State pays Probation to oversee CIT inmates
NORWICH – Four high-risk sex offenders on probation at the Valley Ridge Center for Intensive Treatment in Norwich have netted $16,000 for the Chenango County Probation Department.
“It was a nice surprise,” Laureen J. Clarke, the department’s director, told supervisors in committee this week. “We don’t often get money from the state.”
The New York State Division of Probation and Correctional Alternatives has distributed $1.3 million to counties and New York City depending upon the number of Level 3 Sex Offenders on probation. The money will come to Chenango County in $1,000 quarterly installments, or $4,000 per year, for four years.
Clarke said the CIT has increased the normal number of high-risk offenders in the county. It opened in 2002.
Conditions to be met for receipt of the funds are timely registration of Level 3s; prompt reporting of address changes and/or enrollment, attendance, verification of residence or employment at any institution of higher education; quarterly address checks; and prompt initiation of probation violation procedures where necessitated.
Clark said her department already follows the stipulations outlined. Though she said complying with probation supervision is “a duplication of services” at Valley Ridge because the individuals there are watched around the clock, probation officers “reinforce” that the offenders need to comply with the rules of the facility, attend classes, etc.
“We serve as a constant reminder that they are accountable for their actions through the legal system,” she said.
Sixty mostly 18-35 year-old males live in five housing units at the 23-acre treatment center. It is operated by the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, and has a staff to consumer ration of 3.75 to 1. There were 15 high risk offenders residing there in 2005. Calls to the facility have not been returned.
“It was a nice surprise,” Laureen J. Clarke, the department’s director, told supervisors in committee this week. “We don’t often get money from the state.”
The New York State Division of Probation and Correctional Alternatives has distributed $1.3 million to counties and New York City depending upon the number of Level 3 Sex Offenders on probation. The money will come to Chenango County in $1,000 quarterly installments, or $4,000 per year, for four years.
Clarke said the CIT has increased the normal number of high-risk offenders in the county. It opened in 2002.
Conditions to be met for receipt of the funds are timely registration of Level 3s; prompt reporting of address changes and/or enrollment, attendance, verification of residence or employment at any institution of higher education; quarterly address checks; and prompt initiation of probation violation procedures where necessitated.
Clark said her department already follows the stipulations outlined. Though she said complying with probation supervision is “a duplication of services” at Valley Ridge because the individuals there are watched around the clock, probation officers “reinforce” that the offenders need to comply with the rules of the facility, attend classes, etc.
“We serve as a constant reminder that they are accountable for their actions through the legal system,” she said.
Sixty mostly 18-35 year-old males live in five housing units at the 23-acre treatment center. It is operated by the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, and has a staff to consumer ration of 3.75 to 1. There were 15 high risk offenders residing there in 2005. Calls to the facility have not been returned.
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