HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 03221988 - S.2 TOt BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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FROM) supervisor Tom Powers Costa
DATEt March 15, 1988 County
SUBJECT$ Trial Court Delay Program ,
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
That the County Administrator develop, as a major priority, a Trial
Court Delay Program. The Program would include the development of an
information and management system to track cases through the justice
. system in order to reduce jail overcrowding and judicial system delays.
BACKGROUND:
Contra Costa County has the lowest incarceration rate in the state of
California, yet our jails are overcrowded. Our courts have the fewest
judges per our population compared to most courts in the State, and yet
we have avoided delays in processing cases.
All of the departments in the County's justice system have done an
outstanding job in moving cases forward as quickly as possible and
eliminating incarcerations without threatening the public safety. This
has been accomplished through a great deal of cooperation by the justice
departments and the County Justice System Executive Council .
While we have recognized the outstanding work that our justice system
department heads and their staff have done, we need to make additional
progress in supporting their efforts to achieve an efficient and rapid
dispensation of justice on behalf of the public.
In order to further assist the department heads we need to be able to
provide for them detailed information concerning the kinds of cases
which are in the system, the kinds of prisoners who are in our jails,
county farms, and work furlough programs. With an automated system
program, our judicial administrators will have the tools necessary to
make refinements and adjustments to the judicial system.
The trial court delay program is a model that has been reviewed by other
counties and the State Judicial Council . Both county jail funding and
State Judicial Council funds are available to accomplish modernizing our
information system.
The County Administrators office should take immediate steps to
accomplish this court management system.'
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OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Cc' County Adm I inistrator ATTESTED MAR 2 2 1988
Justice Systems Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board
Court Administrator of Supervisors and County Administrato
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