2021-05-12 Agenda PacketCHESTERFIELD COUNTY
CHESTERFIELD, VIRGINIA 23832
AGENDA
May 12, 2021
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
JAMES M. HOLLAND
CHAIR
DALE DISTRICT
CHRISTOPHER M. WINSLOW
VICECHAIR
CLOVER HILL DISTRICT
JIM A. INGLE
BERMUDA DISTRICT
KEVIN P. CARROLL
MATOACA DISTRICT
LESLIE A.T. HALEY
MIDLOTHIAN DISTRICT
JOSEPH P. CASEY, Ph.D.
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
2:00 p.m. Work Session Public Meeting Room
1.Invocation
The Honorable Leslie Haley, Midlothian District Supervisor
2.Pledge of Allegiance
Deputy County Administrator Matt Harris
3.Work Sessions
A.Riverside Regional Jail Update
4.FifteenMinute Citizen Comment Period on Unscheduled Matters
5.Adjournment
A.Adjournment and Notice of Next Scheduled Meeting of the Board of Supervisors
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CHESTERFIELD COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
AGENDA
Meeting Date: May 12, 2021 Item Number: 3.A.
Subject:
Riverside Regional Jail Update
Board Action Requested:
Summary of Information:
Attachments:
1.2021-05-12 - Riverside BOS Presentation
2.BOS special session briefg
Preparer:
Approved By:
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Riverside Regional JailUpdate
Board of Supervisors
May 12, 2021
Presented By:
Jeffrey L. Mincks, County Attorney
Katherine C. Donhauser, Assistant County Attorney
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RRJA Created 1990
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Members of RRJA
Charles City County
Chesterfield County
Prince George County
Surry County
City of Colonial Heights
City of Hopewell
City of Petersburg
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Standard of Service Requirement
“The Authority will operate and maintain
the Jail in accordance with the provisions
of the Act, the Rules and regulations of the
Virginia Board of Corrections and all other
Applicable Laws.”
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State Probation
And Loss of Accreditation
Board of Corrections (now State Board of
Local and Regional Jails) placed RRJ on
probation in June, 2019.
RRJ lost its accreditation with the Amercian
Correctional Association in 2019 as well.
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State Board of Local and Regional Jails
Jail Investigation Committee Proceedings
1.Hampton Roads Regional Jail
2.Riverside Regional Jail
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Recommendation of
Investigation Committee to
Full SBLRJ
1.Finding 3 deaths RRJ responsibility
2.Decertification
3.Return of all inmates to jurisdictions of
origin
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Sheriff Karl Leonard
Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Office
Brief to Board of Supervisors
Special Session on Riverside
May 12, 2021
-Brief history of how we arrived at where we are at
-Process for sending inmates to Riverside
-Overview of out of compliant inmates
-Plan for depopulating Riverside in the event it is decertified
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UNANNOUNCED DOC 3-DAY INSPECTION APRIL 27-29
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BRIEF
HISTORY AS
TO HOW
WE ARIVED
AT WHERE
WE ARE
TODAY
Chesterfield County Jail 2006 (built in 1962)
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July 12, 1997, Riverside Regional Jail was officially opened
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Riverside Budgeted Inmate Population Today
•Chesterfield 475 (Actual population as of 7 am today: 546)
•Petersburg 194
•Hopewell 152
•Prince George 120
•Colonial Heights 111
•Surry County 16
•Charles City County 14
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Chesterfield County Replacement Jail
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The Process of Transferring to Riverside
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CHESTERFIELD COUNTY INTAKES FY13 –FY-19
Average: 13,500 intakes a year
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Out of Compliant Inmates
AKA: State Responsible Inmates
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Today Chesterfield taxpayers paid $9,200 for inmates they are not responsible for
That’s $64,000 a week
$276,000 a month
$3,358,000 a year
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Plan for Depopulating Riverside
•Not limited to just if it is decertified and closed
•Still have concerns for life, health, and safety standards being met
•Understaffing is still a major concern
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Understaffing still a major concern
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Our Pledge
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Questions?
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CHESTERFIELD COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
AGENDA
Meeting Date: May 12, 2021 Item Number: 5.A.
Subject:
Adjournment and Notice of Next Scheduled Meeting of the Board of Supervisors
Board Action Requested:
Summary of Information:
Motion of adjournment and notice of the Board of Supervisors meeting to be held on May 26, 2021 at 2:00
p.m. in the Public Meeting Room.
Attachments:
None
Preparer:Sara Hall, Clerk to the Board of Supervisors
Approved By:
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