2013 Budget Presentation
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Sheriff Gusman Challenges Claims, Conclusions in OIG Report
NEW ORLEANS – June 10, 2013 –On May 17, 2013, Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman wrote a six-page letter challenging claims and conclusions made in a draft report entitled "Inspection of Taxpayer/City Funding of Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office in 2012. The letter is addressed to E.R. Quatreveaux, inspector general, Office of the Inspector General, City of New Orleans. Following are excerpts from the Sheriff Gusman's May 17 letter:
Background
The City of New Orleans did not provide sufficient funds to support the OPSO and the jail as required by the state statute. As a result, the OPSO was forced to use funds from other sources to make up the shortfall of city funds. In fact, the Civil Division is subsidizing the operations of the jail.
Comparison of New Orleans and Louisville
The benchmark comparison between Louisville and New Orleans is based on erroneous assumptions.
The comparison between the Louisville Corrections and Orleans Parish Prison glosses over several important distinctions. First, the debt service, as pointed out previously, includes more than jail construction. It includes courtrooms, coroner's office, district attorney's building, juvenile court, municipal and traffic court, clerk of criminal court, etc.
Second, the higher cost of food service maybe related to the operation of two temporary kitchens in the aftermath of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, which will be alleviated when the new kitchen is completed in June 2013.
Third, the age and the condition of the buildings, which the report concedes, number twice as many as Louisville, but is actually three times as many, contribute to the added expense of the Orleans operations.
The consolidation that will occur when the new housing is completed in January, 2014 will eliminate these out-moded facilities.
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OPSO Locations
Orleans Parish Sheriff's Civil Division has one centrally located office: The Civil Division is located at 421 Loyola Ave. Suite 403....
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Programs for Public Benefit
Harmony House
The OPSO Harmony House addresses the needs of parent, child, the courts, and the communities of New Orleans and the surrounding metropolitan areas by providing a safe, supportive environment for Supervised Visitation and Monitored Exchanges with equal regard for parent and child safety.
Young Marines
The OPSO chapter of the Young Marines is in partnership with the national Young Marines program. Youth under the age of 18 enroll for drill, games, field trips, and education.
West Bank Major Crime Taskforce
Deputies assigned to this task force focusing on major crimes and narcotics enforcement on the West Bank.
United States Marshalls Task Force
OPSO also participates in US Marshall task force activities, focusing on the apprehension of violent criminals in the Greater New Orleans Area and monitors registered sex offenders in Orleans Parish.
The Great Body Shop
The Great Body Shop program is a school-based program which covers drug prevention, health, bullying, emergency situations, nutrition, and other topics for youth from kindergarten through twelfth grade. Materials and training are available from OPSO.
Sheriff Marlin N. Gusman’s Supervised Visitation Center
This program is in partnership with Harmony House and provides non-custodial parents a safe drop-off and/or visitation area.
Juvenile Curfew Center
OPSO maintains the Orleans Parish Juvenile Curfew Center in conjunction with the New Orleans Police Department. Youth under the age of 18 are brought to the facility when they violate City of New Orleans curfew laws and are held in a non-secure environment until a parent or guardian arrives for them.
Elderly Victim Assistance and Victim’s Assistance
This program is in partnership with the State of Louisiana Victims Assistance Board and provides limited funding and assistance to elderly or non-elderly victims of crime.
Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE)
DARE is a school-based drug awareness and prevention program for youth. OPSO’s main focus is sixth graders through high-school.
Criminal Patrols
This program focuses on outstanding warrants for violent crimes. Persons wanted for violent crimes are targeted and arrested for public safety. This program is grant funded in partnership with the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and focuses on proactive crime prevention in high crime areas and the apprehension of wanted fugitives.
Programs for Inmates
Warren McDaniels Transitional Workforce Center
Department of Corrections inmates who have eighteen months or less and a suitable record can end their sentence in the work release program at the Warren McDaniels Transitional Workforce Facility.
Re-Entry
This program is in partnership with the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections and provides job training, counseling, and drug treatment services to DOC inmates who are within nine months of release.
Narcotics Anonymous
This program is available to inmates in Conchetta, the South White Street Female Facility and the Warren McDaniels Transitional Workforce Center and will be expanding to other buildings as additional volunteers are gained.
Low Literacy to GED Educational Services
These services are provided by our educational partners, the Orleans Parish Public Schools’ Alternative Learning Institute (South White Street Female Facility, juveniles held as adults, House of Detention, and Orleans Parish Prison)...
Intensive Incarceration
This program is in partnership with the Louisiana Commission for Law Enforcement and will shortly be introduced at the South White Street Female Facility. Female inmates will receive intensive drug treatment counseling and educational services.
HIV Counseling and Testing
This program is in partnership with the Office of Public Health. All incoming arrestees are offered HIV testing upon arrival. A trained nurse is on hand to counsel the patient on the results. As a matter of course, arrestees...
GED Testing Center
OPSO is a State of Louisiana Department of Education certified GED testing facility. We give a monthly GED test for the public, and test inmate students within secure facilities approximately every two months or as students are ready.
Electronic Monitoring Program
This program is in partnership with the City of New Orleans and the Crime Coalition. At the discretion of the courts, bonded, sentenced inmates are fitted with an electronic monitoring ankle bracelet...
Day Reporting Center
The Day Reporting Center is a collaborative agreement between the New Orleans Sheriff Office and the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections. The New Orleans Day Reporting Center program strives...
Community Service
Inmates who are considered low risk and who wish to work for the public good are assigned to Community Service, where they perform a number of civic tasks. The Community Service Division also works in partnership with...
Alcoholics Anonymous
This program is available to inmates in the House of Detention and the Warren McDaniels Transitional Workforce Center and will be expanding to other buildings as additional volunteers are gained. There is also a group...