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Jail Overcrowding
Many trial courts and counties face recurrent problems with overcrowding in jails.
In June of 2003 the SCAO convened a meeting of chief judges and other trial court
representatives to discuss strategies for addressing jail overcrowding. Based on the
experience of trial courts that have experience with jail overcrowding, checklists and
other information documents were prepared for a presentation at the Michigan Association
of Counties in August of 2003. Those materials and other resource materials are
provided below.
At the August 19, 2003, Annual Conference of the Michigan Association of Counties,
a panel on jail overcrowding entitled "Jail Overcrowding - A Serious Problem
Requiring Comprehensive Solutions" was presented. Following are the conference
materials from this session.
See the complete document (5160K PDF file) - This is a large file. It may take a long
time to download, depending upon your connection speed.
See the document by sections:
Checklist (260K PDF file)
Best Practices (679K PDF file)
Kalamazoo (2645K PDF file)
Missaukee / Wexford (294K PDF file)
Wayne (1291K
PDF file)
Jackson County passed a millage last year and a new minimum security
facility is opening soon.
Judge Chad Schmucker and Sheriff Dan Heyns have explained the successful effort and the
lessons learned during the process.
>>See the article and pictures
of the new facility.
Kalamazoo County, through its Community Corrections Advisory Board, recently completed a strategic
planning process and has moved into the implementation phase. >>See the strategic plan.
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