there were few ways to demonstrate to policy makers and academics the relationship between geography and jail size. This map illustrates that policies directed at large jail systems are likely to miss the mark for most jail systems in the country. Although it is possible to realize that the num- ber of small jail systems is gzeater than the number of medium and large systems combined, without this map the distribution of small jails across the breadth of the Nation is lost. While involved with the devel- opment of the draft medical and mental health standards for the Prison Rape Elimination .Act {PREA), one of the authors argued continu- ously that some jail systems were not only so small that they did not have specialist mental health staff on payroll, but that they could be so far from an area with such staff that even a 24-hour response to a sih,- ation was unlikely. Unfortunately, this sort of map did not exist at that time to illustrate directly the real- ity of jail system size and geogra- phy. {For more information about PREA, visit bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index. cfin?ty=tpF~tiri=20. ) It is true that more than half of the jail population is held in large jail systems on any given day. This map demonstrates that these popula- tions reside in geographically dense areas in a handful of States. Graphic information such as this map dem- onstrates the need to consider both size and geographic location when l~ developing policies to accommodate the realities in which the over- whelming majority of jail systems operate. Developing policies for all jails based on the combined size and geographic location of the small number of large jail systems misses the opportunity to properly target policies and practices that improve the operations of the majority of jail systems. One size does not fit all when it comes to jails. The Use of GIS Individual jail systems can utilize GIS technology tan their organi- zational planning effoxts. Many shexiffs' offices, which operate the majority of jail systems, use hot-spot mapping techniques for crime con- trol purposes. The same techniques can be applied to jail flow and reentry programs. For example, the Orange County (Florida) Corrections Department used GIS data to deter- mine that more than 50 percent of irunates come from 17 particulaz Zip Codes in the county. These data were then used to assist in the develop- ment of community mentoring programs for returning inmates. just as these teclulalogies are used at the local level, data collected through AJA's current online jail data survey will provide ongoing, up-to-date profiles of jail capacity across the Nation The newly entered data will allow the changes un rated capacity between 2007 and now to be examixted. Lf possible, in collaboration wikh AJA, we will also exauune the changes in average daily population across jail sizes between the two data collections. $y doing these sorts of analyses in collaboration with the jail conununity, jail systems can develop better policy-relevant azguments that fit the unique needs of different- sized jail systems in different Patty of the Nation. We eincourage all jail systems to provide the data requested to the American Jail Association via its new online collection system. For more information, contact the AJA Jail Survey Team at 301-990-3930 and ask Chris Anderson (ext. 12} or Leslie Broznak (ext. 14) for assistance. ^ Amber Perenzin is a student in the pepartment of Criminal Justice at the University of Central Florida. Roberto Hugh Potter, Ph.D., i5 on staff at the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Central Florida, South Orlando, Florida. For mare information about GIS technology, contact Dc Potter at Roberto.potter®ucf.edu or at 407-8L3-1487. / to