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From YouTube: News Update - Smart Justice Fair
Description
The Buncombe County Detention Center and Pre-Trial services recently presented the Smart Justice Fair for National County Government Month. The purpose of this fair was to go over all the aspects of recidivism in the county justice system, giving you all the information needed to navigate through the programs.
For those who weren't able to make it to the fair, this video interviews representatives from each booth on their services they offer, and their importance to the community.
For more information, please visit buncombecounty.org.
A
B
People
get
involved
the
criminal
justice
system.
Sometimes
it
cannot
be
very
positive
because
they're
dealing
with
criminal
charges,
and
so
many
times
is
to
give
the
public
understanding
of
exactly
what
we
do
as
part
of
our
jobs
and
have
a
better
understanding
of
the
criminal
justice
system
and
how
somebody
goes
through
that
process
and
what
happens
to
somebody
when
they
get
arrested
or
they
appear
in
court
or
their
time
spent
the
detention
facility
far
the
biggest
thing
that
what
people
to
know
is
that
one
of
our
main
goals
is
to
reduce
recidivism.
B
One
thing:
that's
unique
for
Buncombe
County
in
my
position.
That's
a
facility
director
for
the
detention
sylheti
is
we
only
want
to
keep
those
people
that
are
in
jail
that
need
to
be
in
jail.
So
we
often
do
assessments
of
those
people
to
see
what
kind
of
services
do
they
need
so
that
they
can
help
themselves
and
reduce
recidivism.
So
we
don't
have
a
very
high
jail
population,
which
is
something
that
we
don't
want
to
go
ahead
and
do
so.
B
C
The
smart
justice
fair
is
a
great
opportunity
for
people
in
the
community
to
come
out
and
see
what
services
are
available
to
them
in
the
community.
There's
a
lot
of
misinformation
about
the
court
system.
There
are
services
throughout
Buncombe
County
that
collaborate
to
really
be
an
opportunity
for
people
to
have
a
good
experience
with
the
court
system
to
be
much
more
knowledgeable
to
understand
that
services
are
here
for
them
and
to
take
advantage
of
those
services,
and
this
is
a
great
opportunity
for
people
to
come
out
and
meet
all
of
us
today.
D
E
Actually,
don't
just
serve
juveniles
that
committed
committed
a
delinquent
offense.
We
also
serve
juveniles,
who
are
status.
Offenders
such
as
Runaways
truant
from
school.
Typically,
once
we
initially
get
a
juvenile
in
our
system.
If
it's
the
first
time
minor
offense,
we
try
to
defer
them
and
put
them
on
a
diversion
contract.
Typically,
the
virgin
contract
would
consist
of
teen
court.
Well,
the
consequences
of
their
actions
can
be
determined
by
their
peers,
so
they
are
present
their
case
and
their
peers
to
actually
give
them
consequences
for
their
behaviors.
E
We
also
have
mediation
as
a
diversionary
practice,
where,
if
they're
true
from
school
they're
meet
with
a
mediator,
the
mediator
will
offer
them.
Mediation
for
truancy
can
be
a
mediation
for
a
fight
that
they
could
have
been
involved
in,
and
these
are
some
of
the
different
types
of
resources
we
have
available
for
kids
opposed
to
sending
them
to
court.
We
use
restorative.
D
E
F
F
We
have
dialectical
behavioral
skills
group
which
helps
them
engage
in
what
kind
of
life
do
they
want
to
live
and
we
have
job
skills
and
we
have
a
job
counselor
on
staff
who
helps
them,
get
work
and
prepare
a
resume
and
we
have
GED
skills
also,
so
people
always
want
to
know
how
it
is
going
to
help
me
out,
and
things
like
that
and
part
of
what
we
get
them
to
think
about
is
what
are
the
resources
they
have
available
to
them?
And
how
can
we
help
them?
F
Beef
up
those
resources
a
little
bit,
so
we
become
like
a
natural
support
for
them.
We
help
them,
engage
in
thinking
about
what
other
skills
and
what
skills
they
can
learn
to
make
healthier
decisions
in
life
and
to
reduce
any
distressful
situations,
and
how
do
they
tolerate
them
a
little
bit
better
and
then
we
also
provide
them
with
it's
like
a
one-stop
shop
where
they
can
get.
You
know
job
stuff
done
their
GED,
then
if
they
need
any
mental
health
and
substance
abuse
and
then
the
skills
training.
G
Gel
based
services
and
treatment
courts
are
a
collaborative
effort
with
the
community
in
the
jail
and
treatment
providers
to
help
individuals
who
get
into
the
justice
system.
