Item Description:
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Establish 2024 Adult Corrections Facility rates for housing residents
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Resolution:
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BE IT RESOLVED, that the following rates for incarceration of individuals in the Adult Corrections Facility to be charged to committing jurisdictions in 2024:
• Straight time confinement, $222.00 per resident day
• Work Release confinement, $222.00 per resident day -- gross
• Work Release confinement, $202.00 per resident day -- net
• Work Release residents be charged a per diem of $20.00 per day
• Electronic Home Monitoring (EHM) and Work Release EHM, $28.00 per day - -gross
• Work Release EHM, $8.00 per day - net
• Work Release EHM clients be charged a per diem of $20.00 per day
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Background:
The Adult Corrections Facility (ACF) is authorized to charge a daily amount, that is a per diem, for confinement of residents to: (1) the arresting municipalities for those misdemeanor clients who are sentenced to the ACF; (2) other Minnesota counties that request that individuals convicted by their courts be incarcerated in the ACF; and (3) the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office for confinement of overflow residents from the jail.
Each year, the ACF per diems are reviewed and updated using a methodology prescribed by Minnesota Statute 383B.128. There are two primary components. First, the net ACF costs (2022 actual expenditures less program generated revenues) are divided by the 2022 actual resident days. Second, the resulting amount is then adjusted by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the year ending 6/30/2023 (3.2 percent increase for the Minneapolis- St Paul- Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Area; published by US Department of Labor/Bureau of Labor Statistics on July 12, 2023).
The Department of Community Corrections and Rehabilitation (DOCCR) is recommending that the client- portion for Work Release and Work Release Electronic Home Monitoring (EHM) remain constant at $20/day for 2024; the ACF uses a sliding fee scale that discounts this fee based on poverty guidelines. Straight time EHM clients are not assessed the client portion as this population tends to be unemployed with limited capacity to pay the daily client rate.
The cost of EHM is significantly less than the cost of in-house incarceration and continues to provide municipalities with a financial incentive to support alternatives to incarceration for low level offenders which facilitates their ability to manage costs.
Below is a summary of the proposed 2024 ACF Per Diems:
• Straight time confinement, $222.00 per resident day, which is an increase of $7 per day from 2023 per diem ($215.00)
• Work Release confinement, $222.00 per resident day - gross, accounts for both the municipality and resident charges.
• Work Release confinement, $202.00 per resident day - net, reflects the portion billed to the municipality (excludes the resident charge).
• Work Release resident client fee of $20.00 per day, no change from 2023.
• Electronic Home Monitoring (EHM) and Work Release EHM, $28.00 per day -- gross, accounts for both the municipality and resident charges and will remain flat the 2023 rate.
• Work Release EHM, $8.00 per day net, reflects the portion billed to the municipality (excludes the resident charge) Work Release EHM clients be charged a per diem of $20.00 per day and will remain flat at the 2023 rate.
This board action request aligns with Hennepin County disparity reduction efforts by supporting the activities of the Department of Community Corrections and Rehabilitation that seek to correct criminal thinking patterns and provide resources to tend to trauma, chemical dependency, mental health, housing needs and employment readiness.
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Recommendation from County Administrator: Recommend Approval