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County attorney seeks $31,500 to expand victim–offender dialogues; volunteers, prosecutors report 7% recidivism in program
Summary
Polk County Attorney’s Office requested $31,500 to expand a victim‑offender dialogue program that staff say handled roughly 800 dialogues last year and shows a 7% early recidivism rate compared with a roughly 34% three‑year average in Iowa; volunteers urged the board to fund expansion to double capacity.
The Polk County Attorney’s Office asked the Board of Supervisors to consider adding $31,500 to expand its victim–offender dialogue program, which prosecutors and volunteers said is reaching roughly 800 participants a year and has produced a low early recidivism rate in internal tracking.
A county official relaying program metrics said the office conducted about 800 community‑represented and victim‑offender dialogues in the past year and reported a 7% rate of participants picking up another charge in early follow‑up — compared with an average general three‑year recidivism rate of about 34% in Iowa, the presenter said. County staff said the program can only run a fraction of the sessions it could if it could pay more facilitators.
County Attorney staff and volunteer…
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