Annual Report Fiscal Year 2019 - Henry County Sentence Enforcement

FISCAL YEAR 2019
HENRY COUNTY SENTENCE ENFORCEMENT

ANNUAL REPORT

“Promoting a Pathway of Progress”

Table of Contents

Letter from the Director ....................................... 3
Sentence Enforcement Staff ................................. 4
By the Numbers ………………………………… 5
Fiscal Year Highlights ………………………….. 9
Vision, Mission, and Goals ……………..……… 12
Strategic Updates ………………………………...13
Probation Oversight ……………………………...14

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LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR

This Fiscal Year 2019 report marks the third year of operation for Henry County Sentence Enforcement.
We are pleased with the progress that has been made and excited about the opportunities that lie ahead.

During the course of the year, we have risen to the challenge of expanding services to the court by
providing staffing support to the Veteran’s Court, Jail Court and Misdemeanor Diversion Court in order to
establish a means to relieve the growing jail population. Our continued goal is to ensure that regardless of
expanded services and population growth within the county, we remain consistent in providing quality services
to the courts. Most importantly, we strive to maintain consistency and quality case management in order to
ensure good public safety in the community by holding our defendants accountable for their actions.

The information contained in this annual report is a small representation of the fine work done daily by
the men and women of Henry County Sentence Enforcement. While the numbers will not capture everything
that we do, it does represent a level of consistent growth and development that was envisioned when the
department was established in July 2016. It is our goal to continue to build on our success by broadening
interventions designed to help defendants in need of supportive services through collaborative partnerships;
some of which we have highlighted within this report.

We are thankful for the continued support that we receive from our Judges and all other branches of the
judiciary arm to include the Clerk’s Offices, the Solicitor’s Office and District Attorney’s Office to name a few.
The collaborative work done in this county is second to none and we are thankful to work with those who are so
committed to serving this county.

As always, we are thankful for the trust and support bestowed upon this department by the County
Manager and Henry County Board of Commissioners who gave birth to this vision three years ago to better
serve the courts and citizens of Henry County.

Looking ahead, we are committed to forging new pathways to ensure that we meet the demands of one
of the fastest growing counties in the Metro Atlanta area.

Respectfully submitted,

V. Carl Brown
Director

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Sentence Enforcement Staff 2019

Top Left: Court Clerks Edwin Maldonado,
Liz Guzman, Jessica Castro (Not pictured:
Eva Cruz)

Top Right: Support Staff Stephanie Harper,
Tracey Mitchell, Jessica Nay, Scott Self

Middle: Probation Officers Kamia Glasco,
Crystal Wardrip, Jasmia Howell, Nayre
Colombo, Jacqueline Coral, Teonsha
Brown, Britni Stephens, Elvira Lemi (Not
pictured: Beatriz Lovio)

Bottom Left: Director Carl Brown and
Assistant Director Kinley Wilson

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BY THE NUMBERS

The department has seen a steady increase in collections since the start up in July 2016. The
department’s revenue exceeded 3 million dollars in the third year of operation which was
roughly an 11% increase in revenue from the previous fiscal year.

Fiscal Year 2019 Revenue Summary
Total: $3,101,332.17

EM
80,305

SF Fines
773,928.95 1,888,425.58

Screen Fines Georgia Crime Victims Emergency Fund
122,786 Probation - Over Payment Probation - One Time Item
Restitution Drug Screens
RS Supervision Fee Electroinc Monitoring
67,390.80

Prob-OTI
652
Prob-OP
732.91

GCVEF
173,137.93

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3,500,000 Revenue Collections by Courts (USD)
3,000,000
2,500,000 2,913,042.43
2,000,000
1,500,000 2,136 105,168.74
1,000,000 Magistrate Superior

500,000
0

St1ate

3,200,000.00 Fiscal Year Overall Revenue Comparisons (USD)
3,100,000.00
3,000,000.00 3,101,332.17
2,900,000.00
2,800,000.00 2,795,321.69
2,700,000.00
2,600,000.00 2,623,336.86
2,500,000.00
2,400,000.00
2,300,000.00

FY 17 FY18 FY 19

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120,000 Community Service Hours
100,000
111,163
80,000
60,000 60,131
40,000
20,000 Total Hours Performed Hours Converted to Fine

