Monthly Archives: September 2021

Boone County Corrections Department on Rising to the Challenges

Boone County Indiana Corrections Department

Michael Nance, executive director of the county’s community corrections department, has been with the department since 2008 and has been its executive director for five years. Nance shared his observations on the status of the county’s home detention, pretrial team, work release, and substance abuse programs amid the growing population. …

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Investing in the County’s Youth Through the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Programs

Indiana Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative

Indiana is part of a bipartisan movement for juvenile justice reinvestment known as the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI). JDAI is a public-private partnership being implemented nationwide. For more than 20 years, JDAI has proven that the juvenile justice system’s dual goals of promoting positive youth …

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Boone County Prosecutor Kent Eastwood Echoes the Need for a County Justice Center

Boone County Indiana jail

Boone County Prosecutor Kent Eastwood shared his thoughts on the justice center and explained how it would benefit his office as well as all related county governmental departments. The prosecutor’s office currently houses 30 members of Eastwood’s staff, and they are officially out of space. Additionally, the prosecutors’ caseloads have …

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