Broward Sheriff's Office Day Reporting and Reentry Division

It is designed to be an initiative to reduce the recidivism rate and re-arrest rate for offenders released from the Broward County Jail to identify, address and rectify criminogenic factors.

Quick Facts:

Focus of initiative/program:
  • Education
  • Employment/Job Training
  • Housing
  • Sheriff
  • Mental Health
  • Task Force / Coalitions
  • Inititative/program name:
    DRRD
    Year Established:
    2004
    Lead agency/organization name:
    Broward Sheriff's Office
    Population served by initiative/program:
  • Returning from local detention facilities
  • Returning from local jails
  • Under community corrections supervision (parole or probation)
  • Adults
  • Men
  • Women
  • People convicted of a violent offense
  • People convicted of a non-violent offense


  • Broward Sheriff's Office Day Reporting and Reentry Division

    Contact:

    david scharf
    Division Manager
    Broward Sheriff's Office
    Phone: 954-935-6710
    2201 W. Sample Rd Suite 1-4A
    Pompano Beach, Florida 33073
    david_scharf@sheriff.org

    www.sheriff.org

    Broward Sheriff's Office Day Reporting and Reentry Division

    Initiatives and Programs

    Focus of initiative/program:
  • Education
  • Employment/Job Training
  • Housing
  • Sheriff
  • Mental Health
  • Task Force / Coalitions
  • Inititative/program name:
    DRRD
    Lead agency/organization name:
    Broward Sheriff's Office

    Funding

    Funding sources for initiative/program:
    Agency Budget

    Partners in the reentry initiative/program

    Informal Agreement Formal Agreement
    (e.g., a written contract or an MOU) with this partner.
    Community- and faith-based services providers:
    X
    Members of the community (e.g., people who have been incarcerated, their families or neighbors):
    X
    Other criminal justice agencies (e.g., prosecutors, judges):
    X
    Victim advocates:
    X

    Participants

    Population served by initiative/program:
  • Returning from local detention facilities
  • Returning from local jails
  • Under community corrections supervision (parole or probation)
  • Adults
  • Men
  • Women
  • People convicted of a violent offense
  • People convicted of a non-violent offense
  • Total number of people who have participated in initiative/program to date:
    3000
    Total number of people currently participating in initiative/program:
    800
    Total number of people who can be served at one time:
    800
    If your initiative/program serves people under community corrections supervision, how does your organization work in partnership or work in collaboration with participants’ probation or parole officers?
    DRRD is often a condition of probation. they keep the offender in a suspense status until the DRRD portion of the sentence is completed

    Data Collection

    Does your organization collect demographic data on participants?
    Yes
    If "yes", what kind of data? And what results has this data yielded?
    a lot of data
    Does your organization collect data about the process of your initiative/program?
    Yes
    Does your organization measure and/or track the outcome of participation?
    Yes

    Activities

    What, if any, activities does your initiative/program include for people while they are incarcerated and how do these activities differ from those offered to the general population?
    discharge planning, risk and needs assessment
    What activities does your organization engage in post-release and how do these activities differ from those offered to the general population?
    enforcement of conditions, referrals based on assessment and court order
    How are people placed into your program?
    Referral court order
    Explore the Justice Center’s Websites
    CSG Justice Center Criminal Justice / Mental Health Consensus Project Justice Reinvestment National Reentry Resource Center Reentry Policy Council