Community Corrections

Budget Information and Statistics

Budget and Performance Measure Information

Kent County OCC applied for the following funds for programming in FY 2008:

  • Comprehensive Plans and Services: $611,170.00
  • Probation Residential Funds: $1,182,180.00
  • Drunk Driving Jail Reduction Program: $87,600.00

These funds will assist the Kent County OCC in achieving the performance goals that have been articulated to the Kent County Circuit Court Administrator’s Office. These goals entail three different areas:

Prison Commitments

Performance Indicators 2004 2005 2006 2007
Reduce the overall prison commitment rate to 22% 22.8% 24.4% 25.0% 26.6%
Maintain prison commitment rates for probation violators at less than 45% 26.9% 25.4% 25.4% 26.6%
Reduce the prison commitment rate for Straddle Cell offenders to 41% or less 47.1% 47.8% 52.7% 54.7%
Maintain the overall prison commitment rate for OUIL 3rd offenders at or less than 30% 28.5% 30.1% 24.8% 21.2%

Jail Utilization

Performance Indicators 2004 2005 2006 2007
Maintain the Split Sentence rate at 21% 17.9% 17.8% 17.0% 18.7%
Maintain the Straight Jail rate at or less than 22% 22.9% 25.5% 25.9% 24.8%
Prevent official jail overcrowding emergencies 0 0 0 0
Maintain the number of jail bed days saved through OCC contracts with Court Services at 65,000 or greater 67,583 56,364 65,834 73,468
At least 300 KCCF inmates will be processed for reimbursement through the County Jail Reimbursement Program 241 253 194 209

Subcontractors

Performance Indicators 2004 2005 2006 2007
Expend 100% of MOCC grant monies awarded to Kent County 89.2% 96.8% 93.4% 92.9%
Maintain overall program enrollment at 95% or greater 111.5% 126.4% 114.1% 124.1%
Utilize Probation Residential Centers at 95% or greater of their capacity 99.4% 110.1% 94.8% 102.0%
Maintain an overall successful termination rate of 70% 62.9% 65.8% 67.5% 64.0%
Serve an unduplicated count of 1,400 or more OCC-eligible offenders 1,622 1,797 2,829 2,474
Maintain a successful termination rate of 85% of pretrial offenders enrolled in pretrial programming 86.4% 86.9% 85.8% 83.3%

Statistics

The Kent County Office of Community Corrections department is responsible for collecting and analyzing data related to sentenced felony offenders, jail utilization and program performance. Specifically Kent County OCC gathers data related to the following items:

  • Sentenced felony disposition and offender characteristics obtained from OMNI data submitted to the Kent County Office of Community Corrections from the 17th Circuit Court Probation Office
  • Booking and other data including lengths of stay for offenders booked into the Kent County Correctional Facility
  • OCC-funded program performance and utilization data

Collecting, analyzing, and disseminating this data to stakeholders in the criminal justice system and local community aids the development of sound criminal justice policy. The following information is available as an example of the data analysis that can be provided by Kent County OCC staff:

Kent County Felony Disposition (2005 through 2007) by Disposition Type:
The size of the sentenced felony offender population and dispositions received in Kent County and the State of Michigan are illustrated in these two tables.

Selected Offender Characteristics (2005, 2006, 2007) for Felony Offenders Sentenced for New Felony Offenses:
These three tables illustrate the differences between those offenders sentenced for new felony offenses from 2005 through 2007 to dispositions involving prison, straight jail, a split sentence of probation and jail, or straight probation with comparisons based upon a number of selected offender characteristics.

Examples of Other Analyses:
The first of the following two charts illustrates the status at the time of their arrest for those offenders sentenced for new felony offenses and receiving prison dispositions. The second chart illustrates the prison and jail commitment rates for offenders sentenced for probation violations from 2003 through 2005.

Public Information and Education

Funded by public tax dollars, Kent County Office of Community Corrections data is available to the community as a resource for data and statistical information regarding the criminal justice system in Kent County. Statistical data or additional information regarding Kent County felony offender populations may be requested by contacting the Kent County Office of Community Corrections via phone, fax, or in writing.