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2004 Strafford County
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2002 Strafford County Annual Report
In the year 2002, the Strafford County Department of Corrections continued to experience severe overcrowding for certain security level inmates in the facility. We modify the housing units weekly to accommodate the daily population.
As in past years, the Training Department has continued to seek training that is offered outside of the Department. Four (4) Supervisors were able to attend advanced classes for supervisory skills. One of the Field Training Officers received his Instructor’s Certificate in OC spray from Police Standards and Training. Lt. Funk and Sgt. Noseworthy were able to attend classes given by the National Institute of Corrections for “Training the Trainers” so that they are able to train the staff in “direct supervision.” Seven (7) officers graduated from the New Hampshire Association of Counties Corrections Academy this year. We broadened the instruction for any civilian staff and volunteers to ensure all areas of working in a facility are covered. The following is a list of the classes that have been offered for in-service training in the year 2002:
Work Release: Strafford County had seventy-one (71) work release participants, with five (5) revocations. Work release revenue was $58,611.02, with five percent going to victims assistance, which totaled $2,930.55. There was also one (1) participant out on childcare release. Education: Eighteen (18) students were tested for GED exam. Fourteen (14) students passed the exam and were issued the GED diploma. An average of thirty (30) students were active weekly in the adult basic education program. Four (4) volunteer tutors worked with upwards of twenty (20) inmates in specific content areas such as math and English. North County Education (NCEF) provides special education services to an average of five (5) students per week. PEPP Program: The Pre-Employment Planning Program (PEPP) ad two hundred (200) inmates in attendance. The PEPP program teaches job search and computer skills. Approximately seventy (70) inmates completed all requirements of the program. Library/Computer Program: Each housing area was offered this program on a weekly basis. The average attendance was forty-one (41) inmates per week. During this time, inmates used the computers to practice computer skills and used the library to sign out books and educational materials. Anger Management: Ninety (90) inmates attended anger management; the average attendance was four (4) hours of class per inmate. Twenty-three (23) inmates completed the full ten (10) hours required. Drug and Alcohol Counseling: One hundred and forty-three (143) inmates received drug and alcohol counseling. The average inmate completed five (5) hours of drug and alcohol counseling. Individual Counseling: Three hundred and eighty-five (385) individual counseling sessions were held. One hundred and fifty (150) of these sessions were provided by NCEF for special education students, volunteer counselors, and the Dover Adult Learning Center’s head counselor provided one hundred and thirty-five (135) sessions. Religious Counseling: An average of fifteen (15) inmates a week attended religious services. Jail Diversion Program: Twenty-eight (28) court-ordered youth completed the Jail Diversion Program. Eleven (11) schools also participated in the program with more than five hundred (500) students touring the facility and hearing inmate speakers. Twelve-Step Program: Weekly Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous meetings were held for both male and female populations. Inmate Holiday Services: Volunteers from three (3) area churches assisted with the inmate Christmas Party. Volunteers from the church presented an evening of music and dessert items for all the inmates at the SCHOC. In addition, the churches donated over 50 gifts for the “Angel Tree” program. Inmates were able to wrap age appropriate donated gifts and present the gifts to their children during holiday visits. Inmate Sewing Program: Local church groups donated yarn for the female inmates to crochet blankets for local charities. Several of the female inmates participated ad crocheted blankets to donate to area churches and shelters. The year 2002 marked the Jail Industry Program’s sixteenth year of continuous private-sector work opportunities for inmates. Strafford County’s Jail Industry program is the first certified County-paid work opportunity in the country and continued to meet its original goals to offset costs of incarcerations, reduce idleness, provide meaningful work skills, and generate monies for inmate release. The Jail Industry goals are: Reduce idleness of inmates; offset cost of incarceration; provide monies to inmates for release; and provide meaningful work skills. Due to the downturn in the electronics industry in 2001, work from DT Magnetics, a 15 year private-sector partner, ended. Although this was a real challenge to the Jail Industry program, the timing of the downturn lessened the impact on the program. Due to the construction of the new facility limited availability of space for jail industries, the program then had no space available for such a large operation such as DT Magnetics. The Jail Industry Program is very grateful to DT Magnetics (formerly GFS Manufacturing) for its many years of private sector partnership. This ended a very successful chapter in the life of the Jail Industry program. Because of diversification and on-going work development, the Jail Industry Program continues to operate the Commissary and laundry programs, which include expansion into inmate laundry distribution, and the private sector partnership with Precision Assembly. Fifty-one (51) inmates worked a total of 4,262.833 hours and grossed a total of $21,460.12 in wages. The Jail Industry Program was also able to develop a new Family Reception Center with the assistance of a voluntary board and cooperation from Department of Corrections staff. The Family Reception Center is operated on weekends by volunteers before and after inmate visits, in space loaned from Riverside Rest Home’s Maintenance Department. The program successfully obtained a $4,996 grant from the Greater Piscataqua Community Foundation to assist with its mission of providing families support through effective communication, thus lessening the negative impact of incarceration on the families while providing a bridge of communication between the facility and the families affected by incarceration. We look forward to the challenges of 2003-2004 and moving forward to enhance and continue to build the Jail Industry Program for the benefit of Strafford County and successful releases of those incarcerated. Monthly Daily Average Population For 2002
The average population for 2002 was 192.29. There were one thousand, eight hundred and sixty one (1,861) admissions, plus six hundred seventy-eight (678) inmates held in protective custody. There were one hundred, thirty-one (431) females were incarcerated in 2002. There were two hundred and forty-eight (248) inmates housed in this facility from other facilities, as follows:
On December 31, 2002, Volunteers of America Northern New England completed its fifth year of operation of the Strafford County Community Corrections Program. The program’s main objective is to guide pre-trial defendants back into the community under close supervision who may otherwise be incarcerated while awaiting trial. This is accomplished in conjunction with the program’s primary goals, which are:
In the program’s fifth year of operation, the Strafford County Community Corrections Program serviced one hundred and twenty-seven (127) clients, with an average caseload of forty-four (44). Out of the one hundred and twenty-seven 9127) clients, sixty-three (63) were on electronic monitoring and sixty-four (64) were on the pre-trial program. Of those serviced, eighty percent (80%) have complied with all conditions of their individual case plan/ court order and/or have successfully completed the program. Twenty percent (20%) violated the conditions of release and were returned to custody. Of those violations, all but two (2) have been due to technical violations of the program (i.e. failed drug test, curfew violation, non-compliance, etc.). Four (4) have absconded from supervision. Volunteers of America, Strafford County Corrections Program obtained four hundred and forty-seven (447) urine samples in the year 2002. Out of those samples, forty-one (41) or nine percent (9%) proved positive for drug use. Tests that were positive proved the following types of drugs were used: Marijuana, heroin and cocaine. In the past year, Volunteers of America proved to be a financial benefit to the people of Strafford County. V.O.A saved the county 7,225 bed days on the pre-trial program and 8,753 bed days on the electronic monitoring program. Clients being housed at the Strafford County House of Correction cost an average of $63.50 per day. For the year of 2002, the clients that V.O.A has served would have cost Strafford County $1,014,603. The cost of Volunteers of America’s services for the last year was $148,583 (accounting for the deduction of electronic monitoring fees of $34,699). Volunteers of America saved the County $866,020 in bed days. The savings does not reflect the additional savings included in the defendant’s medical cost and post-trial suspended sentences for good behavior. In conclusion, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Strafford County Commissioners and Ray Bower, County Administrator, for all their assistance and support in the year 2002. I would also like to thank all the staff and volunteers of the Strafford County Department of Corrections for a job well done and look forward to moving into the new facility during the coming year.
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