Rankin County MS (2013 Conference) - JDAI Helpdesk

State of Mississippi
Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative
2013 Inter-Site Conference
Hilton Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
April 16-18, 2013
Thomas H. (Tom) Broome
Rankin County Court Judge
Pelahatchie, Mississippi

Mississippi – The Magnolia State State

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Mississippi on Target the Map

The Lay of the Land
The Lay of the Land
Where Most People Call Home Y’all
• 2,904,926 folks -
good and friendly people,
with a few old sore heads
• 82 Counties
• 30 Million acres
• 755,555 children
under 18
• Poverty Rate 22.4%
with under the age of
18 being 32.5%
• 51.4 % Female
Statewide

Diverse Population
Diversity of Population
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30
All States
Mississippi
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0
White
Black
Hispanic
Asian
Native
Mississippi
All States

Juvenile Justice Delivery
County Operated
• 83 Youth Courts
(82 county counties + 1 municipal)
• 16 County Detention Facilities
(wholly funded at local level)
• 90 Day Maximum stay at a
County Detention Facility
• 21 County Court Judges
• 49 Chancellors
• 62 Referees
(Appointed by Chancellors)
• 1 Municipal Court Judge
State Support
• One MDHS State Juvenile
Facility (Oakley Youth
Development Center)
• MDHS Division of Youth
Services Community
Counselors
• MDE Funds Detention
Education Services
• AOC Youth Court Support
Funds
• Adolescent Opportunity
Programs (AOPs); A-Teams;
Tony Gobar Individualized
Assessment and
Comprehensive Community
Intervention Initiative (IACCII)

Secure Detention
17 Secure Detention County Facilities
(526 bed capacity, 90 Day Maximum Stay in JDC or 72 Hours in THF)
16 County Facilities
County # of Beds
Adams 26
Alcorn 16
Bolivar 12
Desoto 36
Forrest 47
Harrison 27
Hinds 84
Jackson 28
Jones 36
Lee 24
Leflore 30
Lowndes 25
Rankin 42
ScoD 10
Warren 30
Washington 28
Yazoo 25
TOTAL BEDS 526
Temporary Holding
Facility (THF)
(72 hour max)

Oakley Youth Youth Development Center
(The only (only State Juvenile Facility)
• Average youth is 16 year old male
• Population averages 59
• Maximum 75 beds
• 192 youth attended in 2011
• 93% were male
• 86% were black; 14% were white
• 83 % were felony offenders
• 17% were habitual misdemeanor
offenders (3 or more excluding all
VOP unless new delinquent
charge)
• Average length of stay 16 weeks
• 24% Recidivism rate for 2011

A Decade of Reform
HB 974
Enacted
Minimum
Standards
for JDCs
HB 1500
Additional
Factors for
Delinquent
Disposition
HB 199
Juvenile
Delinquency
Prevention Act of
2006
HB 244
Columbia
Training School
Closed
2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
HB 1366
Created
Juvenile
Detention Task
Force
SB 2894
Juvenile Justice
Reform Act of
2005
(Monitoring Unit
and AOPs)
HB 527
Established
Youth Court
Support Funds;
Alternative
Sanctions
Grants;
Defender
Standards
HB 876
Monitor Power
HB 1494
Prohibit first
time nonviolent
offenders at
training school

SB 2969
Remove 17
year old
felons from
Adult
Jurisdiction
SB 2984
Increase
Hurdle to
Send to
Oakley
JDAI Going Statewide
SB 2598
Juvenile Detention
Efficiency and Center
Licensing Act of 2012
2010
2011 2012 2013
HB 420
Expanded
Intensive
Supervision
Program
SB 2631
Establish
Domestic
Violence Task
Force
Take JDAI to Scale
Throughout
Mississippi

Juvenile Detention and
Alternatives Task Force
• Created by SB 2598 approved by Governor Phil Bryant
on May 23, 2012
• All appointments made by August 1, 2012 with report due
by November 1, 2013
• Two tiered Input (Task Force Members & Advisory Group Representatives)
• Full Task Force Meetings Held to Date
– August 27, 2012 (Election of Officers)
– October 5, 2012 (Dane Bolin, Director JJS Calcasieu Parish, LA)
– February 5, 2013 (Center for Children’s Law & Policy –
Mark Soler, Dana Shoenberg, Jason Szanyi)
• www.msjuvenilealternativestaskforce.com

