Sarasota County’s Criminal Justice Commission (CJC) is responsible for overseeing an efficient criminal justice system and ensuring public safety. 

Jail Planning
A jail is a vital element in providing a safe community, but it’s also an expensive resource. Jail overcrowding has become the major challenge for the CJC in meeting its responsibility. The CJC has been engaged in a planning process which, along with many other system improvements, includes the construction of new correctional facilities.

Community Corrections
As part of planning a future criminal justice system, the CJC has endorsed the concept of a community corrections center. A community correction center offers our community increased public safety and lower cost compared to traditional incarceration, among other benefits. A community corrections center’s primary focus is treatment and rehabilitation, rather than incarceration, for people who are finishing a local jail sentence or are on community supervision.

E-mail your questions or comments to CommunityCorrections@scgov.net