NCJ Number
29338
Date Published
1975
Length
124 pages
Annotation
FEASIBILITY STUDY ON ALLEVIATING JAIL OVERCROWDING AND IMPROVING PRISONER REHABILITATION PROGRAMS BY MOVING CERTAIN GROUPS OF PRISONERS TO THE NORTH WING OF THE MONROE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, SCHEDULED TO BE VACATED.
Abstract
THE TYPES OF PRISONERS CONSIDERED FOR RELOCATION INCLUDE: SICK AND INJURED PATIENTS, PRISONERS REQUIRING PSYCHIATRIC EXAMINATIONS AND TREATMENT, DRUG ADDICTED PRISONERS, PUBLIC INTOXICANTS, SENTENCED PRISONERS APPROVED FOR WORK OR EDUCATION RELEASE, PRISONERS SENTENCED TO INTERMITTENT TERMS, AND SENTENCED FEMALE PRISONERS. THIS REPORT PRESENTS THE STUDY FINDINGS AS FOLLOWS: CHAPTER I PROVIDES SOME HISTORICAL MATERIAL ON THE ORIGINAL INTENT AND PURPOSE FOR BUILDING AND UTILIZING THESE FACILITIES; CHAPTER II PROVIDES A DESCRIPTION OF THE MONROE COUNTY JAIL AND LOCK-UP COMPLEX; CHAPTER III EXAMINES, IN DEPTH, THE CAPACITY OF THE JAIL AND LOCK-UP COMPLEX AND DETAILS, OVER TIME, THE PRISONER POPULATIONS AND RESULTANT PROBLEMS OF CROWDING; CHAPTERS IV THROUGH X PRESENT THE FINDINGS, FOR EACH OF THE SEVEN TYPES OF PRISONERS, ON THE FEASIBILITY AND APPROPRIATENESS OF THESE PRISONERS BEING RELOCATED TO THE MONROE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL SITE; AND CHAPTER XI PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS ALONG WITH AN OUTLINE OF SOME ALTERNATIVES THE COUNTY MIGHT CONSIDER. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ONLY THREE OF THE SEVEN CATEGORIES OF PRISONERS - THOSE WITH INTERMITTENT SENTENCES, THOSE ON WORK OR EDUCATIONAL RELEASE, AND SENTENCED FEMALE PRISONERS - COULD APPROPRIATELY BE TRANSFERRED FROM THE JAIL TO ANOTHER FACILITY. THE STUDY INDICATED, HOWEVER, THAT UTILIZATION OF THE NORTH WING AT THE MONROE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WOULD NOT BE COST-EFFECTIVE NOR RELIEVE JAIL OVERCROWDING. ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES SUGGESTED INCLUDE REMODELING OF PRESENT FACILITIES, ADDING TWO BAYS TO THE PRESENT JAIL, TRANSFERRING ALL MALE SENTENCED PRISONERS TO ANOTHER FACILITY. THE APPENDIX CONTAINS 29 TABLES AND CHARTS OF JAIL STATISTICS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)