Task Force Members
Task Force Members
(24 Members)
• Statewide Coordinator of the
Annie E. Casey JDAI
• Director of Division of Youth Services
MS Department of Human Services
• Juvenile Facilities Monitoring Unit
Representative
• Two Youth Court Judges from the
MS Council of Youth Court Judges
• MS Sheriff’s Association
Representative
• Four Representatives from Counties
engaged in JDAI
• MS Department of Mental Health
Representative
• Six Representatives from the MS
Juvenile Detention Directors
Association
• Two County Supervisors with Detention
Centers appointed by MS Association
of Supervisors
• Two County Administrators from
counties with Detention Centers
appointed by MS Association of
Supervisors
• State Superintendent of Education
• Two Representatives of Local
Government (One appointed by Chair
of House Youth and Family Affairs
Committee and One appointed by Chair
of Senate Judiciary B Committee)

Advisory Group Representatives
Advisory Group Members
(18 representatives)
• Two Representatives from Children’s
Advocacy Nonprofit Organizations
(appointed by Legislature)
• Two Representatives of a Victim’s
Rights Organization appointed by the
Attorney General
• Two Representatives who are parents
or guardians of a Juvenile Justice
Involved Youth (appointed by
Legislature)
• Two Youths who have experience with
juvenile detention centers appointed by
Council of Youth Court Judges
• Three members appointed by the
Chairperson of the Juvenile Detention
Alternatives Task Force
• Two representatives from Mississippi
Public Universities by the
Commissioner of Higher Education
• A Representative from the Mississippi
Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee
appointed by the Chairperson of that
Committee
• A Representative from the Mississippi
Prosecutor’s Association
• A Representative from the Mississippi
Defender Association
• The Chair of the House Youth and
Family Affairs Committee
• The Chair of the Senate Judiciary B
Committee

Task Force Work Groups (6)
Task Force Work Groups
• General Application of Standards,
Administration and Management/Training
• Classification, Assessment, Health Care & Data
• Programming & Access Issues
• Restraint, Isolation, Due Process, Grievance
• Physical Plant/Environmental Issues/Safety
• Juvenile Detention Alternatives

Task Force Report
Task Force Report
• A plan for supporting Juvenile Detention Alternatives
• A plan for reducing the financial burden incurred by counties for
providing juvenile detention services, increasing cross-county collaboration,
reducing duplication of services, and maximizing support from federal, state
and private sources;
• Proposed juvenile detention licensing standards, which may consider
national standards and the minimum standards set forth in
Section 43-21-321 of the Mississippi Code of 1972;
• A recommendation of which state agency should be authorized to
promulgate, adopt and enforce the proposed licensing standards and any
other regulations for juvenile detention centers;
• Any recommended legislation for consideration in the 2013 Legislative
Session; and
• Any other issues related to juvenile detention centers or alternatives to
juvenile detention deemed relevant by the task force.

Annie E. Casey Foundation
Partners in Change
• In 2009, the AECF partnered with the
Attorney General’s Office to implement
JDAI in 3 Pilot Sites.
• Co-JDAI State Coordinators Patti
Marshall (Assistant AG) & Gloria Salters
worked with JJ Specialist Ray Sims of the
MS Department of Public Safety PSPD
to expand JDAI along with Dr. Alfred
Martin, Chair of the MS JJ Advisory
Committee and Donald Beard of the
JFMU of DPS-PSPD.
• 3 Counties were selected to begin the
initial implementation, and 2 additional
sites have been added.
Initial Pilot Sites
• Adams County
Judge John Hudson
• Leflore County
Judge Kevin Adams
• Washington County
Judge Vernita King Johnson
Added Sites
• Rankin County
Judge Thomas H. Broome
• Harrison County
Judge Margaret Alfonso

JDAI Pilot Sites in Mississippi
Secure Detention
(516 Counties County Facilities on Board)
County # of Beds
Adams 26
Alcorn 16
Bolivar 12
Desoto 36
Forrest 47
Harrison 27
Hinds 84
Jackson 28
Jones 36
Lee 24
Leflore 30
Lowndes 25
Rankin 42
ScoD 10
Warren 30
Washington 28
Yazoo 25
TOTAL BEDS 526
JDAI Pilot Site
Temporary Holding
Facility (THF)
(72 hour max)