0 Community Service Hours By Court

120,000 107,307
100,000
3,856
80,000 Superior
60,000
40,000
20,000

0

State

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4000 Case Completion
3500
3000 3436
2500
2000 1573
1500
1000 194
55
500
0

Successful - State Successful - Superior Unsuccessful - State Unsuccessful - Superior

Total Warrants

4000 3438
3500

3000

2500 State - Tolled
Superior - Tolled
2000 State - Non-Tolled
Superior - Non-Tolled
1500

1000

500

76 47 1

0

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FISCAL YEAR HIGHLIGHTS

Henry County Sentence Enforcement began providing support to the newly created Veteran’s Accountability
Court. This court seeks to divert eligible veteran defendants with substance dependency and/or mental illness
that are charged with felony or misdemeanor criminal offenses, to this specialized criminal court. Officer Britni
Stephens serves as the assigned officer for this court.

Henry County Sentence Enforcement assigned Officer Britni Stephens to begin providing support to the Mental
Health Treatment Court to ensure representation from the misdemeanor level with this Accountability Court.

Henry County State Court and Sentence Enforcement creates a partnership with Wellspring Living for purposes
of identifying and referring young women being served by the court who have been sexually exploited or at risk
of sexual exploitation to this program for support.
Wellspring Living has been serving survivors of childhood sexual abuse and exploitation since 2001. The
organization is devoted to safeguarding and empowering domestic sex trafficking victims and those at risk to
develop the courage to move forward and the confidence to succeed.
Through life-giving residential and community-based programs, girls and young women are provided the
opportunity to live and dream again.

Wellspring provides training to Henry County Sentence Enforcement staff to aid them in the identification of
Sexually Exploited and Human Trafficking victims to make appropriate program referrals.

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Henry County Sentence Enforcement partners with the Solicitors Office by conducting drug screens on Pre-
Trial Defendants

Henry County Sentence Enforcement begins supporting Jail Court which is presided over by the Magistrate Court
in which through cooperative agreement with the State Court, takes pleas from jail defendants to alleviate some
jail overcrowding, Court Clerks from Sentence Enforcement are assigned to cover Jail Court.

Henry County Sentence Enforcement provides support to the newly created Misdemeanor Jail Diversion
Program. Defendants with misdemeanor offenses are diverted to this court and are given the opportunity to have
their charges dismissed if they successfully complete the program which requires that they maintain their
mental health treatment, take their prescribed medications and not commit any new offenses. Officer Nayre
Colombo is assigned to this court.

Henry County Sentence Enforcement begins the process with GBI to secure a GCIC terminal within the
department to better serve the court by being able to run criminal and traffic offenses before submitting First
Offender and Conditional Discharges to the court. The training and terminal access actions were completed
during this fiscal year.

Sentence Enforcement begins discussions with the Henry County Dream Center to explore ways to broaden
service support to defendants being served by the department.
Director Carl Brown is named by the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) to serve on the Juvenile
Justice Funding Grant Advisory Committee. This committee participates in the program oversight of grant
counties awarded monies to provide evidence-based services to youth in their communities in lieu of secure
placement as part of Juvenile Justice Reform. Director Brown previously served on Governor Deals Criminal
Justice Juvenile Funding Committee

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Court Clerk Jessica Castro named as Employee of the Year for Henry County Sentence Enforcement.

To increase accountability, the department implements stronger security practices when drug screening
defendants at the office to better detect defendants attempting to mislead the court with the authenticity of their
drug screens.

To defray some training and travel costs, Henry County Sentence Enforcement Director Carl Brown and
Probation Officer Nayre Colombo complete the Train the Trainer (“Essential Skills Training”) conducted by the
Department of Community Supervision which oversees by statute Misdemeanor Probation. This training
certification allows new staff to be trained in house rather than having to travel to be trained.

Director Carl Brown attended the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Excel Training
Conference held at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis with Senior Judge Jason T. Harper. Director Brown
participated in a panel discussion facilitated by Judge Harper on the Changing Times in Workplace
Environment.

