And she wants feedback from you;

I’ve been appointed to the Minnehaha County Commission’s  Criminal Justice Planning Committee.  We haven’t been notified yet when the  meetings will start.  However, I’d appreciate any advice or suggestions  anyone has regarding how to improve things at the county level.  There was  an article in the 2/10 Argus on page 3A, “County to update juvenile detention  policies, procedures.”  Some federal consultants already did a review of  the system and presented the county with a 64-page report.  The public can  access this report at www.minnehahacounty.org, then click on  Departments, scroll down and click on Sheriff, then, on the left side under  Department Information, click on Jail and Justice System Assessment.  The  entire report isn’t available yet; the sheriff’s office is working on technical  issues as only the first page of the report shows up.
As identified in the Argus article, the committee will  carry out a comprehensive review of Minnehaha County’s corrections facilities  and future needs which is driven by several of Sheriff Mike Milstead’s goals  which include:
-ensuring the county’s regional jail is used to house  only inmates that need to be in secure detention
-replacing a two-decades-old Community Corrections  Center that is on the point of outliving its usefulness
-applying, on a widespread basis, alternatives to  incarceration such as electronic monitoring to free up jail beds for serious  offenders and to keep low-risk inmates in the community where they have a  better chance to become productive citizens.
Any feedback may be sent to me at
Sue Nipe

One Thought on “Sue Nipe appointed to the MCC Criminal Justice Planning Committee

  1. Pathloss on February 18, 2013 at 5:27 pm said:

    I’m impressed a woman was appointed. There’s a ratio of more female inmates now. I’m always pleased when the sheriff responds to calls. SFPD is poorly trained and investigations are sloppy. There’s no complaint process for SFPD making it impossible to weed out bad officers. The county should get more responsibility and more budget. The city is known for wasting money on rocks in the river and TIF’s. The county deserves this money because they can better protect and defend the population.

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