Our
goal
is
to
reduce
the
recidivism
and
get
people
into
services
for
for
treatment,
mental
health,
reentry
services,
substance,
abuse,
treatment,
things
that
they
otherwise
wouldn't
get
to,
hopefully
help
them
stay
out
of
the
justice
system
in
the
future.
Some
examples
of
these
services
are
pretrial
services,
treatment
courts
which
help
people
get
into
recovery.
Some
other
examples
are
mental
health
treatment.
G
We
try
to
get
people
set
up
with
services
outside
of
the
jail
as
well
as
in.
I
think
that
buncombe
county
is
good
for
offering
these
services,
because
there
is
that
understanding
in
the
county
in
the
public.
There's
there's
thinking
that,
maybe
part
of
the
reason
that
people
are
getting
caught
up
in
this
system
is
because
they
have
unaddressed
mental
health
issues
or
substance
abuse
issues
and
their
support
for
getting
these
people
into
treatment,
rather
than
just
keeping
them
in
jail
and
running
through
that
cycle.
Number
of.
H
The
counties
in
North
Carolina
do
have
public
defender's
offices,
they
are
state
agencies.
The
Buncombe
County
has
a
public
defender's
office
with
12
attorneys,
three
investigators
and
for
legal
support
staff.
When
someone
is
charged
with
a
crime
they're
entitled
to
court
appointed
counsel,
if
they
are
found
by
the
court
to
be
ended,
you
interjet
means
that
they
do
not
have
the
sufficient
financial
funds
to
retain
counsel
and
that
determination
is
made
on
a
case-by-case
basis
by
a
judge.
H
If
that
individual
is
found
guilty
or
they
plead
guilty
to
a
criminal
charge,
and
they
have
to
reimburse
the
state
of
North
Carolina
for
their
court-appointed
attorneys
fees.
If
the
individual
is
found
not
guilty
or
the
charges
are
dismissed,
they
do
not
have
to
pay
for
their
court-appointed
in
cases
where
the
individual,
if
found
guilty,
could
receive
a
suspended
sentence
or
jail
time.
We
cannot
give
out
free
legal
advice.
H
A
Pretrial
services
interviews,
everybody
who's
arrested
and
that
information
we
get.
We
didn't
share
with
other
agencies
and
what
we're
doing
is
trying
to
identify
people
who
have
substance,
abuse
or
mental
health
issues
or
people
who
are
safe
to
release
to
the
community
and
that
helps
us
manage
our
jail
population
and
it
helps
us
address
those
issues
that
get
people
involved
in
the
criminal
justice
system.
And
that's
what
we're
calling
a
smart
justice
program.
Magistrate.
I
Is
your
first
appearance,
judicial
official
we're
the
ones
who
decide
whether
you
can
be
charged,
what
you're
charged
with
whether
you
have
to
stay?
If
you
are
charged
have
to
post
a
bond
or
you
were
released
on
your
own
signature
if
you're
brought
in
and
you're
charged
with
something
a
matter
determines
whether
you
should
be
released
and
they
based
that
on
whether
you're
a
danger
to
the
public?
I
What
your
past
criminal
history
is,
whether
you
come
to
court
on
time.
That
type
of
thing
is
what
basis
the
bond,
if
somebody
never
been
arrested
before
they're,
released
pretty
much
on
their
own
signature.
I
think
the
biggest
thing
that
public
needs
know
we're
an
independent
judicial
official,
we're
not
on
the
side
of
law
enforcement,
we're
not
on
the
side
we're
supposed
to
be
a
neutral
party.
I
J
The
attention
prevention
was
set
up
to
kind
of
give
kids
an
alternative
to
see
what
actually
goes
on
within
a
detention
facility
to
try
and
help
them
make
the
better
choices
in
life
instead
of
making
the
wrong
choices.
While
back,
we
used
to
have
a
scared
straight
program
which
that
really
wasn't
being
safe
with
them
coming
in
here
and
actually
being
able
to
look
around.
J
C
All
of
our
goals,
all
the
district
court
judges
have
the
same
goal,
particularly
in
Criminal
Court,
which
is
really
what
this
fair
is
about.
Today
is
that
we
want
to
be
there
in
the
community.
We
want
to
help
people
to
avoid
recidivism,
to
provide
services
to
individuals,
particularly
with
mental
health
and
substance,
abuse,
that
we
can
engage
people
in
services
so
that
we
can
try
to
change
certain
criminal
behaviors,
not
only
to
provide
a
productive
possibility
for
that
individual
and
their
family
members,
but
also
for
the
community
to
keep
them
safer.