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Office of Court Services2001 Annual ReportOffice of Court Services 2001 Annual Report
Carol OellerDirectorDennis PottsAssistant DirectorMyra SmithDivision Manager, Pretrial ScreeningHazel LundyDivision Manager, Defendant MonitoringMara PorperInformation Resources ManagerWendi FosterInformation Resources SpecialistTroyce CarterEric ClaytonChrystal FergusonSteve JohnsonCarmen MartinezRitchey RobinWilliam Scruggs, Jr.J. P. WalkerRuby WeaverSupervisorsMissionTo develop and provide services that support informed,accountable pretrial release and detention processes thatneither unduly restrict a defendant's liberty nor compromisethe community’s safety.AcknowledgementsThe Office of Court Services is part of a larger criminal justicecommunity that works together to promote the administration ofjustice in Harris County. We would like to specifically recognize theHarris County Commissioners' Court, the Pretrial Services StandingCommittee, the District Criminal Courts, and the County CriminalCourts at Law as key contributors to a quality pretrial servicesprogram.Office of Court Services 2001 Annual ReportPage i
Table of ContentsPart I - Annual HighlightsPageTropical Storm Allison - Immense Challanges Overcome1Coping with Allison - In PIctures2Staff Pitch in to Keep Offices Running3New Defendant Report Debuts4Continuity of Care for Persons with Mental Impairments4Defendant Report Activity in 20015Supervision Caseload Affected by Tropical Storm Allison6Supervision Results8Part II - StatisticsThe Defendant Report9Bail Review12Supervision13Compliance17Disposition of Bond Event20Part III - Charts and GraphsPart IV - Table of OrganizationOffice of Court Services 2001 Annual ReportPage ii
Tropical Storm AllisonImmense Challenges OvercomeFamily Law Center PlazaCriminal Justice Center Damaged,Tenants RelocatedCJC garage entranceOffice of Court Services 2001 Annual ReportPerhaps the biggest event of 2001, TropicalStorm Allison, swept through Houston June 8-9,David Einsel/Chronicle 2001 and left much of the city in shambles. Thestorm disabled several downtown county facilities, including the Administration Building, theFamily Law Center, the Harris County Jail on Franklin,the Jury Assembly Building, and the Criminal Justice Center (CJC) .The Office of Court Services (OCS) main offices wereon the first floor of the CJC and sustained damage to documents, furniture, and computer equipment. Additionally,the agency lost work space at the Houston PoliceDepartment’s central jail facility. Fortunately two officelocations, the Inmate Processing Center and the ProbableCause Courtroom, were not damaged. In fact, OCS staffworked at these locations during the worse of the storm.Two days after the storm the agency was able to securework space in the Anderson-Clayton Building and commence most of the work that normally occurred at the CJC.Other CJC staff moved their activities to the tight confinesof the Probable Cause Courtroom offices.The HPD central jail office reopened at the end of June.By August 1, 2001, the OCS, the district and county criminal courts, and some of the District Clerk staff moved backto the old Criminal Courthouse at 301 San Jacinto. Withthe availability of courtroom space, some semblance ofnormalcy returned. Work continues on the CJC, with occupancy expected in May 2002.Part I / Page 1
Tropical Storm AllisonIn PicturesFiles, supplies,equipment andfurniture were damaged or destroyed.ÜThe Administration, DefendantSupervision, andComputerApplicationsdivisions of OCSmoved into a pairof conferencerooms on the12th floor of theAndersonClayton Building.The courts took upresidence on the2nd floor of 49 SanJacinto, one tableper court.As the only functioning courtroom immediately after theflood, all criminal hearings for37 courts were held in theProbable Cause Courtroom.Office of Court Services 2001 Annual ReportPart I / Page 2
