The Corrections Task Force Project: Memorandum

The Corrections Task Force Project: Memorandum

The Corrections Task Force Project: Memorandum

According to a recent Bureau of Justice Statistics report, the jail population has increased nationwide. "The Census of Jail Inmates, conducted on June 30, 2005, recorded a 33,539 inmate increase, the largest 12-month growth since 1997"(BJS, 2006).

Closer to home in Utopia County jail overcrowding is at an explosive rate increase, the safety of all is at risk, and the lack of meeting the minimum jail standards. To address these problems, The County Board of Supervisors of Utopia County formed the Team B Corrections Task Force (TBCTF), to undertake planning and designing for the new jail. This Memorandum will detail the findings, including whom the new jail will house, the number of inmates it will hold, and the gender and age of expected inmates. Providing reasons behind the decisions for the recommendations for private or publicly funding and managing, summarizing purposes and functions for the type of jail, creating the name and the mission statement identifying the goals and purposes of the new jail. Issues on jail population focus on both the number and types of inmates in the jail unfortunately,