Community Corrections

Advisory Board

Appointed by the Kent County Board of Commissioners, the Kent County Community Corrections Advisory Board (CCAB) is responsible for community corrections planning and policy-making with regards to the community corrections funding received from the Michigan Office of Community Corrections (MOCC). The Kent County CCAB has thirteen members representing a cross-section of stakeholders within the county criminal justice system. Meeting periodically through the year, CCAB members review and discuss issues pertinent to the criminal justice system in Kent County and how community corrections programming funding through the Kent County Office of Community Corrections can positively impact these issues. CCAB members also must approve the yearly community corrections grant that funds the Kent County Office of Community Corrections.

Current members of the Kent County CCAB include:

  • CCAB Chairperson – Hon. Donald Johnson
  • County Sheriff – Captain Randy Demory
  • Chief of Police – Chief Richard Mattice (Kentwood Police Department)
  • District Court Judge – Hon. Jeanine LaVille
  • Family Division Judge – Hon. Patricia Gardner
  • County Commissioner – Gary Rolls
  • Service Area – Kristen Geitzen (Arbor Circle)
  • County Prosecutor – William Forsyth
  • Criminal Defense – Christine Tober (Public Defender's Office)
  • Business Community – Rusty Merchant
  • Communications/Media – Tanda Newland (Grand Rapids Press)
  • Circuit/District Court Probation – Denise Allsberry
  • General Public - Alecia Lewis

Jail CellCCAB meetings are open to the public and are generally held quarterly on Wednesday mornings at 730am in the 5th Floor Conference Room in the Kent County Courthouse. Contact OCC staff for meeting dates in 2010.

Examples of CCAB Subcommittees

Jail Bed Monitoring Committee: This committee meets periodically to monitor judicial utilization of jail beds as outlined in the Jail Bed Allocation Agreement. The agreement, which works as a mechanism that is used to avoid jail overcrowding in Kent County, details the allotment of jail beds at the Kent County Correctional Facility between all Circuit, Family, and District Courts in Kent County.

GavelAlternative Sentencing and Evaluation Committee: This committee meets to discuss and make recommendations regarding the programs that will receive community corrections funding during the fiscal year (October 1 through September 30th). Additionally, the committee works to ensure that the funded programs are providing contracted services in a quality and cost-effective manner so that the community corrections goals and objectives are being met.

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