EXPEDITING

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EXPEDITING

• JDAI Conference
• New Orleans
• November, 2006
• John Rhoads

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Expediting

• Expediting the process by the use of an
  expediter.
• Expediting the court process and coming to early
  resolutions.

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• Expediting is the art of moving cases through and
  in a system without sacrificing public safety or
  due process issues.
• An expediter is a position developed to follow
  cases in detention and make sure that there is no
  unnecessary delays.

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What does it take to be an expediter

• Independent
• Strong willed
• Committed to detention reform
• Creative
• Knowledgeable

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Expediters

• They should be located close to the clients they
• serve
• They must develop systems to analyze their
  effectiveness
• They must share their detention alternative data
  such as risk scores, average daily populations,
  lengths of stay, failure rates, and failures to
  appear with all stakeholders
• They should work for the Presiding Juvenile Court
  Judge, the Probation Administrator, or both
  depending on your system
• All data and decision points should be tracked by
  gender and race

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Daily Duties of Santa Cruz Expediter

• Review the juvenile hall roster
• Facilitate releases from juvenile hall and the
  court
• Follow up with agencies, counties, probation
  officers, and families
• Write up a case plan for each HS/EM referral
• Check with intake supervisor about possible
  releases

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• Check on any relevant issues with new intakes
• Contact CBO about any new HS/EM release
• Coordinate plans for daily home visits
• Assist in the calendaring and writing of
  violations
• Coordinate all in custody transports
• Once a week check all risk scores for correctness
• Follow up on court status of each detainee
• If any changes arrange staffing with minors PO