Jail Programs - Utah Department of Corrections

Jail Programs

Utah Department of Corrections

"A State and Local Partnership that Works"

Mike Haddon Executive Director

January 2021

Updated Annually

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January 30, 2021

This publication has been produced by the Utah State Department of Corrections (UDC), Inmate Placement Program (IPP). The booklet contains information regarding UDC's relationship with county jails in the state, how state offenders are placed in jails, and how the state and individual counties benefit from this relationship. Any questions regarding the information contained in this booklet, UDC or the Inmate Placement Program in general, please contact me at (801) 330-8946.

Daniel Chesnut, Director

Inmate Placement Program Utah Department of Corrections

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JAIL

PROGRAMS

IN UTAH

A State and County Partnership That Works!

IPP Vision: Inmate Placement Program envisions a culture where we partner with the local Sheriff's Office's, where honor, accountability, and integrity are reflected. In so doing, we foster an environment rich in professionalism, compassion, collaboration, and dedication. Together with the local Sheriff's Office's we are a fair, focused, innovative, and energized team.

Benefits of Jail Contracting

STATE OF UTAH The State of Utah has realized many benefits from participating in county jail contracting.

1) Cost savings for the State are dramatic when you consider the cost if Utah were to build prison space for the currently contracted and funded 1,514 beds.

2) By contracting with the counties for prison housing, the need for additional State full time employees is reduced.

3) Inmates can be housed in their local areas near families, jobs and community ties.

4) Jail contracting allows the State to provide for inmate protection and house state inmates in smaller, more manageable groupings.

IPP Mission: Inmate Placement Programs dedicated team of professionals ensures public safety by effectively managing contracts and state inmates housed in the county jails. This is accomplished by maintaining a close collaboration with

LOCAL COUNTIES During 2020 twenty of the 26 counties (77%), operating jails in Utah, participated in jail contracting. This is evidence of the benefits realized through this state/local partnership.

the local Sheriff's Office's. Our team of Inmate Placement

Program staff along with the local Sheriff's is devoted to 1) The primary benefit for counties is the infusion of

providing maximum opportunities for inmates to make

funding to help establish effective jail systems and to

lasting changes through accountability, treatment, education expand resources for future local growth.

and positive reinforcement within a safe environment.

The cost of jail expansion often is beyond the revenue

Background of Jail Contracting

stream of small counties. Finding ongoing funding sources to help pay off construction bonds is a necessary

The Utah Department of Corrections and the 26 counties component of any expansion in jail space. The State of

that operate jails across the State have formed a cooperative Utah offers a solution by contracting for beds in local

relationship serving all the citizens of the State. There have jurisdictions. The funds generated by these contracts can

been significant savings through this relationship within then be used to offset the cost of construction.

their criminal justice systems while improving public safety.

State inmates housed in county jails also contribute

For a number of years, the State prison system has rented significant labor which helps reduce the costs of operating

county jail beds to house prison overflow. Originally, this the county jails. In addition, inmates have assisted in the

was a small-scale operation using temporarily unoccupied construction of county jail facilities saving substantial

beds in the counties. In recent years, counties have built dollars on jail expansion projects.

many more beds than they will need in the foreseeable

future so they rent them to the State of Utah.

2) The overall economy of counties participating in

contracting has been improved through the infusion of

In 1993, Corrections was contracting for 117 county jail state funds. In some areas, the county jail has become a

beds. In FY 2020, Corrections was funded to house 1514. significant employer.

3) Contract inmates in the county jails provide labor for important community projects, such as repair of county facilities, assistance to the forest service and many community projects.

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How do state-sentenced offenders end up in local county jails?

There are several ways that offenders sentenced by state courts end up in local county jails. Below is a diagram that outlines the two major programs under the State's Jail Program System.

