1. Metropolitan Crime Commission November 19, 2015

2.  Criminal Justice System Overview  Orleans Parish Arrest to Conviction  Judicial Efficiency  OPSO Inmate Population  Conclusions Outline

3.  Agencies serve interconnected roles in the response to criminal activity Criminal Justice System Police Arrests District Attorney Prosecution Judiciary Bail, Case Processing Root Causes of Crime Sheriff Housing Inmates

4. 8,160 Felony Arrests 4,968 Accepted Felony Cases 58,080 Total Arrests 1,977 Felony Convictions Orleans Parish Arrest to Conviction 5,734 Felony Arrests 4,714 Accepted Felony Cases 30,583 Total Arrests 2,492 Felony Convictions 2007 2013 Total arrests fell 47% Felonies went from 14% to 19% of arrests (25% in 2015) Increased acceptance rate from 61% to 82% Felony arrest to conviction rate rose from 24% to 43%

5.  Median case processing time fell to 117 days in 2014 Is 100 days if three least efficient judges excluded National median is 111 days Judicial Efficiency: Felony Case Processing 2007 2014 232 Days 117 Days -50%

6. OPSO Inmate Populations  Inmate populations have decreased over the past five years Police manpower fell to 40-year low during same time  At no point could Phase II hold the inmate population *Source: Dr. James Austin inmate projection reports **Source: MCC Research Capacity of Phase II

7.  Total of 1,802 inmates  Felony pretrial account for 82% of inmates  Phase II has a maximum capacity of 1,250 due to the inmate classification system  A 93% majority of inmates were charged with felonies Reasons Inmates in OPSO Custody Nov. 11, 2015 93% Felony (n=1,671)

8.  Inmates must be housed out of parish or released Currently 254 inmates held in other parishes ○ Police at 40-year staffing low ○ NOPD response time averages 73 minutes ○ Plans in place to hire 500 additional officers Holding inmates out of parish increases case processing times and related costs Delays from holding inmates in other parishes impact the entire criminal justice system, victims, and witnesses who must repeatedly appear and prepare for court Being held out of parish restricts accused's access to attorneys and family  Does not make community safer If jail space is artificially restricted…

9. Reasoning:  No current capacity for mental health or infirmed  Federal court-appointed Mental Health Working Group unanimously recommended Phase III jail versus retrofitting Phase II (see handout) Retrofitting Phase II would further reduce jail beds  Currently not enough room for pretrial inmates in Phase II  FEMA funding available for construction MCC Recommends Phase III

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