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a. Approve and Authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer or Contracts/Purchasing Supervisor to sign Amendment #4, with Restorative Justice Partners, Inc, for $68,261 for a new not to exceed amount of $299,510 and extending the agreement one (1) year with a term ending date of June 30, 2023.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and Authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer or Contracts/Purchasing Supervisor to sign Amendment #4, with Restorative Justice Partners, Inc, for $68,261 for a new not to exceed amount of $299,510 and extending the agreement one (1) year with a term ending date of June 30, 2023.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Monterey County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) request approval of this Amendment.
MCSO started its pilot program with Restorative Justice Partners (RJP) in 2018, with a hope of providing inmates with a first-hand knowledge of how crime impacts their victims. The Victim Impact Program is designed to provide offenders the opportunity to change their criminal thinking and behavior, and to help guide the offender, and educate them, on how to make amends with their victims directly, or indirectly. Victimization creates a "ripple affect" throughout the community, and what better way to tackle this issue than within the walls of the county jail. The men and women who are incarcerated at the Monterey County Jail will receive the opportunity to listen and learn, and educate themselves around 10 core crime topics, such as property crime, assault, robbery, hate and bias, gang violence, sexual assault, child abuse and neglect, domestic violence, drunk and impaired driving, and homicide. The basic precepts of the Victim Impact curriculum are to focus on the impact of crime on the victims and their families, and their personal experiences.
Finally, RJP will incorporate reintegration circles into the program to assist people who have just been released from jail with a successful re-entry into our com...
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