CRIMINAL JUSTICE MANAGEMENT COUNCIL

May 21, 2008

Administrative Center Room B190

7:30 a.m.

CALL TO ORDER

The meeting was called to order at 7:30 a.m. 

APPROVAL OF THE APRIL 16, 2008 MINUTES OF THE CJMC

MOTION by Gonzalez/Burke to approve the minutes of the April 16, 2008 Criminal Justice Management Council carried unanimously.   (Larson, Huber & Nesbitt excused)

PUBLIC COMMENT

There was no public comment.

DECISION MAKING PROCESS

One example given at the April meeting to use the Decision Making Process in, was “People Appointed County Attorneys Instead of Public Defender”.  These are people who do not qualify for a Public Defender and has a significant impact on the county budget.  Pam Radtke, Clerk of Courts is collecting more information regarding the type and number of cases.  She already has the number of hours and costs.  Pam will be invited to next month’s CJMC meeting on June 18^th to discuss court appointed attorneys.  Local attorneys who are assigned these cases will also be invited. Judge Gonzalez will coordinate with Jane,  Pam and Steve about the information to bring to the meeting next month.  Case processing will continue to be discussed at the CJMC Executive Committee.

LIMITED RISK MANAGEMENT

Over the last several months, the CJMC Executive Committee has been discussing how to get information back to the judges in cases where a presentence investigation is not done.  (This is  done in felonies through a pre-sentence investigation, but not in misdemeanor cases).  We are offering the judges the opportunity to refer a case to Justice Sanctions to have an LSI done so that they have more information at the time of sentencing.  This hasn’t been utilized yet by the judges, but we continue to work on taking the model of limited risk management and try to get this incorporated in how we operate on a more regular basis. 

WOMEN’S COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAM UPDATE

Carol Schilling and Becky Paggi have been meeting with Jana Dahman from the YWCA to get women connected with different programs and services in the community, as a part of the Women’s Community Based Program.  The housing portion of the project is still being negotiated, and are planning to get the house by July.  It is estimated that there will be 10 spots in the house and an additional 10-20 women that will need supportive services in the community. 

APPLICATION FOR NEW MEMBERS

We have two openings for new CJMC members.  Jane has sent Judge Gonzalez a draft of a letter going in the Tribune asking for applications.  Tom Knothe and Ann Quinlisk volunteered to help interview the applicants.

STATISTICS

Jane distributed Justice Sanctions stats from the first 4 months of 2008.  Last year, there were 82,000 bed days saved during the year.  In the first 4 months of this year, 29,000 had been saved.  People graduate regularly from OWI Court. 

Jane also distributed 2008 Drug Court stats, which an intern put together as a senior project.  Of the people who have graduated, 10.7% have had a felony arrest and 32.1% have had a misdemeanor arrest.  Of the expelled people, 35.5% have had a felony arrest and 25.85% have had a misdemeanor arrest.  In the control group, 36.2% have had a felony arrest and 29.3% have had a misdemeanor arrest.  The average length of time in the program is 19 months.  Justice Sanctions is also studying recidivism rates.  Of the graduates, 75% are men; 25% women.  58% of the people expelled are men and 42% are women. Of the control group, 62% are men and 37% are women. 

Also attached was a portion of a grant that was written.  It indicates that there is not as much success in the treatment courts with people of color, women or young people.  Preliminary numbers indicate the courts serve Caucasian men better. 

REVIEW THE CAREY GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS

Not discussed at this time.

ADJOURN

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:43 a.m.  

The above minutes may be approved, amended or corrected at the next Council meeting.

Recorded by Terri Pavlic