PIERCE COUNTY JUVENILE COURT

JDAI History in Pierce In 1997, Superior Court Judges and Pierce

County Juvenile Court (PCJC) Administration started pursuing detention reform.

September 2003, Pierce County entered into formal partnership with AECF.

January 2004, JDAI officially started at PCJC, signified by closing an old, dormitory style section of detention and redirecting funds to alternative programs. No net loss of jobs

JDAI System

Improvement

Collaboration & Leadership

Reduce DMC

Data Driven Policies & Practices

Detention Risk

Assessment

Alternatives To

Detention

Expedited Case

Processing

New approaches for VOP & Warrants

Improve conditions

of confinement

Reduce the unnecessary use of secure

detention Reduce the disproportionate minority

representation of youth in the system Maintain and improve community safety Improve conditions of confinement for

youth who do require secure detention

Goals of JDAI

Why is this important?

Pierce County Youth Population, age 10 - 17

70%

11%

2% 10%

7%

Caucasian African American Native American Hispanic Asian/Pac. Islander

Average Daily Population 2000-2011

163 161

150 147

108

82 74 74

65

47 44 36 40

12

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17

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20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

ADP Overall ADP African American ADP Caucasian Linear (ADP Overall)

Secure Detention

Weekend AD

EHM

CDET

Girls Circle

Threads Program

Lakewood EC

TCPC

Puyallup EC

JDAI 2004 TO PRESENT

Weekend AD

Secure Detention

EHM

Pre - JDAI 2003

Detention Alternatives

Benchmarks/Indicators 2002 2011 # Change % Change

ADP 150 34 -116 -77% Admissions 4,001 1,590 -2,411 -60% ALOS 13.0 8.0 -5.0 -39% JRA Commits 199 87 -112 -51% Felony Petitions 1,369 678 -691 -51%

• Closed a 50 bed detention wing • Implemented a full range of Alternatives to Detention • Reduced reliance on secure detention while also attending to

community safety indicators • Developed a DMC Reduction Agenda

56% 58%

54% 56%

53% 52%

47% 46% 45% 47%

41%

47%

25% 27%

29% 27%

30% 30% 32%

34% 36%

33% 36% 33%

8% 7% 7% 8% 9% 6% 8% 9% 8% 9%

12% 11%

7% 5% 6% 4% 5% 6% 7% 7% 7% 7%

5% 3% 4% 3% 5% 5% 4% 5% 5% 4% 5%

4% 5%

6%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Caucasian African American Hispanic Asian/P.I. Native American

Race in Detention 2000-2011

African American youth are:

Referred at a rate that is 2.5 times higher than the rate of

Caucasian youth Brought to detention at a rate that is 3.4 times higher than

Caucasian youth Detained at a rate that is 3.6 times higher than Caucasian youth Detained for a high DRAI score (over 10) at a rate that is 5.9 times

more than Caucasian youth Booked into detention for a B+ felony of higher at a rate that is 3.5

times higher than Caucasian youth Committed to JRA at a rate that is 5.2 times higher than Caucasian

youth (2009 data)

What we know

BI Strategy for Reducing Disparities

Identify whether and to what extent disproportionality exists Identify target population and analyze impact on youth of color

Structural system based decisions impacting youth of color Low hanging fruit impacting youth of color Inconsistent system decision making impacting youth of color Disparate treatment of similarly situated youth

Dig deeper into target population to learn more about policy/practice/procedure and other factors contributing to disproportionality

Strategize about policy/practice/procedure change to reduce detention utilization for target population

Adopt Strategy Monitor effectiveness of each strategy in reducing racial disparities Document changes in reducing racial disparities

Ong

oing

pro

cess

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PCJC Strategies to Reduce Detention Admissions and Bednights for African American Youth

Goal: Reduce Detention

Admissions and

Bednights for AA youth

Reduce Failure to Appear

Warrants

Reduce Probation Violations

Reduce Parent

Refusals

Increased Number

Served in FFT

Increase Number

Served in ART

Increase Number

Served in Alternatives to Detention

DMC Reduction Strategies and

Action Steps

Goal Baseline Data (2007)

Current Data (2011)

Reduce AA Youth Failure to Appears (FTA)

• Phone & In-Person Notification (Enhanced Oct. 08)

• Two-Tier Warrant Process

• Bench Warrant Quash Program (Started Oct. 09)

Reduce detention admissions & LOS for violations

Admissions – 130 Admissions – 63

% Admissions – 29%

% Admissions – 28%

Bednights – 903

Bednights – 349

% Bednights – 20%

% Bednights – 27%

ALOS – 6.9 days

ALOS – 5.5 days

Strategy 1 – Reduce FTA’s

African American Youth DMC Reduction

Detained Youth 2007 2011 Reduction

# % # %

Detention Admits 887 31 474 29 413 less admits

Bednights 9094 35 3524 32 5570 less bednights

Leadership is critical Data must become a priority Stick to the principles of JDAI Change is difficult, patience is important It’s all about what we want for the kids in

our community

Summary

QUESTIONS?

TJ Bohl Assistant Administrator – Detention

Pierce County Juvenile Court tbohl@co.pierce.wa.us

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