Tropical Storm AllisonStaff Pitch in to Keep Offices RunningComputers and laptops were installed ontemporary tables to provide as many workareas as possible.Each device was tested,repaired, and eitherdeployed or stored untiladditional space providedopportunities for use.Cabling wasn’t pretty but itdid the job.Office of Court Services 2001 Annual ReportCounty officials who could manage it visited the downtown county campus Saturday to get a firsthand view of thesituation. By Sunday morning, hours after the rains stoppedand the flood waters receded, other department heads andmanagers began showing up at the Criminal Justice Center toassess the damage and begin to map out a disaster recoveryplan.Carol Oeller, accompanied by staff from the three divisions,surveyed the flooded offices of the OCS. Salvage operationsbegan immediately to prevent further damage to computerequipment and files. Each division worked with Ms. Oeller toensure that the agency’s essential operations continued despite the obstacles and disruptions.The Computer Applications Division coordinated relocation efforts including identifying office space and acquiringtables and chairs, and moving and installing network andcomputer equipment. They worked closely with the CentralTechnology Center to restore network and telecommunicationsservices.The Pretrial Screening Division moved most of their courtbased operations to the Probable Cause Courtroom, the onlyworking courtroom space after the storm. This courtroom continued to operate 24 hours a day with only a brief disruptiondue to the flooding. With the HPD central jail also shut down,HPD moved its operations to the Southeast Jail and PretrialScreening followed, performing all the HPD defendant interviews from this location.By Monday morning, OCS Administration, DefendantMonitoring, Computer Applications, and some Pretrial Screening functions began moving into conference rooms on the 12thfloor of the Anderson-Clayton Building. When most staff returned to work Tuesday morning they had desks (or at leasttables and chairs) with working phones and computers.Over the next few days, the Defendant Monitoring stafflocated additional space in the Anderson-Clayton Buildingfor several essential functions. Shared space was created withinthe Harris County Human Resource Department to allow fordefendant instructions and check-ins. A private bathroom onthe 16th floor was set up for collection of samples for drugscreening and preparation for transportation of samples. Inaddition, the Defendant Monitoring staff checked on disruption of phone service and potential electronic monitoringviolations caused by the flood.When the county reopenedthe Old Criminal Courthouseemployees from all divisionsrelocated their CJC-related operations to the expanded, butstill confined, office space.Part I / Page 3
New Defendant Report Debuts inDecember 2001In December 2001 the Office of Court Services introduced a new DefendantReport based on a completely redesigned on-line interview system, called PIN.The long anticipated change addressed several shortcomings in the originalon-line interview that, after 10 years, was showing its age.The goals in the design of PIN included more comprehensive online reportinformation, easier distinction between defendant-reported data and information collected from other sources, more code table-driven fields to provide dataclarity, and more efficient ways to determine who completed each of the processes that contribute to the Defendant Report. PIN’s design also allows forbetter management reporting capabilities that should debut in 2002.New features include more detailed financial information and online healthinformation. The PIN records also contain additional documentation of selfreported criminal history and computer-aided criminal background checks.Providing Continuity of Carefor Defendants with MentalImpairmentsSince the early nineties OCS hasincluded screening for mental impairments during the interview process.While an interlocal agreement in effect since 1993 enabled the OCS toshare the information with relevantparties, establishing the best processto do so has been elusive.During 2001, however, significantadvances were made to address thisproblem.1. Section 614.017 of the Healthand Safety code expanded the entitiesand individuals that could sharemental health information, buildingupon the intent of the interlocal agreement to exchange information.2. The Mental Health Responseforms are now on orange, rather thanwhite paper. This simple change is aneffective alert to court personnel thata defendant has a mental health problem.3. A Judicial Task Force on MentalIllness, supported by the County Judgeand sponsored by the Mental HealthAssociation was created and meetsmonthly. The Task Force brings members of the judiciary, MHMRA, Com-Office of Court Services 2001 Annual Reportmunity Supervision and Corrections,Office of Court Services, Sheriff’s Department, the Bar Association, andothers together to address issues related to defendants with mental impairments.The Defendant ReportContains