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RESIDENTIAL: The residential facility is most simply described as a "halfway
house". Offenders are placed instead of prison or as a transitional release
from prison, mostly prior to being placed on parole. Periodically a parolee
may be placed in lieu of return to prison to stabilize behavior. The
facility is staffed at all times.
Programming: Upon entering, residents are assigned a case manager
who administers several tests designed to identify specific problem
areas related to criminal behavior and develops an individualized
supervision plan. Offenders are required to secure employment in
the community and to participate in other individual activities
that support positive change. Through weekly individual sessions,
the case manager monitors offender compliance and progress with the
supervision plan, including treatment participation, restitution
payment, educational achievement, job stability/advancement and
behavior in the facility and community. Participation in internal
cognitive skills training may be required.
Security: Residents must sign out of the facility for work,
authorized treatment and approved recreational activities.
Community locations are monitored by staff, and residents must call
in changes prior to leaving their known location. Direct routes to
and from authorized locations are required, with some specific
locations identified as unacceptable at any time. Formal "counts"
occur every two hours. A resident whose whereabouts is unknown for
more that 2 hours is considered to have escaped by statute, and the
police are notified. The facility and residents are searched
routinely to deter the flow of legal and illegal unwanted items
into the facility. Drug and alcohol use is prohibited, and urine
samples are taken randomly and tested for these substances.
Breathalyzers are also administered regularly and randomly.
Antabuse and other prescribed medication is administered by staff.
House rules and procedures (attachment 5) are enforced through a
formal disciplinary process, and violation may result in
termination and transfer to jail.
COMMUNITY SUPERVISION: Community Supervision staff provide supervision and
counseling to diversion offenders who are on non-residential status. Most
have completed residential placement positively. A few cases are pending
placement in Residential or were placed on Community Supervision initially.
Supervision may include counseling, community monitoring, verification of
treatment compliance and progress, substance abuse testing, antabuse
administration, budget planning and financial monitoring, including the
payment of restitution.
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PRESENT SITUATION:
Adult Services are presently separately located. Residential is located at
502 West Laurel, Ft. Collins. The facility was originally designed as a
sorority house, and accommodates 61 offenders, 5 of which may be women. A
staff of 15 operate the facility. Pretrial Release, Evaluations, Community
Supervision and administrative staff occupy offices at 315 West Oak Street,
Ft. Collins.
FUNCTIONS TO BE LOCATED AT THE REDWOOD FACILITY:
PRETRIAL RELEASE: Pretrial Release Services collects, verifies and assesses
case information on all adult offenders arrested and detained in the Larimer
County Detention Center for warrants or investigation of new charges. This
information is provided to the court and other relevant criminal justice
agencies for use in determination of type and conditions of bond to ensure
court appearance and community safety. The two staff also supervise
compliance with bond conditions.
EVALUATIONS: The two evaluations personnel provide initial screening
services for referrals from District Court (called Diversion cases), the
Department of Corrections (called Transition cases), the Federal Bureau of
Prisons (called Federal cases) and the local Parole Office.
For diversion cases, staff are responsible for collecting background
information and interviewing the candidate to determine eligibility under
criteria adopted by the Community Corrections Advisory Board (attachment 4)
and acceptability by internal staff based on identified lifestyle problems
associated with criminal conduct and perceived motivation for program
involvement. Upon completion of the assessment, each case is presented to an
internal Selections Committee for a decision to accept or reject. Those
cases that are acceptable by staff because of mitigating circumstances, but
not eligible by Board criteria are then presented to a Board Selection
Committee for a final decision as to acceptance or rejection. A report is
provided to the court for use at sentencing.
For transition, federal and parole cases, staff review case material provided
by the referring agency and other information available from internal files
or local records to collect data regarding eligibility under Board criteria
and acceptability to program staff. As with diversion cases, all transition
and federal cases are presented'to the internal Selections Committee and to
the Board Selection Committee if the case is acceptable to staff but not
eligible under the criteria.
Great care is taken to screen out potentially violent offenders, both because
of concerns for community safety and facility management. Those offenders
whose current offense may be characterized as violent may be accepted by both
the internal Committee and the Board Committee if circumstances of the
offense reduce the potential risk to the community, and if the offender has
taken steps that will reduce potential risk to the specific victim.
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Community Corrections Department
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LARIMER COUNTY
Paul H. Cooper, Director
315 West Oak Street, Suite 302
Fort Collins, Colorado 80521
498-7530
COLORADO Adult Residential Services
Youth Services Bureau
502 West Laurel St.
419 West Mountain
Fort Collins, CO 80521
Fort Collins, CO 80521
498-7527
498-7470
TO: City of Fort Collins Planning Department
Attention: Kirsten Whetstone
DATE: November 18, 1993
RE: Administrative change for "New Beginnings PUD" processed in 1985
Written Information:
LARIMER COUNTY COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT
PROPOSAL REGARDING RELOCATION TO 1225 REDWOOD STREET
(formerly "New Beginnings")
PROPOSED USE:
The intent is to locate all of the Larimer County Community Corrections
Department administrative and Adult Service functions to 1225 Redwood ("New
Beginnings"). This would allow for consolidation at a single location. In
our present residential facility, offender capacity is 61, and 11 of 26
employees office at a separate location. With the immediate addition of two
bathrooms, the Redwood facility would house 62 adult felony offenders and all
26 employees.
DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION:
The Larimer County Community Corrections Department is charged with the
delivery of local correctional services to adult and juvenile offenders in
varied stages of the criminal justice process. The Department is dedicated
to improving the quality of life of community, victim and offender through
effective and innovative services that support accountability, positive
choices and constructive behavior, thereby reducing criminal actions. The
department receives supervision and oversight from the Larimer County Board
of Commissioners, the Community Corrections Advisory Board (attachment 1 & 2)
and the Youth Services Bureau Advisory Board.
The department consists of two functional areas:
1. Adult Services include Pretrial Release, Evaluations,
Residential, and Community Supervision (non-residential). Services
are provided consistent with Article 27 of title 17, Colorado
Revised Statutes, as amended. (attachment 3)
2. Youth Services include Community Service (mediation, work
placement, outdoor challenge activities, restitution work crews)
and the Family Emergency Team.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Courtlyn W. Hotchkiss Janet Duvall Jim Disnev
District I District 11 District III