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Community Corrections

About Perry County Community Corrections

The mission statement of the Perry County Community Corrections is to provide a safe environment for the community, while developing and implementing non-traditional alternative programs designed to reduce recidivism and provide services to offenders.

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2211 Herrman Street, Tell City, IN 47586

Office Hours:

M - F (8am - 4pm)
Closed (lunch 12-1)

Phone: 812-547-9775
Email: ccdirector@perrycounty.in.gov

Perry County

Community Corrections

  • House Arrest
  • Daily Reporting
  • Programs
  • Drug Court
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Traci Fischer

Community Corrections Director

Mission Statement

The mission statement of the Perry County Community Corrections is to provide a safe environment for the community, while developing and implementing non-traditional alternative programs designed to reduce recidivism and provide services to offenders.

Agency History and Description

Perry County Community Corrections was established in January 2008 when the County Commissioners passed County Resolution No. R-C-07-7. This allowed Perry County to have a Community Corrections agency. This Agency is a grant funded agency with all funding for the salaries and program operations provided by the Indiana Department of Corrections. The grant must be applied for yearly in order to maintain the funding. The programs collect user fees for further operating expenses.

Perry County Community Corrections has created sentencing alternatives the county judicial system can use in order to keep offenders out of the local jail and the Department of Corrections. The Perry County Community Corrections uses day reporting, substance abuse court and forensic diversion, GPS electronic monitoring, and community transition program. These programs will help free up some much needed space in the county jail while providing community supervision to all participants. The programs will also allow for more frequent, random drug testing, earlier identification of problems to help prevent relapse and quicker referrals to needed services.

The Perry County Community Corrections Advisory Board oversees the community corrections programs by providing general guidance on the direction, goals and objectives of the programs and approving implementations. The Advisory Board meeting is held quarterly on the first Tuesday of every third month at which time any issues are discussed and voted on. The Board assists the programs by providing information and ideas for improvements.

Adult Day Reporting and House Arrest

Offenders are referred to Day Reporting by the Court. The offender will be assessed to determine the level of supervision the offender needs, which is based on the type of offense charged or convicted, criminal history, court’s order, risk assessment, employment and others. All offenders are drug tested randomly at least once per week when they are first ordered into the program or on an as needed basis. Offenders may be moved to a different level, up or down, based on compliance and progress. Violations will result in immediate sanctions, including but not limited to, loss of privileges, community service, increased reporting and jail time. Drug offenders are referred to substance abuse treatment and self-help support group meetings. Offenders will also receive assistance, if needed, with employment issues, obtaining a GED and various social services. This component provides sentencing options for offenders in need of more supervision and monitoring than the standard probation provides yet the offender is not incarcerated, which decreases the jail population. With different levels of supervision, the offenders may advance into less restrictive levels as an incentive for good conduct.

Perry County Substance Abuse Court and Forensic Diversion Program

The Program will tackle eligible felony cases involving non-violent substance-using offenders. The program focuses on comprehensive supervision, drug testing, treatment counseling services and immediate sanctions and incentives. Case managers will foresee and initiate community resources with offenders, along with weekly drug testing, employment assistance, treatment counseling therapy, and positive program compliance incentives. The Program anticipates lower recidivism rates and higher educational services geared to teaching the offender new habits, lifestyles, and resources to a drug free lifestyle integrating the offender back to their family and community.

The program received a provisional certification from the Indiana Judicial Center to being operations on August 1, 2005, and certification on July 11, 2006.

The increasing negative impact of chemical and alcohol dependence in Perry County has required the criminal justice system to explore alternative sentencing options for drug and alcohol offenders. The concept of drug court involves providing substance abusing and dependent offender’s access to long-term treatment services while under the strict supervision of the drug court. Drug courts are a non-adversarial approach to the traditional criminal justice system in that there is a team approach to working with offenders to reduce illegal drug use and criminal activity among drug court participants. Team members include the drug court judge, the prosecutor, public defender, a representative from each agency providing services to the drug court participants, coordinator, case manager, law enforcement and drug court staff. The Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs developed the Ten Key Components of Drug Courts serve as a framework for drug court operations. The Perry County Circuit Court implements the drug court model, adhering to the Ten Key Components, in order to provide offenders in the community access to treatment services and reduce drug use and criminal activity in our community.

Community Transition Program

This program will supervise and monitor eligible offenders who are released from Department of Corrections toward the end of their sentence. Documentation is obtained from the Department of Corrections when an offender is eligible. The offender must have local housing prior to being released. The staff may assist with making the arrangements for housing, job placement and referrals to social services. Eligible offenders accepted in the program may be placed in Level I of the Day Reporting program which requires home detention with electronic monitoring. Depending on the length of the transition period and level of compliance, the offender can transition to Level II of Day Reporting without electronic monitoring and have more privileges. All offenders are required to meet with staff  and submit to random drug screens. Substance abuse treatment is available to help maintain sobriety. The offenders with a substance abuse history will be required to go to support groups meetings while in transition. This component provides an opportunity for those in the Department of Corrections to transition back into the community with less anxiety because of the preparation of the release and the support system that exists to aide in the re-integration.

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