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ELECTRONIC HOME MONITORING
DEFINITION
• REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON 9.94A.030 (28) “Home detention” means a program of partial confinement available to offenders wherein the offender is confined in a private residence subject to electronic surveillance”.
COST
• Rental of equipment (WASPC $5.75 - $20.00 per day depending on type of equipment)
• 2 Full time Probation Officers / staff ($66,565 average salary)
• 60 Offenders per day maximum (21,600 days per year of EHM)
• 21,600 days per year of jail at $120.00 per day for instance = $2,529,000.00
WHO?Misdemeanants: Low level offenders unlikely to reoffend
or interfere with administration of justice during the course of their confinement.
DOC: Use GPS (passive) monitoring of Level 3 Registered Sex offenders coming out of prison and into community for the first 30 days (can be extended with approval of supervisor). Also can be used for Level 2 / 3 sex offenders if unstable housing or unstable employment, lack of program / structure or activities in the community, or for extraordinary medical placement (ie elderly). Offenders can be charged for GPS if financially able. Not used for probation violation sanctions.
WHAT?
• GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (ACTIVE / PASSIVE / INCLUSION / EXCLUSION)
• RADIO FREQUENCY• TRANSDERMAL ALCOHOL SENSOR UNITS (not
confinement alone) • VISUAL / AUDITORY USE DETECTION (not
confinement alone)
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VIDEO
WHY?• To maintain positive reinforcements such as
employment / income (public assistance, SSI, SSD etc), medical benefits, treatment (mental health or drug / alcohol), housing, child care etc.
• To maintain availability of beds in jail for violent and dangerous offenders
• To reduce cost to taxpayers (most programs require some or all offenders to pay cost of equipment)
• To restrict their movements and hold accountable for criminal activity
WHERE?
• In APPROPRIATE private residences (screened homes to enhance law abiding behavior and program compliance).
When?
• Whenever being on Electronic Home Monitoring accomplishes the “why”.
Day Reporting orLife Skills Alternative
ProgramFor Misdemeanant DefendantsSpokane Municipal ProbationPublic Safety Building, 2nd Floor1100 W. Mallon AvenueSpokane, WA 99260(509) 622-5800www.SpokaneProbation.org
DEFINITION
Day Reporting per RCW 9.94A.030 (16) "Day reporting" means a program of enhanced supervision designed to monitor the offender's daily
activities and compliance with sentence conditions, and in which the offender is required to report daily to a
specific location designated by the department or the sentencing court.
DEFINITIONDay Reporting (DRP) or Life Skills Alternative Program (LSAP)
for Spokane Municipal Probation A structured environment of
speakers and activities about life skills training for misdemeanant defendants
who are sentenced to one of the following:
• Five days or less of jail with DRP/LSAP as an option “in lieu of jail”OR
• DRP/LSAP as a condition of Probation
HISTORY of Spokane Municipal Day Reporting Program
Timeline for DRP/LSAP
ORIGINAL LOCATION
Downtown Public Library906 W Main Ave
Spokane, WA 99201
Gates Computer Lab2nd Floor
2nd LOCATION
Spokane Municipal Probation
Conference Room1100 W. Mallon Ave.Spokane, WA 99260
FAQ’s• Maximum jail time conversion is
5 days (no good time)
• No credit for time served if not completed successfully
• Maximum of 10 defendants (since there are 10 computers in the lab)
• Probation Officer in room at all times for classroom management
• Gathered evaluations from defendants upon successful completion of their sentence.
Community Partners/Presenters List
Class Topics List
On-Line Survey Results
Are you currently employed?
On-Line Survey Results
Which three topics presented to you during LSAP were most helpful and why?
• Community Colleges of Spokane – “Now I know I may be able to get financial aid to go to school to be a welder.”
• Motivational Speakers
• Financial Assistance – “It was nice to get some ideas on how to manage money.”
• Budgeting/Credit – “I have very poor credit and I was given some good tools to improve.”
• Relicensing Program – “It helped me get my license back.”
• SNAP
• Labor Systems – Temporary Hiring Agencies
• Addiction
• CHAS Clinic
• Library Tour
• Housing – “Because it’s a need.”
• WorkSource – “I was unemployed at the time, was given some good information and now have an appointment to
meet with the speaker to help me get a job.”
• Interviewing – “It helped me because now I have a job.”
Comments from Defendants
QuestionsDonna McBride – Chief Probation [email protected]
Misty Griffith – Probation [email protected]
COURT DATE NOTIFICATION
DEFINITION
• A notification system that reminds an individual of a pending court date including the location, date and time. A process much like a doctor’s or dentist’s office practices.
TYPES OF NOTIFICATION
• WRITTEN: Currently in Spokane, individuals are given a written notice of their court dates by mail or in person.
• PHONE CALL / EMAIL: In some jurisdictions, either a court employee, an automated system or a private vendor will call the individual a day or so prior to the Court hearing and remind them of their court date.
PURPOSE
• To reduce the number of individuals that miss their court dates, resulting in a delay of the process or resulting in a warrant where the individual is eventually arrested and incarcerated for missing the court hearing. Some jurisdictions boast a reduction of up to 52% in their failure to appear rate by using a court notification process.
COST
• Salary of personnel to make the call / email • Cost of contracting with a private vendor
(prices vary and cost could be charged to the individual)
LEGAL FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS
DEFINITION
• RCW 9.94A.030 (30) “means a sum of money that is ordered by a Superior Court of the State of Washington for legal financial obligations which may include restitution to the victim, statutorily imposed crime victim’s compensation, fees as assessed pursuant to RCW 7.68.035, court costs, county or interlocal drug funds, court appointed attorneys fees…”
PURPOSE
• To hold the offender financially accountable for his / her crimes.
• To minimize the cost to the tax payers.• To be financially responsible for the cost to
the victims.
PRACTICE IN SPOKANE• Fees assessed by the Superior Court• Contact with the clerk’s office within 24 hours of release to complete a declaration
of financial information and establish a payment plan. • Review set for one year. If no payments or in arrears, a notice is sent to the
offender to contact the clerk’s office. If no appearance or the letter is returned, a warrant is issued. Delinquent accounts are not sent to collections.
• Can be sentenced up to 30 days for each violation. • Currently, there is an average of 19 inmates per day incarcerated for failing to pay
LFO’s (source: 2012 Spokane County Essential Public facilities presentation) • A large number of these inmates sign agreed modification of sentence without
having a hearing or having a Judge make a financial determination of ability to pay. • If seen by a Superior Court Judge, a decision is made to either impose jail as a
sanction or reset the offender back on a time payment plan. If the offender becomes immediately current with what is overdue, jail is suspended and they are put back on a time payment plan.
ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS
• Send fees to collections if unpaid.• Complete work crew, community service or some
other jail alternative in lieu of money owed. • Explore job placement coaching to gain
employment as means to begin paying LFO’s.• Hold administrative hearings before an offender
becomes too delinquent on their payments to review and reset time payments based on current circumstances, prior to the point of issuing warrants or holding violation hearings.
