The Virginia Department of Corrections Fairfax District 29 State - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

The Virginia Department of Corrections Fairfax District 29 State Probation

How our efforts benefit the residents of Fairfax County

District 29 Fairfax Probation Office

• State probation officers
• Supervise residents of Fairfax Co. including out-of-state

and other probation districts transferring in

• Circuit Court convictions only / mostly felonies

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Just who do we supervise?

• Sex Offenders
• Murderers
• Gang
• Assaults
• Drugs
• And everything else in between!

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31% 31% 9% 6% 6% 5% 5% 3% 2% 2%

Current Offenses under Supervision in Fairfax County

Larceny/Fraud - 622 Drug Sales/Possessions - 617 Sex Offenses - 169 Assaults - 128 Robbery - 123 DUI - 90 Burglary - 90 Habitual Offender - 58 Abduction - 47 Miscellaneous - 173

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MI COMPAS Case Planning EPICS SOARING ARM Offender Change and Making Better Decisions Safer Communities Fewer Victims Lower Recidivism Successful People

Implementing Evidence Based Practices in VADOC: The Way We Do Business

Recidivism Rates by Community Supervision Location

District 1 Richmond 22.4% District 20 Bedford 12.8 District 2 Norfolk 25.1% District 21 Fredericksburg 26.4 District 3 Portsmouth 23.3% District 22 Martinsville 26.6 District 4 Accomac 15.8% District 23 Virginia Beach 21.3 District 5 Gloucester 21.5 District 24 Farmville 22.2 District 6 Suffolk 15.8 District 25 Leesburg 18.0 District 7 Petersburg 17.6 District 26 Culpeper 22.0 District 8 South Boston 15.0 District 27 Chesterfield 19.1 District 9 Charlottesville 19.8 District 28 Radford 29.3 District 10 Arlington 11.8 District 29 Fairfax

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District 11 Winchester 19.4 District 30 Hampton 21.1 District 12 Staunton 24.8 District 31 Chesapeake 22.8 District 13 Lynchburg 19.0 District 32 Henrico 20.2 District 14 Danville 23.0 District 33 Warsaw 21.4 District 15 Roanoke 21.9 District 34 Williamsburg 24.9 District 16 Wytheville 20.8 District 35 Manassas 16.8 District 17 Abingdon 19.4 District 36 Alexandria 16.5 District 18 Norton 20.8 District 42 Franklin 23.5 District 19 Newport News 18.5 District 43 Tazewell 27.9

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22.4% 24.2% 24.9% 25.0% 25.0% 25.0% 25.5% 28.2% 29.2% 29.3% 29.8% 30.2% 31.4% 31.9% 32.0% 32.0% 32.0% 32.2% 33.9% 34.2% 35.8% 35.9% 37.0% 37.5% 39.8% 39.9% 40.5% 42.2% 42.6% 43.3% 43.6% 43.9% 44.6% 45.0% 46.2% 47.1% 47.1% 50.0% 51.8% 52.0% 55.0% 59.5% 60.0% 64.6% 66.4% 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0% 70.0% Virginia Oklahoma South Carolina Minnesota West Virginia Florida Nebraska Wyoming Nevada Ohio Michigan Maine Mississippi Alabama Idaho Massachusetts New Jersey Washington Louisiana Iowa North Carolina Kansas Indiana Wisconsin Arizona North Dakota Maryland Montana New York Kentucky South Dakota Missouri California Vermont New Mexico New Hampshire Tennessee Colorado Arkansas Rhode Island Connecticut Pennsylvania Utah Delaware Alaska

Three-Year Re-Incarceration Rates: A State Comparison

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Important Collaborations that Benefit the County

• Reentry programs - VASAVOR
• Drug Court
• Diversion First
• George Mason University
• Fairfax County Re-entry Council

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Why a Supplement?

• Vacancy/Turnover rate
• Impact on Staff and Offenders
• Important work not being done
• Cannot compete with local agencies

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Compensation

• Let’s compare

▫ Starting salary for State Probation Officers - $45,894.00 ▫ Starting salary for Local Probation Court Services is $60,000 est. ▫ Starting salary for Federal Probation Officers – $55,000 to $60,000

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Benefits to Fairfax County

• D29 Probation Officers highly trained and skilled to be able to

help offenders change behavior for long term success

• Collaborative approach to supervision, i.e. Drug Court, Diversion

First, Reentry

• Proof that what we’re doing is working
• Helping our offenders make positive life changes which will make

Fairfax County a safer place to live

• Less victims
• Lower recidivism

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