2008 Budget Book - Kitsap County Government

Law & Justice
Sheriff/Jail
Purpose:
Our mission is to invest available resources toward providing a safe, secure, legal and respectful
environment for our officers, staff, inmates, professional personnel, and the community.
We accomplish our mission by developing and maintaining a professional staff, maintaining effective
custody and control of inmates, assisting the judicial system, and providing inmates with access to
programs which facilitate their opportunities to re-enter society as self-sufficient, contributing members.
• Provide a safe work environment for staff, volunteers, contractors and inmates.
• Protect the community, staff, contractors, volunteers and inmates from harm.
• Maintain an orderly jail with clear expectations of behavior and systems of accountability.
• Provide for the basic needs and personal care of inmates.
• Help inmates to successfully return to the community and reduce the negative effects of
confinement.
• Treat inmates fairly and respect their legal rights. Provide services that hold inmates accountable
for their actions and encourage them to make restitution to their victims and the community.
• Administer and manage the jail in a professional and responsible manner, consistent with legal
requirements.
2007 Accomplishments:
• Fully utilize alternatives to incarceration, to reduce the impact on jail space utilization.
• Increased revenues through jail contract services by over 23%.
• Completed IBIS project throughout Kitsap County Region.
• Restructured Medical Services Program and contracted for services with CONMED Heathcare
Incorporated.
• Increased training of correctional staff to an average of 40 Hours per staff member.
• Increased jail commissary revenues by 10%.
• Increased use of inmate labor by over 5%.
• Reduced Intake Standards to lowest level since 1999, in partnership with local criminal justice
agencies.
• Participated in County Substance Abuse Strategic Planning.
• Hired 17 correction officer positions, promoted two new correction sergeants, and hired new full
time support services position.
• Added 13 beds to Central A of the new jail.
• Installed new Inmate Phone System; Increasing revenues to county, Reducing overall costs to
families/friends and enhancing security.
• Instituted on-line process for families to place monies on inmate accounts.
2008 Goals & Objectives:
• Continue to utilize the alternatives to incarceration, so as not to “overcrowd” the new facility.
• Increase the use of inmate labor.
• Implement medical co-pay by inmates.
• Increase the booking fee paid by the inmates.
• Use of barcode wristbands to track inmate movement and accountability.
• Continue to work on improving our existing system for extradition of prisoners form surrounding
counties and states.
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