State of CT Judicial Branch

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State of CT Judicial Branch

• Court Support Services Division
• Major Initiatives Update
• Presented to the Criminal Justice Policy Advisory
  Commission
• September 14, 2007

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Program Evaluation Outcomes for PTP and TVU
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PTP and TVU ExpansionRevolving Technical
Services Fund

• Approximately 3.1m appropriation during 2007
  legislative session
• Funding will support the ongoing expansion of the
  PTP and TVU special probation programs
• As many as 40 additional probation officers will
  be hired

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Probation Transition Program and Technical
Violation Units Current and Projected Status
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Intensive Pretrial Supervision Track

• Target Population Incarcerated defendants
  awaiting residential treatment
• Staffing 5 Veteran Probation Officers
• Nearly 350 Referrals since inception
• 53 Success Rate
• Remaining Challenges
• Increasing out-patient treatment services to
  support more releases
• Continue to educate the court on the IPST as an
  alternative to residential treatment and pretrial
  incarceration

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Mental Health Case Management

• Staffing 10 Veteran Probation Officers
• Officers began taking cases on July 9, 2007
• Next Steps
• Establish clinical services in AICs via DMHAS
  local mental health authorities

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Bail Decision Aid Research (Hedlund, 2007)

• Use of the Decision Aid in 357 cases resulted in
• Fewer FTAs (17 Comparison group vs. 12 for
  Decision Aid group)
• More use of conditional release recommendations
  (21 for Comparison group vs. 64 for Decision
  Aid group)
• More bail commissioner recommendations matching
  court orders (49 for Comparison group vs. 65
  for Decision Aid group)
• Lower percentage of cases held in pre-trial jails
  (43 for Comparison group vs. 25 for Decision
  Aid group)

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Bail Decision Aid

• Bail Decision Aid
• 600k appropriation in 2007 legislative session
  to support three additional staff and additional
  pre-trial services
• Automated database and statewide use beginning in
  October 2007
• Target Population Moderate risk defendants who
  score -3 or higher on the Bail Risk Assessment