Morgan County JRAC reviews Q3 2025 justice data, discusses supervision-fee change and program updates

Morgan County's Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council (JRAC) met virtually to review third-quarter 2025 justice and corrections data, discuss statute-driven reporting changes and probation supervision fees, and hear program updates on community corrections, RSAT enrollment and reentry.

The meeting featured quarterly performance data: staff reported 94 pretrial assessments for the third quarter of 2025, down from 100 in the second quarter but up from 76 in 2024. Placement on supervision this quarter was reported at 66 (compared with about 68 in the prior quarter). Staff also reported higher active supervision caseloads than the prior year; the transcript provides closed-case and active-supervision counts that staff said represent an increase over 2024.

Staff told the council that an effective July 1 statutory change adds a new reporting category for individuals listed as "pending release for condition of bond." The presenter said three people in the reporting period were being held under monitored bond conditions; staff described that category as newly required in the reports.

Council members and staff discussed rising costs tied to probation and supervision administration, including staffing and invoicing changes. Staff explained that those cost pressures prompted a recommendation to adjust supervision fees; during discussion an illustrative figure of roughly a $15 minimum increase was referenced by staff as an example of what would be assessed under the proposed schedule. After discussion a motion related to the supervision-fee proposal was moved and seconded and the transcript records members saying "aye" and approving the motion; the transcript does not include a roll-call tally or numeric vote counts.

The council also approved the meeting minutes that were presented at the start of the session; the transcript records the motion and approval but does not provide a roll-call vote tally for that item.

Program and operations updates

Staff reported that the local JVAC team will meet monthly in the coming year and described a recent Sequential Intercept Model mapping workshop held at the county library. The presenter said the workshop drew more than 50 service providers, judicial representatives and community members and that the state produced a draft report; JRAC staff said they would submit corrections and feedback on that draft before wider distribution.

Adult community corrections and related supervision programs (including the Silverlink supervision element) were reviewed with multiple operational metrics: active client counts, risk-level distribution, home-detention application and eligibility counts, and completion outcomes. Staff reported a 93% intervention rate during the quarter, noted that graduated sanctions were used more often than formal violations (the presenter cited a sanctions-to-violations ratio of roughly 15:5), and said community corrections recorded three successful completions and zero unsuccessful completions for the period.

Juvenile detention and public-safety concerns

Presenters said juvenile case volume has dropped in recent years but that case severity has increased. The transcript recounts a case involving a 12-year-old who was detained after a multi-county incident and alleged offenses; staff emphasized the child's documented trauma history and prior placement escapes while noting this type of high-severity behavior is more common among the smaller number of juvenile cases staff are now handling. Staff also flagged youth firearm cases and cited one incident in which a firearm connected to Johnson County was used in local criminal activity.

RSAT, reentry and visitation

Staff presented Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) statistics and application-processing counts: the transcript lists 64 RSAT applications with 32 returned and 32 not returned, as well as small enrolled cohorts and a small number of unsuccessful completions for the year. Reentry reporting for the quarter showed one active reentry participant and one successful completion; staff said intervention rates for high- and moderate-risk RSAT clients were at or near 100% for the quarter.

A member of the public asked whether a planned transition to remote-only family visitation would reduce meaningful human contact and harm inmates' mental health and rehabilitation. Staff clarified treatment programming remains in person and that the visitation change applies to familial visits; staff also noted there are a limited number of free virtual visits available per month and described operational steps to preserve family contact while maintaining security.

What the transcript records and what it does not

The transcript records motions to approve the minutes and to adopt the supervision-fee action; it does not provide roll-call vote tallies or named vote counts for either motion. Where numeric figures were spoken in the meeting (for example, counts of assessments, applications or enrollees), this article reports the numbers as stated in the transcript. When the transcript did not provide a numeric vote count or explicit statutory citation, the article describes the decision or legal reference without inventing additional details.

Looking ahead

Staff said they will provide corrected feedback to the state's draft Sequential Intercept mapping report and continue monitoring program enrollments and post-release supervision outcomes. The council did not publish an implementation timeline for the fee schedule change in the provided transcript.