Ge
A Debt of Gratitude We Owe
• Bart Lubow
• Gail Mumford
• Tim Roche
• Orlando Martinez
• Judge Tommy Jewel
• Dane Bolin
• Mark Soler
• Dana Shoenberg
• Jason Szanyi
• Lisa Macaluso
• James Bell
• Melodee Hanes
• Scott Pestridge
• All our JDAI partners
• Annie E. Casey Foundation &
Staff
• OJJDP & Staff
• Haywood Burns Institute Staff &
Consultants
• Multnomah County, Oregon
• Pima County, Arizona
• Cook County, Illinois
• State of Louisiana JDAI Team
• State of New Jersey JDAI Team
• Caddo Parish, Calcasieu Parish,
East Baton Rouge Parish,
Jefferson Parish, & Orleans
Parish, Louisiana
• Other Unsung Heroes

Reasons for Change (Act 1)
• In 2003, the United States Department
of Justice filed suit against the State of
Mississippi due to issues at Columbia
and Oakley Training Schools; and
Southern Poverty Law Center and MS
Center for Justice entered appearance
as counsel in 1977 Judgment in
Morgan v. Sproat.
• 2005 Settlement Agreement
• In 2004, Southern Poverty Law Center
and MS Center for Justice sued for
access to counsel at Columbia
Training School.
• In 2007, Mississippi Protection and
Advocacy Systems and Southern
Poverty Law Center filed suit about
conditions at Columbia Training
School.
• 2005 Settlement Agreement
• 2008 Columbia Closed

Reasons for Change (Act 2)
• In 2009, Southern Poverty Law Center
on behalf of Mississippi Protection and
Advocacy sued Harrison County
Juvenile Detention Center due to
conditions and civil rights issues.
• In 2009, Southern Poverty Law Center
on behalf of Disability Rights
Mississippi sued Lauderdale County
Juvenile Detention Center due to
conditions and civil rights issues.
• In 2009, the Department of Justice sent
a letter informing of a CRIPA
investigation to Leflore County
Juvenile Detention Center.
• In 2011, Southern Poverty Law Center
on behalf of Disability Rights
Mississippi filed suit against Forrest
County Juvenile Detention Center
alleging lack of access to children and
other allegations.
• 2009 Settlement Agreement
• 2010 Settlement Agreement
• 2011 Findings Letter
• 2012 Agreed Order

Reasons for Change (Act 3)
• In 2011, Southern Poverty Law Center
and Disability Rights Mississippi filed a
class action against Henley-Young
Juvenile Justice Center of Hinds
County, Mississippi due to allegations
of denial of mental health services and
threats of harm.
• 2012 Agreed Order
• In 2012, the United State Department
of Justice filed suit against the
Lauderdale County Juvenile
Detention Facility; the City of
Meridian and the Division of Youth
Services alleging they operate a
school- to-prison pipeline.
• In 2013, Southern Poverty Law Center
threatens legal action against the Pike
County Juvenile Detention Center.
• 2012 Lauderdale County Juvenile
Detention Center Closed;
and the lawsuit is still pending
• 2013 Pike County Juvenile
Detention Center Closed

Mississippi’s Mississippi’s 2010 Numbers 2010 of
Total Youth of Youth in Detention in Detention
357
Ranked 12 th
lowest in number of youth
detained

Mississippi’s 2010
Rate of Youth in Detention
105
(Rate per 100k juveniles 10 &
above)
Ranked 5 th
lowest rate of youth detained

Youth in Confinement by State
1997-2010
1997—756 Kids
210 Rate
2010---357 Kids
105 Rate
Change from
1997 - 2010
Kids - 399
Mississippi
Rate - 50%

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Contact Information
Thomas H. (Tom) Broome
Rankin County Court Judge
100 Court Cove
Pelahatchie, MS 39145
Telephone (601) 824-2551
Facsimile (601) 591-4788
Email tbroome@rankincounty.org
Thanks for All You Do for Our Children!