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Ana Yáñez -Correa, Ph.D. Executive Director, Texas Criminal Justice Coalition

Ana Yáñez -Correa, Ph.D. Executive Director, Texas Criminal Justice Coalition. Jim Bethke Executive Director, Texas Indigent Defense Commission. Criminal Justice 2012: Containing the Costs . Today’s Objectives. What are the State / County Criminal Justice Costs?

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Ana Yáñez -Correa, Ph.D. Executive Director, Texas Criminal Justice Coalition

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  1. Ana Yáñez-Correa, Ph.D. Executive Director, Texas Criminal Justice Coalition

    Jim BethkeExecutive Director, Texas Indigent Defense Commission
  2. Shared Solutions 2012
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  4. Criminal Justice 2012: Containing the Costs Shared Solutions 2012
  5. Today’s Objectives What are the State / County Criminal Justice Costs? What’s Working & How Do We Know? What You Can Do to Control Costs And Ensure An Effective Justice System? Shared Solutions 2012
  6. The State Budgetby the percentages Shared Solutions 2012
  7. Each Year the State Spends. . . Prisons -- $3 billionPolice -- $1.4 billion Courts -- $321.5 million Prosecution --$42 million Indigent Defense --$30 million Shared Solutions 2012
  8. Texas Incarceration About 155,000 inmates per day: 140,000 in prisons 3,000 in SAFPF 12,000 in state jails 49% nonviolent offenders Shared Solutions 2012
  9. At What Cost? $51 dollars person per day $7.3 million per day $2.7 billion per year Nonviolent Offenders: $1.3 billion per year Shared Solutions 2012
  10. Texas Parole About 81,000 parolees per day 78% nonviolent offenders Shared Solutions 2012
  11. State Parole Costs $3.75/day per person $100 million per year Nonviolent Offenders: $86 million per year Shared Solutions 2012
  12. Texas Probation (CJAD) About 420,000 probationers per day 89% nonviolent offenders Shared Solutions 2012
  13. State Probation Costs $1.30/day per person $200 million per year Nonviolent Offenders: $178 million per year Shared Solutions 2012
  14. Returning to our Communities About 72,000 people are released from prison each year in Texas. 99% of those currently in prison will be released eventually. TDCJ has a 25% recidivism rate. Shared Solutions 2012
  15. In Summary / Daily Cost Per Person Shared Solutions 2012
  16. Annual Cost Per Person 1 Prisoner 2 University of Texas at Austin Students = Shared Solutions 2012
  17. Cost-Saving Strategies at State Refuse to pass unfunded mandates Invest in Re-Entry Programs. Shift dollars from incarceration of non-violent offenders to more effective alternatives--based on Evidence Based Practices (EBP) Shared Solutions 2012
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  19. Statewide Collaboration Efforts Criminal Justice Advisory Council Criminal Justice Integrity Unit Timothy Cole’s Advisory Panel Shared Solutions 2012
  20. Result = Better Laws 82nd Legislature Passes: HB 215 Eyewitness ID Procedures Shared Solutions 2012
  21. What happens if you don’t work together? $42 million in statutory compensation 74 people spent over 700 years behind bars Public-at-Risk Shared Solutions 2012

  22. County Costs

  23. Harris CountyPopulation 4,092,459 Shared Solutions 2012
  24. Harris County:Larger Population than 24 States 4,092,459 Harris County Population Shared Solutions 2012
  25. Harris County Budget FY 2009-2010: $1,485,686,875 Shared Solutions 2012
  26. 6% compared to 52% Harris County Budget State Budget Shared Solutions 2012
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  29. Direct Filing of Criminal Cases:

    Closing the Paper Trap Harris/El Paso/San Antonio 2006 Study
  30. Purpose of this Study: Provide practical evidence-based guidance for jurisdictions to follow in implementing criminal justice processes that are fair, accurate, timely, efficient, and effective Caveat: There should never be a rush to judgment. Processes should ensure that defense counsel and prosecutors alike have ample opportunity to develop their cases.
  31. Cases Screened and Released at the time of arrest
  32. I. Cases Screened and Released at Arrest COUNTY savings: $663 / defendant PERSONAL savings: $549 / defendant El Paso-DIMS Cases Rejected Prior to Booking DIMS 19% of El Paso’s DIMS cases were reviewed and rejected for prosecution at the scene of offense. Harris County estimates a minimum 10% case rejection rate prior to booking.
  33. Lubbock CountyPopulation 278,831 Shared Solutions 2012
  34. Lubbock County ExpensesFY2010: $86,462,040 7% ($3.8 million) Indigent Defense 65% ($56,603,641) Total spent on Administration of Justice Shared Solutions 2012
  35. 6%compared to 65% Lubbock County Budget State Budget Shared Solutions 2012
  36. Lubbock County:Regional Public Defender for Capital Cases Source: Youtube.com, “Lubbock County ‘09 Best Practices Award Video for Regional Public Defender Capital Cases,” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f0fYpNeFJQ. Shared Solutions 2012
  37. Lubbock County:Regional Public Defender for Capital Cases Shared Solutions 2012
  38. Lubbock County:Special Needs Defender Office Source: Youtube.com, “Lubbock County ‘09 Best Practices Award Video for Regional Public Defender Capital Cases,” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f0fYpNeFJQ. Shared Solutions 2012
  39. Other Opportunities? Shared Solutions 2012
  40. Tim Murray Shared Solutions 2012
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  43. Crisis Intervention Teams Mental health dockets Wrap-around services Outpatient competency restoration centers Day reporting centers Community-based receiving centers Detox and referral facilities Community policing Invest in affordable housing for returning individuals Build re-entry roundtables Shared Solutions 2012
  44. Who Must Make These Choices? Shared Solutions 2012
  45. You! Shared Solutions 2012
  46. Shared Solutions?
  47. a/k/a
  48. COOPERATION AMONGELECTEDOFFICIALS
  49. Demolish the Silos!
  50. Dallas Morning News January 12, 2006 COURT FINES MAN, 69, WHO WAS STUCK IN JAIL citation that ordered him to appear in Justice of the Peace Luis Sepulveda’s court on Jan. 5. Mr. Mann is indigent and takes medication to ward off the effects of schizophrenia. He spent his first few nights of freedom sleeping in the cab of an old truck behind the Oak Cliff church he attended. When Mr. Mann showed up in court Jan. 5, he was told a warrant was outstanding against him for a bad check he wrote to Minyard’s for. pleaded no contest. And on the second page of the plea paperwork, where a line can be checked to indicate if the defendant is indigent or not, a checkmark appears next to “I am not indigent.” Mr. Mann insists he did not make that mark. But Judge Sepulveda said that clerks are not allowed to fill out that part of the form and that they are well trained to $67.05He was told he would have to pay the amount of the check, plus a fine of $500 and court costs of $93. But first he would have to contact the district attorney’s office to work out the details. The district attorney’s office on Wednesday sought the case’s dismissal, and the judge will review the request. Mr. Mann, who showed up in court last week with his pastor but no lawyer, By Staff Writer, Jim O’Neill Walter Mann Sr. figured he had paid Dallas County plenty by spending 15 months in jail without any felony charges filed against him and without access to a lawyer. In fact, he figured Dallas County owed him something. But as he left the jail a few weeks ago, after a public defender heard about his plight and worked to get him released, he was handed a
  51. Charges dropped against man left in jail Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Friday, January 13, 2006 and $93 in court costs. Mann was initially incarcerated on three minor bad check warrants. The district attorney's office Wednesday asked a judge to dismiss the case against Mann, who is indigent and unemployed with an eighth-grade education. "Under the policies, he would be entitled to having everything cleared with the time he served in jail," said Nick Cariotis, the head of the district attorney's bank fraud decision. DALLAS (AP) - Dallas County officials have dismissed remaining charges against a man who spent 15 months in jail without seeing a lawyer as he waited for a repeatedly postponed court hearing. Walter Mann Sr., 69, walked out of jail Dec. 16 after a cellmate told his public defender about Mann's plight. But he was ordered to appear in court Jan. 5, when he learned of an outstanding warrant for a bad check he wrote for $67.05. Mann was told he would have to pay that amount, plus a $500 fine

  52. Indigent Defense On-Line

    Integrated Justice
  53. Collaboration and Communication: Wichita County Jail Shared Solutions 2012 Source: Times Record News, November 29, 2011, http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2011/nov/29/county-jail-has-fewer-inmates/.
  54. Mental Health Docket:Travis County Court Program Description: Travis County created a docket for misdemeanor mental health cases. Meeting Tuesdays and Thursdays, prosecutors and defense counsel work with judges in effort to ensure that defendants will have a support structure in place to assist them in remaining law-abiding. Result: Lower recidivism rates and freed up resources. “[T]he mental health docket has not required significant additional funding. Indigent defense representation and prosecution must be paid as usual and no additional court staff has been needed.” -Judge Nancy Hohengarten, Travis County Travis County Courthouse “[T]he philosophy of the MH Docket is that the time spent now finding appropriate disposition of these cases will help alleviate recidivism and further drain on public resources. Prevention of subsequent arrests protects public safety, saves money, and is more just for mentally ill defendants.” -Judge Nancy Hohengarten, Travis County Shared Solutions 2012
  55. Mental Health Diversion: Bexar County Program Description: Bexar County developed a one-stop drop-off destination that place medical, psychiatric, and jail diversion officials under one roof, allowing officers to leave individuals with specialized providers. Result: 7,000 people diverted each year and $9 million in county savings. Bexar County Courthouse Program Description: Bexar County also offers the evidence-based practice, assisted outpatient treatment (AOT), a 50 person intense treatment programs for individuals with severe mental illness and a history of cycling in and out of the system. Result: Reduced incidents of hospitalization, homelessness, arrests and incarcerations, victimization, and violent episodes. Increased treatment compliance and long-term voluntary compliance. Shared Solutions 2012
  56. Four Outpatient Competency Restoration Pilot Programs in Texas Program Description: A defendant with mental illness is offered services at a community-based facility to help the individual reach a minimum level of competency so that their case can be heard. The program was implemented in Bexar, Dallas, Tarrant and Travis Counties, all following in the footsteps of a program previously implemented in Harris County. All were based on evidence-based practice. Result: A reduction in competency restoration time from 60 to 21 days, lower recidivism rates. Dallas County saved $300,000 in one year. Dallas County Courthouse Shared Solutions 2012
  57. Nonviolent Offender Diversion:Smith County Step 1: In Smith County, the Alternative Incarceration Center (AIC) identifies individuals incarcerated for misdemeanors, state jail felonies, or nonviolent third degree felonies. Step 2: The defendant pleads guilty and agrees to be placed on specialized probation with assignment to the AIC. Step 3: The individual participates, in good faith, in AIC’s rehabilitation and reintegration programs, and if necessary, mental health treatment. Participants spend their days at the AIC and evenings at home. Result: A 90% completion rate, a jail reduction of 120 inmates per day, and almost $1 million in savings within the first year. The program has maintained a 77% success (non-recidivism) rate. Smith County’s Alternatives to Incarceration Center (AIC) has saved the county a total of $3 million. Smith County Courthouse Shared Solutions 2012

  58. Thank You for Being Part of the Solution

    Shared Solutions 2012
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