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Community Corrections

Community Corrections

Community Corrections offers the courts evidence based alternative sentencing programs.

Some of the program’s objectives are to:

  • Expand the criminal justice system’s standard statutory sentencing options.

  • Assist the courts by monitoring defendants' successful completion of its sentencing orders.

  • Decrease jail overcrowding by offering the courts creative community-based correction programs.

  • Positively involve individual members of the community.

  • Allow a defendant the opportunity for an uninterrupted, wage-earning life while participating in programs that encourage him/her to become a responsible member of the community.

Community Service

The program provides the defendants the opportunity to give back to our community by performing work hours at non-profit organizations, governmental agencies, and other community events.  The defendants matched up with work sites based on skills and abilities and the defendants are given the opportunity to put their skills to good use. Defendants must be 18 years of age or over and have entered a guilty plea before a judge or have been found guilty at trial. Defendants on a diversion agreement may be required to perform community service as well.

    Court Services contracts with a number of work sites that benefit from the program while providing the required workers compensation insurance to the defendants.

    Victim Impact Panel

    The panel is presented by Mothers Against Drunk Driving (M.A.D.D.). Defendants listen to a panel of speakers to become aware of the impaired driving's devastating ripple effect on families, friends and members of the community.  

    In this non-judgmental environment, some defendants come to “own” the potential tragedy their actions may have caused and reinforce better judgments in the future with regard to impaired driving.

    Random Alcohol and Other Drug Testing

    To reduce the risk to the community, many pretrial and post-trial defendants are ordered to participate in the random testing program.  Court Services offers random testing seven days a week.  Testing is conducted  in the mornings.  Defendants are assigned a color that defines the type of drug and the frequency of testing.  Everyday the defendant must call the "color line" in the morning to determine if they are required to test.  Compliance with testing is recorded and non -compliance could result in the defendant having to answer to the court.  

    Global Positioning System (GPS) Monitoring 

    GPS monitoring is normally used to monitor a defendants location 24/7 and notify Officers when the defendant may enter an area where the court has Ordered the defendant not to enter.  The  GPS monitor is normally used in situations where the court has determined that the victim or plaintiff would benefit from the defendant being monitored for violations.  Monitoring is in real time and violations are reported to on-call Officers at anytime day or night.

    Continuous Alcohol Monitoring (CAM)

    CAM is an electronic device used to monitor a defendant's intake of alcohol 24 hours a day/7 days a week.  CAM is normally used in situations here there is substantial history of alcohol consumption that may place the community at risk.  The defendants report to Courts Services twice a week to download the information from the device.  The information is analyzed by the parent company and the results are emailed directly to the supervising officer.