Information on:Criminal HistoryOpen WarrantsPending CasesAddress History and LivingSituationEmployment HistoryFinancial SituationDependentsFamily, Friends, andContactsMedical Special NeedsOCS Staff interview defendants atthe Inmate Processing Center, HarrisCounty Jail.How the Defendant Report isCompiledThe OCS provides information inthe form of a defendant report to Harris County’s criminal courts that facilitates front-end decision-making.OCS personnel usually begin preparing the defendant report within a fewhours of a person’s arrest.Offices at the Central and Southeast Jails of the Houston Police Department, the Harris County Jail InmateProcessing Center, the Probable CauseCourtroom, and the Criminal JusticeCenter are staffed twenty-four hoursa day, seven days a week to assureaccess to the defendants and therecords necessary to complete the report as soon after an arrest as possible.The report consists of a defendantinterview and criminal records andwarrants checks using local, state andnational records. Staff may also addto the report through contacts withfamily, friends, and others. The finalreport contains information about adefendant’s criminal, social, andmedical history.The compiled information isreadily available for use by the courtsand other criminal justice agencies inboth online and hard copy formats.Part I / Page 4
Defendant Report Activity in 2001Tropical Storm Allison also impacted80,000arrests. The overall decline in arrests from2000 to 2001 was slightly less than 1%.70,000However, the biggest decline in a month tomonth comparison was the 13% drop in60,000June 2001 -the month in which Allisonstruck - compared to June 2000.50,000Of the persons arrested in HarrisCounty in 2001, 62% were charged with a40,000misdemeanor and 38% with a felony offense. The Office of Court Services (OCS)completed reports on 86% of all persons30,000charged and arrested. This percentage remained stable even in June 2001 when, de20,000spite the loss of office space and disruptionsto jail operations, the OCS staff continued10,000to interview defendants and compile defendant reports.0A review of reports completed by offense19971998199920002001levels shows that in 2001 staff prepared38,397 reports on defendants charged withArrestsReportsa misdemeanor offense, compiling informaArrests for a felony or class A or B misdemeanor offense and Defendanttion on over 84% of that population. ForReports completed over the last five years.those defendants charged with a felony, thepercentage jumps to 90%, or 24,626 reportscompleted.The report group population was 82% male. Over 27%of the report group were under 22 years of age. Almost57% reported that they had at least received a high schooldiploma or a GED. Another 40%, however, reported neveradvancing beyond the 11th grade.Some College17%No education1%1st-8th grade10%no prior conv37%9th-11th grade30%H.S.Grad/GED40%Unknown2%Education level acheived as reported by defendantsinterviewed by the Office of Court Services in 2001.Office of Court Services 2001 Annual Report1 prior conv17%2 prior conv12% 3 prior conv26%3 prior conv8%Number of prior convictions confirmed for defendantsinterviewed by the Office of Court Services in 2001.Part I / Page 5
Supervision Caseload Affected by Topical Storm AllisonAnother area affected byDefendants Ordered Supervised Each Month in 2001Tropical Storm Allison was thesupervision caseload. The500TS Allison disruptionAgency experienced signifi450cant drops in defendants or400dered supervised by the courtsin June and July, months when350courtroom activity was se300verely disrupted. This resulted250in almost 8% fewer defendantssupervised in 2001 from 2000.200Despite receiving fewer de150fendants to supervise in 2001,100the agency experienced an increase of over 2% in the num50ber of defendants ordered su0pervised with enhanced condiJanFeb MarApr May JunJulAug Sep Oct Nov Dections (see below). In all, 4,241MisdemeanorFelonydefendants were placed intoenhanced supervision programs in 2001, accounting foralmost 69% of all persons placed in the defendant moni- supervision.toring program.In 2001 the number of all defendants ordered superThis continues an upward trend in this supervision vised with the least restrictive conditions comprised onlyarea of several years duration. The growth is defined by 31% of the total number of defendants placed into the monithe continued increase in court-ordered supervision of de- toring program. The number of defendants in this categoryfendants released