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The Need for an addition to the La Crosse County Law Enforcement Center
Since opening the Law Enforcement Center in 1997, the
County has operated three separate jail facilities: the Main Jail
housing male inmates, the old Jail for housing female inmates and a
Huber (work release) facility. Over these past nine years, the County
has made significant investments in Justice Sanctions programs like Day
Reporting and Electronic Monitoring to reduce the need for additional
jail beds. As a result, the County has closed the Huber facility and
placed low risk inmates in the community with supervision. La Crosse
County needs to consolidate operations for greater efficiency, safety
and effectiveness for the long-term future.
These steps are consistent with the County’s adopted:
CORRECTIONS PHILOSOPHY STATEMENT
“Our primary purpose is community safety. We will
prevent crime when possible, intervene appropriately when crime occurs,
and improve individual and community capacity to prevent future crime.
We operate on behalf of and are accountable to both the people who are
directly affected by crime and our community at large.
The La Crosse County criminal justice system will seek a balance between
punishment and rehabilitation with both juveniles and adults while
managing the risk of having these offenders in our community. Our focus
with juveniles will be on rehabilitation and treatment in the context of
public safety and accountability to their victims and communities. Our
focus with adults will include treatment and programs, but we believe
that adults have a greater responsibility for their actions and should
assume greater accountability to the victims and public they have
harmed.
We will develop a comprehensive criminal justice system and ensure a
just, coordinated, and accountable system of services on behalf o f the
citizens of La Crosse County.
The following core principles and values will be woven in to everything
we do:
Community Safety, Prevention, Justice, Intervention and Accountability.
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