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Sentence Enforcement

VISION MISSION To serve the citizens and courts of Henry County by holding
offenders accountable through the enforcement of orders of the
To become the state courts
leader for
innovative and Increase Offender Accountability to promote public safety
progressive Promote a competent workforce for service delivery to the courts
probation Establish Community Collaborations
supervision

Expand Services and Support offered to the courts and offenders

Implement practices to support planned growth within county and probation
population

2018-2023 GOALS

Increase Offender Promote a competent Establish community Expand services and Implement practices to
Accountability to workforce for service collaborations support offered to support planned
promote public delivery the courts and growth within county
safety  Expand community offenders and probation
 Provide relevant population
 Provide enhanced service providers for  Provide resource
training opportunities the courts  Seek ways to
supervision through to staff. information to
reduced officer to  Build and foster offenders integrate social
offender ratios  Promote involvement media into security
relationships with  Research and and probationer
 Improve report in professional other local probation practices.
probation entities implement best
utilization to associations practices in the field  Identify and educate
increase offender  Establish working of probation
accountability  Identify training staff on diverse
relationships with  Ensure the ways to engage with
 Broaden needs to secure local law probationers
appropriate training enforcement dedication of staff
communication opportunities for staff resources towards  Pursue avenues to
streams with  Establish specialized courts
probationers  Consistency assess improve service
involvement in  Explore grant delivery
 Increase offender workforce to identify specialized
ways to promote community opportunities for  Consistently analyze
information sharing learning and growth collaborative areas services
with public safety data to make on-
entities  Hire and retain  Promote the work of  Explore avenues to going adjustments to
meet service needs
 Ensure officer competent staff Sentence increase domestic
Enforcement violence focus  Identify ways to
representation in
specialized courts increase service
accessibility

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SENTENCE ENFORCEMENT

STRATEGIC UPDATES

Increase Offender Accountability to Promote Public Safety

Officers are now assigned to all Accountability Courts (Resource Court, Veteran’s Court, DUI Court and
Misdemeanor Jail Diversion Court).
The department shares information with Law Enforcement Task Forces, felony and municipal probation
entities and other law enforcement agencies to increase public safety and offender accountability.

Implemented advanced monitoring techniques in the drug screening lab to aid in the identification of
defendants attempting to circumvent the drug screening process.
Began training and application process to establish a GCIC Terminal at Sentence Enforcement to run
criminal and traffic histories for the courts.

Promote a Competent Workforce for Service Delivery

Staff annually attend the Department of Community Supervision Training through the Misdemeanor
Probation Oversight Unit (MPOU) that conducts training tailored to the work performed by misdemeanor
probation officers.

Specialized training is targeted to enhance the growth of staff. During this performance year, the
department sponsored training that focused on Human Trafficking and Sexually Exploited Adults specifically
targeting ways to identify these individuals and link them with appropriate services.

Director and a designated officer attended two-day Train the Trainer program sponsored by the Department
of Community Supervision – MPOU to provide specific training within the department. In order to provide
more in-house training to staff.

Establish Community Collaborations

Additional sites have been added to the Community Service list which is periodically reviewed to ensure
that sites remain active partners with the court.

Sentence Enforcement has continued to foster collaborative relationships with Felony Probation and
McDonough Municipal Probation.
Broadened Community Collaborations have occurred by promoting programs within Connecting Henry and
engaging with the Henry County Dream Center.

Expand Services and Support Offered to the Courts and Offenders

Resource information is shared with defendants such as Connecting Henry and Wellspring Living, along
with transportation and job fair information.

Sentence Enforcement has met with the County Grant Manager to identify areas of need for future grant
opportunities.

Implement Practices to Support Planned Growth within County and Probation Population

Staff are continuously counseled on ways to de-escalate with probationers.
Specialized training held to educate staff on Sovereign Citizens in order to aid officers in ways to engage
with these defendants.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION (DCS)
MISDEMEANOR PROBATION OVERSIGHT UNIT (MPOU)

Michael W. Nail, DCS Commissioner
Barbara Neville, MPOU Director

The Department of Community Supervision (DCS) through HB310 is legislatively given the responsibility of
providing oversight to misdemeanor probation entities which is managed through their Misdemeanor Probation
Oversight Unit.

LOCAL OVERSIGHT

Local oversight to the Henry County Sentence Enforcement Department is provided by the Henry County State
Court:

Benjamin W. Studdard, III, Chief Judge David B. Brown, Judge

Ernest D. Blount, Judge Pandora E. Palmer, Judge

Henry County Sentence Enforcement
530 Hampton Street

McDonough, GA 30248
(770)288-6590 / (770)288-6599

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