NCJ Number
129643
Journal
American Jails Volume: 5 Issue: 1 Dated: (March/April 1991) Pages: 46-51
Date Published
1991
Length
6 pages
Annotation
The operation of the Josephine County Probation Center in Oregon, a minimum security correction facility housed in a county building, is described.
Abstract
The facility contains 58 beds, 3 dorm-style sleep rooms, a dining/multipurpose room, an additional day room, and an outside deck. Low-risk inmates, transferred from the jail when overcrowding occurs, are housed in the facility. Inmate worker jobs are available to them as well as the Trailblazer program in which inmate crews work under the supervision of the Sheriff's Office. Over 50 percent of the inmates are work release inmates. They are required to complete four hours of community service per week, usually litter patrol duty. Other programs provided by the Center include options of GED, literacy education, alcohol/drug education classes, and Bible study/counseling sessions. The average length of stay for work release inmates is 128 days and for dorm inmates 75 days. The restitution fee recovery rate is 98 percent. The Center operates at 89 percent capacity or 51.255 inmates with an inmate ratio of 29.77 felons to 21.07 misdemeanants. 2 photographs