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Maine Pretrial Services

Maine Pretrial Services, Inc. 9 Green Street Augusta, ME 04330 www.mainepretrial.org Info@mainepretrial.org. MAINE Approximately 35,000 Square Miles Population of 1.3 million 16 Counties 32 Court Houses 14 County Jails 6 State Prisons 2 Juvenile Institutions 1 Reentry Center.

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Maine Pretrial Services

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  1. Maine Pretrial Services, Inc.9 Green StreetAugusta, ME 04330www.mainepretrial.orgInfo@mainepretrial.org

  2. MAINEApproximately 35,000 Square MilesPopulation of 1.3 million16 Counties32 Court Houses14 County Jails6 State Prisons2 Juvenile Institutions1 Reentry Center

  3. Maine Pretrial Services Maine Pretrial Services, Inc. (MPS), originally known as the Bail Project, has been in existence for more than thirty-five years. MPS was incorporated in 1983 under its current 501 c3 status.

  4. MPS Mission Statement Maine Pretrial Services, Inc. is a private, nonprofit agency committed to providing pretrial services, post conviction alternatives and diversion options throughout the state of Maine.

  5. Agency Vision We strive to embrace innovation and integrity while recognizing legal and evidence based practices in order to effectively and efficiently address the evolving needs of Maine’s criminal justice system.

  6. A Chicken in Every Pot With guidance from our board of directors, MPS has sought to provide services to criminal defendants in all of Maine’s 16 counties. Over the last 10 years the agency has evolved into its current configuration with a presence in 11 Maine counties.

  7. Goals To provide objective, comprehensive information to the court, prosecution, and defense regarding each in-custody defendant for use in the bail determination. To provide effective community supervision and monitoring of court ordered conditions of release for all eligible defendants. To reduce recidivism and promote appearance by collaborating effectively with community based resources for treatment, education, employment and housing.

  8. Goals To use an objective, validated risk assessment tool in conjunction with screening and verification processes on all in-custody defendants prior to initial appearance. To appropriately consider the purpose of bail and the constitutional guarantees afforded to the accused when recommending conditions or combinations of conditions designed to ensure appearance while reducing risk of re-offense for all in-custody defendants. To address criminogenic factors in the criminal justice population by embracing principles of legal and evidence based practices such as motivational interviewing, objective risk assessment, and referral to evidence based treatment interventions for all defendants eligible for supervision.

  9. MPS Programs • Pretrial Release and Supervision • Adult Drug Court Case Management • Family Drug Court Case Management • Co-Occurring Court Case Management • Veterans Court Case Management • Reentry Case Management • Vocational and Housing Resource Case Management

  10. Data Driven Performance Outcomes • Outcomes based on Measuring What Matters • Web based Information System for data entry • Ability to produce routine “error reports” • Ability to run reports based on county, caseworker, program, specific date ranges • Seamless quality assurance

  11. Weekly Data Snapshots

  12. Total Clients Served 2009-2012

  13. Average Length of Supervision

  14. Bed Days Saved

  15. Safety Rates

  16. Appearance Rates

  17. Pretrial Certification Current and former staff are Certified Pretrial Professionals MPS instituted policy in 2008 that all Pretrial Staff become certified within the first year of employment Staff are required to attend a mandatory minimum number of continuing education hours in order to maintain CPC status.

  18. Accreditation • NAPSA Accreditation Committee selected Maine as a test site for roll out of new accreditation process • Started process in fall of 2010. • Thorough review of policy and procedure vis a vis the pertinent NAPSA standards as adopted by Accreditation Committee. • Virtual, telephone, and in person meetings, followed by local site visits. • Local team led by Deputy Director, required management coordination • Special thanks to Barbara Darby and Peter Kiers!!!

  19. State Board of Corrections • History-Governor’s Initiative: One Maine One System 2006 • L.D. 2080-An Act to Better Coordinate and Reduce the Cost of the Delivery of the State and County Correctional Services • Passed as emergency legislation • Simultaneous with Correctional Alternative Advisory Committee (CAAC)(special legislative committee to the Governor’s Task Force on Criminal Justice). • CAAC report included “Pretrial Case Processing” by Marie Van Nostrand, PhD.

  20. BOC Mission and Goals • Design, guide, and invest strategically in the development of a unified state and county corrections system and to maintain and manage the system in order to accomplish the following goals: • reduces recidivism • increases pretrial diversion and post conviction release • reduces the rate and use of incarceration • achieves efficiencies • reduces the rate of growth in the cost of corrections

  21. BOC Responsibilities and Duties • Manage the cost of corrections.   • Determine correctional facility use and purpose. • Adopt treatment standards and policies.   • Certificate of need.   • Administrative duties.   • Receive and review recommendations.  

  22. BOC 2013-Blue Ribbon Commission • “Jail Task Force” Commission to Study Board of Corrections • On heels of independent report by NIC • On heels of independent report by RH Smith audit • Another study to try and convince Mainers that our correctional system is broken? • We knew that….but…….

  23. Beginning of Bail Reform • Testimony provided to Jail Task Force Commission regarding underutilization and misuse of pretrial services • Conversation followed regarding need for bail reform, involvement of bench and bar • Media opportunities • Anticipation of Arnold report (Van Nostrand and Lowenkamp) • Possibilities!!!!!!

  24. Massachusetts Bail Reform • Meetings scheduled for Maine Pretrial Services, NAPSA, and Pretrial Justice Institute: • Presentations to Chief Justice and members of Pretrial Task Force of Massachusetts • Presentations to Members of Massachusetts Commissions on Criminal Justice • Presentations to Committee for Public Counsel Services/Public Defender • Legislative presentations for members of Mass. Senate • Public meeting for Advocacy Groups, interested public at Suffolk Law School

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