Presentation to the Orange County Board of County Commissioners Chief Judge Belvin Perry, Jr. February 22, 2011

Booking and Receiving Center Facts  3 Courtrooms  2 Misdemeanor Divisions – Initial Appearances  1 Felony Division – Violations of Probation Staff  3 Judges  3 Judicial Assistants  Court Reporters and Court Interpreters provide services remotely from the Orange and Osceola County Courthouses

Booking and Receiving Center Benefits  Reduction in daily jail population  3,493 inmates – February 15, 2011  5,277 – Estimated population without the 3 courtrooms  $98,280 savings per day  $35,872,404 savings per year  Avoids/Delays Jail expansion  Avoids/Delays Courthouse expansion  3 Judicial Offices  3 Judicial Assistant Offices  3 Courtrooms  Established Second VOP Division  Dispositions = 3,334 cases  Located in Orange County Courthouse  Closed a Juvenile Division

Mental Health Court Mental Health Court is a diversion program that diverts mentally ill offenders from the Jail into community based treatment programs – Mental Health Court  Two County Judges at the BRC  Active cases = 121  Status hearings = – Mental Health Strike Force  Active cases = 1,646  Resolved cases = 1,002 Mental Health Executive Strike Force  Reviews complex cases

Drug Court Drug Court consists of a team approach to treatment using the courts to provide oversight with consequences for violation of program rules as well as incentives and rewards for compliance  Adult Drug Court  Referrals = 756  76% success rate  14% recidivism rate  Juvenile Delinquency Drug Court  Referrals = 266  87.7% success rate  Family Dependency Drug Court  Referrals = 76  83.3% success rate

Domestic Violence Court In 2007, the Court established 3 dedicated Domestic Violence Divisions to handle high conflict family cases. The Domestic Violence Courts were the direct result of recommendations outlined in the Domestic Violence/Child Abuse Commission’s Final Report  Domestic violence injunctions = 4,535

Family Ties The Family Ties Program provides supervised visitation for children and monitored exchanges in a safe and secure environment  Supervised visitations = 397  Monitored exchanges = 268

Teen Court Teen Court is a voluntary diversion program from Juvenile Court or school suspension. Teen Court is designed to expedite the cases of first-time misdemeanor offenders  Cases filed = 1,154  Adult Volunteer Hours = 1,941  Teen Volunteer Hours = 4,400

Neighborhood Restorative Justice The program empowers victims and the communities through negotiation, conferencing, mediation, and reparation  Misdemeanor referrals = 245  Felony referrals = 47  Restitution collected = $3,796  Community service hours = 8,181

Sanctioned to Read Sanctioned to Read is a diagnostic and prescriptive reading program. The purpose of the program is to achieve literacy for each defendant sentenced to the program  Youth in program = 194  Grade level increase in comprehension = 1.98  Grade level increase in language skills = 2.3

Orange County Budget FY Funding SourceBudget Grants$1,101,557 Fines and Fees$3,973,477 General Revenue$ 741,752 Note - Orange County Clerk of Court reimburses general revenue $289,000 for Court Administration Jury Services

Governor’s FY Budget FY  Target reduction for Judicial Branch  574 employees  $33.8M  Ninth Circuit Court  Eliminate 32 Judicial Assistants  Eliminate 4 Staff Attorneys FY  Reduce budget additional 8.65%  Eliminate 10 Court Administration positions

Challenges  Increasing caseload  Certified for 5 additional Judges  No more available courtrooms  No more available chambers  Increasing courthouse visitor traffic - lines  ChartChart  PhotographsPhotographs  Elevator capacity  Parking garage capacity  PhotographsPhotographs  State budget shortfall (current) - $68M  Furloughs  Layoffs  Court closure

Challenges  Case processing  Meaningful pre-trials  Special Felony Case Management Program  Most jury trials and jury trial days of the twenty Judicial Circuits in Florida  799 Trials  1,480 Trial days

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