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Lee County presenter urges dissolving alternative sentencing board, proposes county-run court services
Summary
A county presenter (identified in the meeting as Jesse) recommended dissolving Lee County's alternative sentencing board, citing overlap with a state "accountability courts" law effective Oct. 1 and staffing/funding problems, and proposed transitioning court referral staff to a county court services division.
A presenter identified in the meeting as Jesse told the Lee County Commission on Nov. 10 that the local alternative sentencing board has become ‘‘more of a hindrance than it is a help’’ and recommended dissolving the board in favor of a county-run court services division that would make court referral staff county employees.
Jesse described the existing system of court referral and accountability courts — including drug court and veterans court — and said a state accountability-courts law that took effect Oct. 1 has absorbed much of the local board’s statutory scope. ‘‘When I started looking at it, I realized that we really have a very ineffective…
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