1. South Dakota: Criminal Justice Reform
Promising Practices in South Dakota’s Criminal Justice System
SCAO
STATE COURT ADMINISTRATOR’S OFFICE
SD UNIFIED JUDICIAL SYSTEM
June 27, 2017

2. Key Challenges- Reminder
Delivering substance abuse services to a large rural state;
Reducing technical violations
Lack of targeted interventions- specialized supervision programs
Need to establish swift and certain sanctions
Long supervision terms for compliant offenders
Disparate impact on Native Americans
Stress of meth epidemic on the system

3. Invest in Community Based Treatment Options
Substance Abuse Programs
Criminal Thinking Programs
Rural Pilot Programs

4. Focusing Resources on High Risk Offenders
Earned Discharge Credits
Presumptive Probation
Deferred Imposition of Sentence Process (beginning July 1, 2017)
Complaint Discharge Process (beginning July 1, 2017)

5. Strengthen Community Supervision
Expanded Drug/DUI/Veteran’s Courts
HOPE Probation
DOC Tribal Parole Program
Evidence Based Supervision Practices
Validated Risks/Needs Assessments
EPICS (effective practices in community supervision)
Sanctions/Incentives Grids