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<br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />program. Offenders are evaluated for the program by the Sheriff's staff. He <br />said the court limited the Lane County jail to 207 inmates and they usually <br />include about 107 sentenced inmates and about 100 pre-trial inmates. <br /> <br />Responding to a request from Mr. Gleason to discuss pre-trial and sentenced <br />inmates, Mr. Salmony said many municipal offenders are arrested during the <br />weekend and taken to the County jail. Many of them are released after <br />arraignments early in the week. Some pre-trial inmates are kept in the jail <br />longer because they might leave town or are considered dangerous. <br /> <br />Responding to a question from Mr. Miller, Mr. Salmony said most of the figures <br />he gave for sentencing alternatives indicated maximum capacity, but facilities <br />are operated most effectively at about 80 percent of capacity. <br /> <br />Mr. Gleason said that only one person sentenced from the Municipal Court is <br />now in the jail. He said about 25 people may be put in the jail over any <br />weekend because of fighting and other municipal offenses. Sometimes none of <br />them are sentenced to the jail. The jail is used as a holding facility. He <br />said judges are aware of the maximum capacity of facilities and it affects <br />sentencing. He said City and County officials should have determined the <br />City's needs in 1979 when the City began contracting with the County for jail <br />services because most pre-trial offenders do not need to be in a maximum <br />security facility. <br /> <br />Responding to a comment from Ms. Bascom, Mr. Salmony said the daily cost of <br />keeping a person in the County jail has increased because the number of <br />inmates has decreased. He said all the alternative programs except the 24- <br />hour supervision will be operating in 30 to 45 days. Mr. Gleason said that <br />operating the Municipal Court on weekends is not a solution to the problem. <br />He said the court must have a secure facility to use when it is necessary, but <br />most of the time a minimum security facility is sufficient. <br /> <br />Mayor Obie said the City should not overlook the possibility of operating the <br />Municipal Court on weekends. <br /> <br />Mr. Salmony said that Lane County officials currently supervise about 250 <br />people on parole for felony convictions and about 50 people on leave from the <br />State prisons. He said that many people in the corrections system have mental <br />health problems; therefore, the mental health programs are an alternative to <br />encarceration. He discussed the cost and capacity of the alcohol outpatient, <br />alcohol residential, diversion and convicted for "Driving Under the Influ- <br />ence," sex offender, alcohol and drug and anti-social, crisis residential, <br />psychiatric review, drug-free, methadone, and non-hospital detoxification <br />programs. He said that other facilities are available for people who are <br />chronically mentally ill. <br /> <br />Answering questions from Ms. Wooten, a woman in the audience said the average <br />length of stay of people in Independence House is nine to 12 months for women <br />and 12 to 18 months for men. Mr. Johnson said the $400,000 the City pays for <br />jail services funds some of the mental health programs. The programs also <br />receive about $80,000 from the Lane County General fund and State funds. <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council <br /> <br />May 21,1986 <br /> <br />Page 3 <br />