on financial bond. While defendants (1,915) is almost 28% fewer than in 2000.on financial bond account for 51% of all defendants suOverall, the OCS added 6,179 persons to the supervipervised, they comprise 74% of defendants with enhanced sion caseload in 2001; 2,945 of these defendants were recontinued on page 7Standard Conditions EnforcedIn person check-ins on each court dateCheck-ins by phone or in person at least everytwo weeksEnhanced Conditions EnforcedScreening for illegal/illicit drug use (testing throughthe Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office)Electronic monitor installation and monitoringCalls the day before court to confirm court dateIgnition interlock device installation and monitoringNotification of all address, telephone number oremployment changesCurfew compliancePermission to travel out of the Harris CountyareaMaintenance of or securing employmentNo contact with complaining witnesses unlesscourt-orderedCompliance with residence requirementsMaintenance of or securing educational pursuitParticipation in substance and alcohol abusetreatmentMental impairment servicesCoordination of supervision services for defendantsliving out of the Harris County areaOffice of Court Services 2001 Annual ReportPart I / Page 6
Supervision ServicesDefendants Ordered Supervised in 2001: 6.179*3,500continued from page 8leased on personal bond, 3,151 defendantswere released on some form of financialbond, and 60 defendants were supervisedby order of the court without bail as a factor.Supervision Services Provide Courtswith Options3,000Personal BondFinancial emeanorFelony* Includes 60 defendants ordered supervised where bail was not a heetarph/MtammonDMineeineAAll defendants that the OCS supervisesmust check-in regularly by phone and inperson, and to notify the Office of anychanges in their work or residence situations.On average though, 77% of the monthlycaseload had one or more additional conditions of release. Screening for drug use wasthe condition most often imposed, with over7,481 defendants required to participate inthe screening process, more than double thenumber of persons ordered tested in 2000.In 2001, the OCS collected 15,424 specimens,of which 19% were confirmed positive. Thecourts also required 20% of the defendantsassigned to OCS in 2001 to submit to a substance abuse evaluation.The courts ordered 9% of supervised defendants to wear electronic monitors. Theelectronic monitoring device allows the OCSto determine if a defendant is complying witha court-ordered curfew.Another 16% of the supervised defendants had to have an ignition interlock device installed on the vehicle that they drive.This technology prevents a person from starting the vehicle without providing a deeplung breath sample that is tested for alcohol. If alcohol is detected in the sample, thevehicle will not start.70534305001,0001,5002,000Drug Screening results by type of drug detected.Office of Court Services 2001 Annual ReportPart I / Page 7
Supervision StatisticsShow Most DefendantsComply, Don’t Returnto JailOf defendants supervised, a significantnumber had their cases dismissed or nobilled, were found not guilty, or received asentence requiring no additional jail time.Of the 4,973 defendants whose casesreached final disposition while under OCSsupervision, 12% were not convicted.Of those who were convicted, 79% received no additional jail time. Looked at byoffense level, of those charged with a misdemeanor offense, 61% served no additionaljail time, and for those charged with a felony,39% did not return to jail.Defendants are required to be in courtwhen scheduled. In 2001, defendants supervised by OCS had 20,001 scheduled courtdates. Defendants on personal bond missed4.8% of scheduled appearances and defendants on financial bond missed 3.6% ofscheduled appearances. The rate at whichbonds were revoked for noncompliance withconditions of supervision (e.g., refrain fromsubstance abuse and curfew restrictions)was 2.6% for defendants on personal bondand 16% for defendants on financial bond.Breakdown by disposition type of defendants whosecases reached final disposition in 2001.Other2%No Conviction10%FTA9%NonCompliance3%Jail/Prison10%No AdditionalJail Time66%Personal BondFTA5%Other3%No Conviction9%Non-Compliance16%No AdditionalJail Time44%Jail/Prison23%Financial BondOffice of Court Services 2001 Annual ReportPart I / Page 8
