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1 McLean County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council Executive Committee Meeting December 19, 2012 Present: Chief Judge Elizabeth Robb, Judge Robert Freitag, Sheriff Mike Emery, Kim Campbell, Jason Chambers, Greg Allen, Lori McCormick and William Scanlon ISU Stevenson Center: Dr. Frank Beck and Dr. Ed Wells Strategic Planning Session (November 16) Dr. Beck reviewed the summary from the Strategic Planning session. There are sample strategic plans which were previously reviewed. Mr. Scanlon will send those out again for reference. Judge Robb and William Scanlon will determine how integrated any jail population growth information is with the County population plan for the year 2020. Dr. Beck will send out the action steps for review in conjunction with the other strategic plans. Members of the Executive Committee can provide feedback to the group and be prepared to move forward with a draft strategic plan at the February meeting. The strategic plan will include an action plan to move the CJCC forward. There was discussion regarding the approach to the Strategic Plan, one-year tasks, and longer term tasks. Case Processing Time Dr. Wells reviewed the findings from the case processing time analysis. There have been a decrease in the number of persons in custody since 2008, but there has not been a significant decrease in the amount of time to disposition. There was a discussion regarding deficiencies in the data due to differences in the data entry methodology for plea hearings. Only a small portion of plea hearings are set as a plea hearing, thus most are labeled as pre-trial or status hearings. Mr. Scanlon will discuss this with Judge Freitag and reach a standard process for data entry of plea hearings beginning January 1, 2013. Immigration and Naturalization Detainers (ICE) About 100 defendants per year are detained due to an ICE hold where there are other criminal charges in McLean County, and approximately 15 defendants are detained strictly on Immigration holds (without other criminal charges). There are approximately 1200 felony bookings on new charges each year, 2500 misdemeanor and 900 DUI. The ICE holds represent approximately 2% of the total custody population. There was a discussion on whether the number of ICE holds has decreased in 2012. Dr. Wells will provide information on the number of holds per month, and the total number of bed days for the ICE holds. ---PAGE BREAK--- 2 January 9, 2013 CJCC Council meeting The tentative agenda is as follows: ISU Stevenson Center data report (Dr. Wells / Dr. Beck) Summary of the Strategic Planning Session (Judge Robb / Judge Freitag) National Institute of Corrections Jail Survey (Sheriff Emery) A legislative report will be included. There was discussion regarding release of information linked to the booking ID number for persons with mental illnesses in the MCJ and HIPPA. This issue is still awaiting an opinion by the Civil SA in the County Administrator’s office. Judge Robb and Mr. Scanlon will try to resolve this issue. The Stevenson Center can match mental health issues and placement data in the jail. Mr. Scanlon will speak to the EJS database administrator about releasing the placement table for the jail population. Meeting Adjourned: 8:55 am Next Meeting: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 7:45 a.m.