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Klamath County Community Corrections scales back Justice Reinvestment requests, plans facility closures
Summary
Community Corrections director Erin Hartman told commissioners July 22 that the county will not apply for a supplemental Justice Reinvestment grant due to fewer eligible cases and constrained funding, will reduce funded deputy positions under the formula grant, and plans to close Busby House and end a contract with a behavioral-health provider.
Erin Hartman, director of Klamath County Community Corrections, updated the Board of Commissioners July 22 on the county—s Justice Reinvestment Program applications and related program and facility changes.
Hartman said the county will not apply for the supplemental JRP grant because staff determined there are not enough eligible cases and funding to make the supplemental program viable. She said the evidence-based program had focused on drug, property and driving offenses and that the county…
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