Diversion in a new light Opportunities and Alternatives Mats Jonsson, President and CEO, CorrectiveSolutions Andrew Miles, Regional Vice President, CorrectiveSolutions CorrectiveSolutiom Diversion Deferred Prosecution-most jurisdictions have some form CorrectiveSolutiom Diversion Outline Why . When What How CorrectiveSoZutiom What is Corrective Solutions? - CorrectiveSolutions - HQ: San Clemente, CA Nationwide - 15 states - Prosecutors - Help prosecutors define diversion programs and processes - Manage/Operate the progra m/ process I Check Restltution I Diversion I Probatlon CorrectiveSalutz'om Diversion-Why? When done on a case by case basis: - Compassion - Your staff must make decision - When done on a systematic and formalized way - Compassion - Labor/Resource saving DA - Court - Jail - Increased accountability CorrectiveSolutiom Two things to consider: 1. The earlier the referral, the more time is saved in the District Attorney’s office 2. In early referrals, the defendant may not have been presented the diversion offer in  person; the contact from the diversion program administration will then be different. 6 When done on a one‐off basis it is related to pornography:  Supreme Court Justice Potter  Stewart said in 1964:  I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I  understand to be embraced within that shorthand description ["hard‐core pornography"];  and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But I know it when I see it, and  the motion picture involved in this case is not that. [Emphasis added.] If you are diverting on a one‐off basis, are you sure you are not underrepresenting  minorities?  If you do, may be a problem>  (Peg Dorer, reference) 7 Diversion; What? Systematic and Formal Divert - Certain crimes - Defendant meets certain criteria - Diversion Program?YOU DECIDE Conditions - Length Policies {failures, re-referrals, etc.] Reporting - Communication of program existence and criteria . Staff Public defenders - Defense attorneys CorrectiveSolutiom Typically, the later in the judicial process, the more conditions.  We see the drug tests and  counseling in the post filing or court ordered programs. 9 Diversion: How? Community involvement Assessment - Social I Economic - Substance Abuse - [Mental Health} . I 7? lit"; fir-l h? Community Resources Follow up - Job search - Housing - Veterans resources - Food banks - Rehabi?AA I Parenting Many more - Case management 0 Not a condition . No pass or fall CorrectiveSalmiom 10 Diversion; Referral Referral form Fax Email How I do it - In court Outside of court Cm?rectiveSoZutiom 11 Diversion; How? Case management Conditions - Community referrals Restitution and fees collection 0 Letters - Phone calls - (In-person case management) - Reports CorrectiveSolutiom 12 Diversion: how does it work? Employee working in District Attorney?s office - You can hand pick the employee - Case verification Document production in the office - Local office - Certain assessments GPS - Alcohol monitoring - Counseling CorrectiveSolutiom 13 Diversion; How? Funding Offender funded - 3?5 months program: $250?$350 Indigent participants - Various solutions - Indigent fund (small portion of paying participants? fees) CorrectiveSolutiom 14 Diversion; What? Crimes and Defendants Examples crimes: Examples defendants: - Property crimes - First time - Victimless crimes - Misdemeanor - Quality oflife crimes . Alcohol related crimes Non-violent . Minorin possession - [Certain violent crimes) 0 Drunkin public - Drug crimes - Traffic - Driving/Suspended CorrectiveSolutiom 15 Diversion; Example: Sonomo, CA - Three Program Program 2-6 months (PC - Pre-filing 1000 monitored for 18 months) P?5t ?linngPOSt trial Two local CorrectiyeSolutions - Specialized drug program (PC 1000) employees {one admin and one - Enrollment drug counselor) Referral to community resources Ilndtallde evaluations in Post and PC - Indigent fund Conditions (by crime) - Community Accountability Class - Community service: Zhlmonth - Drug tests - Counseling - Counseling in PC 1000 Added one additional program - Human trafficking CorrectiveSolutiom 16 90‐96 – statutory diversion, why not make it formalized and thorough Traffic ‐ General Traffic Offenses DWLS – Finding the right “niche” cases E.g. ‐ > 3 suspensions, able to get out of the ‘spiral’  before it’s too late Alcohol‐related: MIP, Disorderly, other “boneheaded” offenses (10 seconds of thought and  they’d likely have not offended) ‐ OJ – Out of Jurisdiction; can track ComServ and do online education; college town and  ‘getaway destinations” ‐ EX: DomViol cases, can continue court‐ordered counseling, but increase accountability  through structured guidance of program; also eases DA workload by compiling case  tracking into one report. 17 NC Deferred Prosecution: Getting Started - Defining the process - ?Program Description Referral Process - Conditions - Liaison - 30 days to start* ctiveSalutz'ans Still working on this 18 Penguin‐on‐iceberg story…they’re hungry and want to go hunt, but they’re unsure if there’s  a tiger shark under the iceberg waiting to hunt them…relate to NC DA’s; the tiger shark is  the AOC. 19 Eventually one penguin decides its hungry enough, doesn’t care, or is shoved in….if there’s  a shark there the others don’t go in, but if the water’s clear…(and we’ve already made sure  the water’s shark/AOC‐free) 20 They’re all in, and the hunt is on. We’ve taken the steps to ensure there’s no shark under the iceberg; the AOC has no  objections to outsourced DA Deferred Prosecution Programs. 21 Contact Information Andrew Miles - amiles@correctivesolutionsora - 866-909-6762 - Mats Jonsson - 816-306-2241 CorrectiveSolutiom 22