Section IThe Defendant ReportA. Incarcerated Defendant Population1. Number of defendants arrested at the time charges were filed(excludes defendants with only Class C misdemeanor, MRP, or MAJ):Filing .9%42,164100%22,208100%647100%65,019100%TOTAL2. Number of defendants arrested on a warrant(excludes defendants with only Class C misdemeanor, MRP, or MAJ):Misdemeanor Felony3,4554,425BothTOTAL % of Arr1228,00211.0%3. Total number of defendants arrested in the reporting month:Misdemeanor Felony45,619 26,633BothTOTAL % Interv76973,02185.1%4. Number and location of incarcerated defendant interviews conducted by the Office of Court Services.LocationMisdemeanorHPD .0%00.0%2 TAL%Felony%Both a.%TOTAL%a. These numbers may be larger than arrests due to charges added after the defendant was booked.B. Non-incarcerated Defendant Population1. Number of defendants interviewed due to an open warrant.Misdemeanor Felony486358Both21TOTAL8652. Number of defendants processed who already had a report on file.*Misdemeanor FelonyBothTOTAL0* These numbers are included in B1 until the PIN interview subsystem is online in Model 204 (January 2002)Office of Court Services 2001 Annual ReportPart II / Page 9
C. Characteristics of Interviewed Defendants1. 8,3972. 60.7%38,397100%24,626100%63,023100%OtherTOTAL3. Age:Misdemeanor 17%Felony%TOTAL%7 4% 0.6%TOTAL38,397100%24,626100%63,023100% 2110,80528.1%6,32425.7%17,12927.2%Unknown4. EducationMisdemeanor%Felony%29 0.1%TOTAL%No education2830.7%1360.6%4190.7%1st-8th grade4,27311.1%2,2609.2%6,53310.4%9th-11th 9%10,62816.9%CollegeUnknownTOTAL5. 8%6,76710.7%VietnameseHearing ImpairOther/UnkTOTAL6. Prior Convictions%31,422Total Equals4 0.12 0%24,626100%63,023100%Misd Defendants%Fel Defendants%6 211.8%32,8907.5%2,4399.9%5,3298.5% e of Court Services 2001 Annual ReportPart II / Page 10
7. Charge Categories: *MisdemeanorNumber%FelonyNumberAssault4,67312.2% Murder/Mansl/HomicideDWI7,94420.7% Assault/Att or Sol Murder/Injury OffenseTheft/Burglary Offense5,97315.6% Sexual Assault AdultTrespass1,4203.7% Sex Offense Child (Sex Aslt, Indec, Incest)Evade Arrest or Detention/Fleeing1,6874.4% RobberyResist Arrest4581.2% Other Personal OffenseWeapon Offense9192.4% Burglary Building/Habitation/OtherDrug OffenseCriminal Mischief5,749Sex Offense (e.g.,Prost, Pub Lewd, Indec Exp)1,565DWLS/Other Traffic5,187Failure to ID to 1.3%5.5%1,9327.8%1.9% UUMV1,2134.9%4.1% Other Property 0%24,626100%1.8% Drug Possession3.7% DWIOtherTOTAL0.6%31713.5% Drug Sale/Manufacture6731521,35715.0% Theft Offenses739%100% TOTAL* If a defendant has a felony and a misdemeanor offense, they are reflected in the appropriate felony charge category; if a defendant hastwo or more different felony or two or more different misdemeanor charges, they are counted only once and appear in the first applicablecategory.8. Risk Classification CategoriesPoint %1,4202.3%-4650.2%1010.4%1660.3%-5TOTALOffice of Court Services 2001 Annual ReportMisd40.0%20.0%38,397100%24,626100%6 0.1%63,023100%Part II / Page 11
Section II Bail ReviewA. Report ClassificationMisdemeanorJailNAThe DefendantRefused an interviewFelonyJailNATOTAL%210025304630.7%High Risk Score3,51555,109118,64013.7%Has no bond set1,49083,107124,6177.3%Has a bond 20,0006,13738939127,12611.3%00101 SUBTOTAL18,34329717,36428036,28457.6%All Other Applications19,5661916,8839926,73942.4%TOTAL APPLICATIONS37,90948824,24737963,023100%Has an unverifiable applicationMade surety or cash bondbefore court reviewHad case disposedB. Court Review Action (includes all reviews during reporting month regardless of the month the report was created)1. Reviewed at the ProbableMisdemeanorFelonyCause Hearing CourtroomJailPB ,329028,11983.6%1,497227011,7705.3%00.0%PB Granted with additional conditionsPB DeniedPB Denied/ Bond LoweredNAJailNATOTALPB Denied/ Bond Raised*Split Bond210.1%Supervision on Financial Bond*00.0%Supervision - Other*00.0%Reviewed, no action on bail*00.0%PendingTOTAL 2933,651100%Restricted* These numbers are included in other categories until the PIN interview subsystem is online (January 2002)2. Initial Review by theAssigned CourtMisdemeanorJailNAFelonyJailNATOTAL%PB Granted00.0%PB Granted with additional conditions00.0%PB Denied00.0%PB Denied/ Bond Lowered00.0%PB Denied/ Bond Raised00.0%Split Bond00.0%Supervision on Financial Bond00.0%Supervision - Other00.0%Reviewed, no action on bail00.0%PendingTOTAL APPLICATIONSREVIEWED00.0%00%0000Section B2 numbers are included in B1 until the PIN interview subsystem is online (January 2002)Office of Court Services 2001 Annual ReportPart II / Page 12
