Poughkeepsie, NY… The Dutchess County Legislature hosted a “Committee of the Whole” meeting yesterday to hear a presentation from RicciGreene Associates, a nationally recognized planning and design firm specializing in criminal justice projects, contracted to conduct a validation study of the Dutchess County Criminal Justice Council’s (CJC) Criminal Justice System Needs Assessment report. RicciGreene Associates concurred with the underlying assumptions and analyses used in the CJC’s report and the recommendation for the construction of a new, larger jail facility to address the long term issue of housing out inmates. A new “transition center” facility is expected to provide millions of dollars in short-term and long-term savings to the County, while also enabling the County to expand its nationally-recognized Alternative to Incarceration programs to better transition inmates back into the community and decrease potential recidivism.
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