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Officials outline UP Community Corrections program; county may join without fee
Summary
County staff and a judge heard a presentation that the Upper Peninsula Community Corrections program can expand to Houghton County at no cost; the program uses pre-trial supervision, grant-funded electronic monitoring, and reports a roughly 70% completion rate for participants avoiding re-incarceration in cited examples.
Trevor Kadlec told commissioners that the UP Community Corrections program currently includes Marquette, Alger and Dickinson counties and is open to adding Iron County and potentially Houghton, Baraga and Keweenaw counties at no cost to joining jurisdictions. Kadlec described program tools—pre‑trial supervision to help manage jail capacity, random drug screening that requires a local testing location, and electronic monitoring paid through WUPPDR grants (primarily GPS house tethers).
Kadlec cited treatment partnerships and outcomes, referencing an example program with a reported 70% completion rate among participants who did not return to jail. He said available funding for the program stood at $14.2 million with an expected increase to $15.2 million. Judge Brittany Bulleit expressed support for bringing the program to Houghton County, and Kadlec said one county commissioner would be asked to serve on the program board and that board meetings occur six times per year.
No formal enrollment decision was recorded at the work session; commissioners and staff will evaluate logistics, including random drug-screen location and supervision capacity.
