Napa County Correctional Program To Host Graduation For Probationers

News from the County of Napa:

The Napa County Probation Department and BI Incorporated will host a transition ceremony for graduates of the Napa Community Corrections Service Center, an intensive reentry program designed to reduce recidivism and combat jail overcrowding.

The celebration will be held 6 p.m., Thursday, May 28, at the Napa County Office of Education, 2121 Imola Ave., in Napa.

Speakers will include Mary Butler, Chief Probation Officer, and Lenard Vare, Director of the Napa County Department of Corrections. Graduates and former program participants will also share their experience in the program.

The transition celebration is a major milestone in the lives of these program participants, their families and the staff at the center.

The center is run by BI Incorporated in partnership with the Napa County Probation Department, which has received awards for its approach to community corrections. In 2014, the American Probation and Parole Association awarded the department the APPA President’s Award for its integrated approach to probation and inmate supervision, treatment and training that has helped reduce recidivism and jail crowding.

Since the center’s implementation, the recidivism rate of graduates has been measured at just 25 percent, including all probation violations and misdemeanors, while more than 65 percent of participants exit the program employed.

Currently, 48 probationers attend the day reporting center program and another 49 check in one to three times weekly for a pretrial release program.

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