To: Board of Supervisors
From: Sheriff
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Board Authority for Sheriff's Office Electronic Monitoring Program as an Alternative to Incarceration
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Authorize the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office to operate an Electronic Monitoring Program in lieu of serving jail time in the Humboldt County Correctional Facility.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
General Fund
DISCUSSION:
The Humboldt County Correctional Facility (HCCF), prior to COVID-19, operated at over 90% of its rated capacity for 2018 and 2019. This increase in capacity is most directly related to the Criminal Justice Realignment Act of 2011 (AB 109) which shifted responsibility for the custody of offenders who have been convicted of non-serious, non-violent, or non-high-risk sex offenses from the state to the counties. Penal Code Section 1203.016 authorizes the Board of Supervisors to authorize an Electronic Monitoring Program (EMP) that can be used in conjunction with a Work Alternative Program which is regulated by Penal Code Section 4024.2. Furthermore, Penal Code Section 1203.016 provides that the Board shall review annually the rules for the EMP (Attachment 1). The Sheriff will schedule annual reviews with the Board to provide information related to the EMP pursuant to Penal Code Section 1203.016.
In order to stay within the rated capacity and in compliance with the Board of State and Community Corrections guidelines the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office has continued to explore ways of managing the ever-growing population. By authorizing the Sheriff's Office to operate an EMP it will allow another way to maintain a reasonable population while allowing offenders the opportunity to continue to be productive members of the community. In support of the request to implement an EMP, the Sheriff's Office entered into an agreement with Attenti US, Inc. (Attachment 2). The average cost of in...
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