Felony Offenders Sentencing, Condition of Probation, Jail Contract Housing

State Courts

State Courts sentence felony offenders to Probation or Prison. ______________________________________________________

Probation With Jail Time

State pays by Statute

Probation Without Jail Time

Prison

Felons assigned to available housing. ___________________________________

State Facility

Private Facility

Jail Contracting

Other Hospital/Compact

State pays by Contract

JAIL CONTRACTING

? Courts sentence to prison, not jail. ? County participation is voluntary and by contract. ? Board of Pardons has jurisdiction of inmate. ? Bed cost is by contract for 73% of the final state

daily incarceration rate as approved by the Legislature, 91.75% for Contract Facilities with UDC approved Substance Abuse or Sex Offender Treatment Programs, and 81% for Cognitive Behavior/Vocational Training (HB157). ? Medical and transportation costs are Corrections' responsibility.

JAIL CONTRACTING Offenders who are housed under jail contracting are sentenced to prison by the court. The Department of Corrections refers the offender to a Contracted County Facility. The Contracted County Facility has the authority to approve or deny the referral. If approved the offender is housed in the Contracted County Facility as a state offender. The Department reimburses each Contracted County Facility for housing these offenders as explained in the diagram above.

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PROGRAMMING IN THE COUNTY JAILS The Contracted County Jails provide a variety of education, programming, classes, and religious services. During FY20 Contract County Facilities assisted 71 state inmates in earning their High School diploma. 30 in Beaver, 4 in Cache, 2 in Davis, 6 in Garfield, 1 in Iron, 2 in Kane, 5 in Millard, 4 in San Juan, 2 in Summit, 2 in Uintah, 11 in Wasatch, and 2 in Washington.

FY20 successful transitions from Substance Abuse Programming for state inmates totaled 181. 102 in Beaver, 34 in Garfield, 24 in Kane, and 21 in Millard.

FY20 106 state inmates housed in the contract county jails successfully completed Pre-SOTP, 60 in Kane, 12 in San Juan, 11 in Sanpete, 15 in Uintah, and 8 in Washington. Uintah and Washington Pre-SOTP was discontinued in March of 2020.

FY20 successful transitions from Sex Offender Treatment Programming for state inmates totaled 107. 60 in San Juan, and 47 in Sanpete.

Due to COVID 19 restrictions many of the counties did not hold HB157 classes for two to four months as they complied with group gathering restrictions to protect the inmate population housed at their jail facility. Others were able to continue using electronic meeting platforms. NOTE: Counties with SATP, Pre-SOTP, and SOTP programs cannot have the inmate enrolled in a HB157 class at the same time they are in the program. Their numbers will be lower for HB157 successful completions. This should be noted when reviewing the stats for HB157 during FY20.

FY20 HB157 classes had a grand total of 286 successful transitions from various counties for various IPD approved Cognitive Behavioral and Vocational Trades classes.

Counties had 231 successful completions under HB157 for MRT in FY20. 66 in Beaver, 29 in Cache, 18 in Davis, 12 in Duchesne, 8 in Garfield, 11 in Sanpete, 24 in Sevier, 18 in Summit, 18 in Uintah, 16 in Wasatch, and 11 in Washington.

Cache County is the only county to offer Functional Behavior and NIC Thinking for a Change 4.1. There were 8 successful completions for Functional Behavior and 10 successful completions for NIC Thinking for a Change for FY20.

Two Counties had successful completions from Victim Impact. 10 in Tooele, 9 in Uintah. A total of 19 for FY20.

Uintah Basin Applied Technology in Duchesne County had 18 successful certificates under HB157.

The following is a summary of the programming approved to receive the funding given by the Legislature for FY20, $2,193,400.

Approved male inmate Substance Abuse and Sex Offender Programs: ? Beaver: "Beaver Residential Treatment" (BRT) ? Residential Substance Abuse ? 12 months ? 145 participants. ? Garfield: "Dare to Soar" ? Residential Substance Abuse ? 12 months ? 42 participants ? Kane: "FOCUS" ? Residential Substance Abuse ? 12 months - 66 participants v Kane: Pre-SOTP ? 26 weeks ? 40 participants ? Millard: "R-Hope" ? Residential Substance Abuse ? 12 months - 16 participants ? San Juan: Sex Offender Therapy (SOTP) ? 18 months ? 48 participants

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