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Coi4nty Commissioner, Didtrct #8
August 17, 1989
Miscellaneous Resolution # 89213
BY: Hubert Price, Jr., County Commissioner-District #8
RE: REDUCTION IN COUNTY JAIL RECIDIVISM
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, jail and prison doors throughout our Nation are becoming turnstiles
for a growing part of our population whose admission to and discharge from the
penal system is a continuing cycle; and
WHEREAS, Oakland County is not exempt from this national trend, which is
estimated to be 63%; and
WHEREAS, a reduction in that rate by as little as 5% would not only save
millions of County tax dollars annually, but would provide uncalculated dollar
benefits in the reduction of human suffering.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
does hereby appoint a Task Force on Recidivism Reduction to be comprised of a
Representative of the Sheriff's Department, Prosecutor's Office, Circuit Court,
52nd District Court, Oakland County District Court judges Associatioll Probate Court,
Probation Department, County Executive's Department, and 2 County Commissioners,
with the direction of reporting back to the Public Services Committee by
March 1, 1990.
Mr. Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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August 17, 1989
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Public Services Committee.
There were no objections.