3. Re-review by theAssigned CourtMisdemeanorJailNAPB GrantedPB Granted with additional 326123035076.9%110140255.5%00.0%194.2%Supervision on Financial Bond*00.0%Supervision - Other*00.0%Reviewed, no action on bail*00.0%PB DeniedPB Denied/ Bond LoweredPB Denied/ Bond Raised*Split Bond12PendingTOTAL APPLICATIONSREVIEWED331000000.0%4047431455100%* These numbers are included in other categories until the PIN interview subsystem is online (January 2002)C. Outcome Summary1.Personal bond activity:MisdemeanorJailNAFelonyJailNATOTALTotal approvals by case3,57272146293,819Bonds filed2,92171131283,151Defendants released2,72970118282,9452.Non-personal bond activityCourt ordered supervision3. Activity on defendants orderedsupervised but not d surrender00000Bond revocation810110Sentenced before release392622188TOTAL472722298personal bond PB, financial bond FBSection III SupervisionA. Defendants Released to Pretrial SupervisionType of ReleaseReleased on personal bondMisdwith additional conditionsReleased on surety/cash bondwith additional ,5511,5893,140233760163652Released otherwith additional conditionsArt 17.42 CCPFelony2,799# of AccusedReleases on personal bond with priors ofthe same offense or any felony within 6 yrs.64B. Location of Incarcerated Defendants Released on Personal ce of Court Services 2001 Annual Report00.0%10.8%1 0.1%2,729100%118100%2,847100%Part II / Page 13
C. Supervised Cases by Charge CategoryMisdemeanor (Chart A)Charge CategoryAssaultPersonal BdPercentFinancial lary Offense70324.2%462.7%Trespass481.7%110.6%Evade Arrest or Detention/Fleeing572.0%281.6%Resist Arrest140.5%100.6%Weapon Offense150.5%150.9%68623.6%39923.0%Criminal Mischief341.2%120.7%Sex Offense (Prost, Pub Lewd, Indec Exp)250.9%40.2%Drug OffenseDWLS/Other Traffic49817.2%794.6%Failure to ID to PO421.4%40.2%MRP/MAJ341.2%432.5%OtherTOTAL CHARGES852.9%392.3%2,902100.0%1,732100.0%Felony (Chart B)Charge CategoryMurder/Mansl/HomicideAssault/Att or Sol Murder/Injury OffensePersonal BdPercentFinancial BdPercent31.8%321.8%138.0%1357.6%Sexual Assault Adult00.0%80.5%Sex Offense Child (Sex Aslt, Indec, Incest)31.8%452.5%Robbery84.9%643.6%Other Personal Offense21.2%472.6%Burglary MV63.7%191.1%Other Property Offense10.6%30.2%Drug Sale / Manufacture138.0%1769.9%Drug Theft OffensesDWIMRP/MAJOtherTOTAL CHARGESOffice of Court Services 2001 Annual Report3923.9%1257.0%163100.0%1,776100.0%Part II / Page 14
D. Average Number of Defendants Supervised by the Pretrial Services Agency per Monthin Calendar Year 2001*1. Case tesy/PT %Both Felony & %TOTALNote: Courtesy/PT Div includes pretrial cases originating outside of Harris County and non-Harris Countypretrial intervention cases. Other includes Harris County diversion and post adjudication cases.Personal BondDefendantsPercent2. Number of Defendants SupervisedFinancial BondDefendants PercentDefendants required to comply with standard conditions23660.4%10.2%Defendants required to comply with additional conditions15539.6%65199.8%3. Additional Supervision Conditions(Defendants may have multiple conditions and, therefore, may be counted more than once)Personal rcentDrug ronic monitoringWeekly in-person 39.7%82.0%Ignition interlock51.4%00.0%51.3%Substance abuse evaluation185.0%39.7%215.4%Other conditions11933.1%1961.3%13835.3%Financial rcentDrug 3.5%Electronic monitoringTotalPercentWeekly in-person %11617.8%12353.0%378.8%16024.5%Ignition interlockSubstance abuse evaluation12754.7%6816.2%19529.9%Other conditions20287.1%28066.8%48273.9%All ercentTotalPercentDrug screening233.3%250.0%440.0%Electronic monitoring233.3%00.0%220.0%Weekly in-person Ignition interlock00.0%00.0%00.0%Substance abuse evaluation116.7%00.0%110.0%Other conditions350.0%250.0%550.0%* Averaged using the number of defendants supervised on the last day of each monthOffice of Court Services 2001 Annual ReportPart II / Page 15
E. Community Resource Referrals1. Number of defendants screened to determine community resource assistance needs:4,768a. Number indicating no assistance needs:2,304b. Number indicating assistance needed:2,017c. Number court ordered:1,2442. Service area(s) where defendants requested assistance, or were ordered by the court toparticipate in a program, and where referrals were provided:Service 642.0%Rent00.0%802.1%15
to the old Criminal Courthouse at 301 San Jacinto. With the availability of courtroom space, some semblance of normalcy returned. Work continues on the CJC, with oc-cupancy expected in May 2002. Family Law Center Plaza Tropical Storm Allison David Einsel/Chronicle CJC garage entrance Part I / Page 1
