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Detention Committee
Efforts are underway to rejuvenate the Detention Committee by acquiring
membership representation from all 16 detention facilities in the state. The
committee met at both 2004 conferences. Many Detention Committee members, along
with various Probation Directors and AOIC staff, were participants at a Juvenile
Detention Managers’ Retreat that was held at Starved Rock in January 2004 for
the purpose of developing a mission statement and planning for the future of
Illinois Juvenile Detention. The retreat was an invigorating experience for
participants, and it resulted in the following mission, vision and core values
for Illinois Juvenile Detention:
Following a presentation provided by Steven Kossman at the Spring 2004
Conference, the CMO Committee voted unanimously to endorse the detention
mission, vision and value statements as drafted at the January 2004 retreat.
The Detention Committee will continue to work to further promote this effort in
jurisdictions state wide. Additionally, focus will be placed upon developing
training tracks for IPCSA conferences that directly relate to the work performed
by juvenile detention staff. Tom Ambrose of UIS Institute for Legal,
Administrative and Policy Studies, provided Detention Committee members in
attendance at the fall conference with an overview regarding a newly designed
on-line training program. Detention officers will be required to complete the
program prior to attendance at Detention Basic training. A follow-up meeting
between detention administrators, AOIC and Tom Ambrose was held in Springfield
on September 13, 2004, and the first on-line class was piloted prior to the
Basic training which was held the week of October 4, 2004.
There are numerous issues and initiatives in which the Detention Committee will
be involved. During the coming year there will be at least four Committee
meetings, two of which will be held in conjunction with the IPCSA conferences
and additional meetings in December and June. A meeting will be held the first
week of December 2004 at the Champaign County Juvenile Detention Center, with
the specific date to be announced.
Detention Committee Meeting
Minutes
September 1, 2004 @ 10:00
a.m.
Connie Kaiser (Champaign)
and Glen Freitag (DuPage) Co-Chairs
Cathy Waltz (McLean) Secretary
Meeting
Participants: Mark Bronke (Peoria)
Cathy Waltz (McLean) Michael Stodieck (Kane) Rodney Verdine (La Salle) Dave
Goldberg (McLean) Bill Vidre (Winnebago) Sarah Spang (DuPage) Robert Oprondek
(Champaign) Lynette McCall (Lake) Sue Korpai (Lake) Terry Moore (Sangamon) Keith
Willis (Champaign) Andrew Nemenoff
(DuPage) Mark Bliss (DuPage) Connie Kaiser (Champaign)
Organizing
the Committee
Annual Plan due by Oct.
15
Representatives from
each Detention Center- contacts to be made
Keeping the committee focused
Looking into the history of the Committee regarding a Mission Statement – effort
will be made to adopt mission that is reflective of mission statement formulated
and adopted for detention community state-wide in January of 2004.
Staying committed to add more detention specific issues to future
conferences, suggesting speakers for the Spring Conference
Meetings
Scheduling conference meetings so as not to conflict with the CMO meetings
Scheduling meetings between conferences to be hosted by different Detention
Centers- majority decided that mid-week meeting would be best
Next meeting to be held the first part of December in Champaign
County
Possible issues for meeting: program measurement, screening instrument/funding
impact
Training
Track
Developing a
training plan-discussed at last meeting
Detention Basic
Training- Tom Ambrose spoke about the new online training that
new officers will
be doing prior to attending basic, more information is to be given
at the Sept. 13th
meeting on the new training.
Discussed the
suggestion that the portions of Detention Basic that may be site
specific being left
to the individual facilities to train their staff
Legislative
Updates
Few in attendance at the
committee meeting appeared to be current with their knowledge of the status of
pending legislation that impacts juvenile justice. Therefore effort will be
made to work closely with the legislative committee to bring the detention
community up to date regarding the status of house bills moving through the
General Assembly. The potential impact of HB4610, which increases the age of
juvenile jurisdiction from 17 to 18 years of age, and its potential impact to
the juvenile detention facilities in the state was discussed.
AOIC
Program success
measurement – Discussed- suggested that AOIC come speak to the
group about the ways to
measure program success
Screening Instrument-
Discussed- suggested that after the September meeting of the
screening committee more
information may be available and maybe AOIC could speak
to that to the group as
well
Spring Conference to be
held in Rockford – April 13th, 14th and 15th
IPCSA Detention Committee
Annual Plan for 2005
Co-Chairs: Connie
Kaiser, Champaign County
Glen Frietag, DuPage County
Secretary: Cathy
Waltz, McLean County
Committee
Purpose:
To provide a forum for
detention practitioners to share information; to promote issues of mutual
concern with regard to facility operations; and to enhance services to juveniles
under the jurisdictions of the courts.
Review
of 2004:
Initiative underway to
revitalize the detention committee
Objectives
for 2005:
1. Recruit
committee membership from all 16 detention facilities in Illinois.
Continue to structure and
organize the committee.
Work with legislative
committee to inform detention committee members and detention community about
legislation that impacts juvenile justice.
Work in collaboration with
the Administrative Office of Illinois Courts.
Work in cooperative effort
with Illinois Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative.
Continue to promote the
Illinois Detention Mission, Vision, and Core Values created January 2004,
endorsed unanimously by IPCSA CMO Committee at March 2004 spring conference.
Promote initiatives that
improve the delivery of juvenile detention services.
Contribute articles for
Outlook and IPCSA website.
Develop and promote
training track for IPCSA conference, specific to detention practitioners.
Continue a collaborative working relationship with the University of
Illinois Institute for Legal & Policy Studies.
Hold at least four
detention committee meetings during the year, one at each IPCSA conference and
additional meetings in June and December. June and December meetings will be
held at two different detention facilities to allow members to visit facilities.
Establish purpose and
focus that will keep the detention committee active and meaningful to membership
and IPSCA.
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