What’s New
Judicial Process Study
Pinellas County is currently facing a growing inmate population that already greatly exceeds current and planned capacity. In August 2006, the Pinellas Public Safety Coordinating Council recommended and approved a Justice System Process Study be conducted. The purpose of the study is to review processes influencing the inmate population across the various system stakeholders. The end result should identify system-wide trends and recommended actions with guidelines for the creation of a coordinated jail population management process that is sustainable and effective in influencing needed change. The final report will be forthcoming.

Re-entry Initiative
Pinellas County partners with three organizations – PERC, KINFOLKS, and Dream Center – to provide comprehensive services to those currently incarcerated in the Pinellas County Jail or the Florida Department of Corrections as well as ex-offenders who have been released within the past twenty-four months. Services such as career opportunities, medical, mental health, substance abuse treatment and services, and housing referrals are offered. Each agency has specific resources that bring unique strengths to the communities in which the ex-offenders have ties. The Re-entry Project is a County/Community partnership.
See the following news release

Data Collaborative
The Pinellas County Data Collaborative has been active by partnering with the following new signatory agencies: The State Attorney’s Office, The Public Defender’s Office and the Department of Juvenile Justice. Also, new reports on jail population and juvenile offenders are available on the website. Take a look!

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