Rock Nobles Community Corrections

 

Jon P. Ramlo, Director

    1530 Airport Road                                                               1000 Blue Mound Avenue

PO Box 547                                                                              PO Box 762

Worthington, MN  56187                                                         Luverne, MN  56156

Phone: (507) 372-8285                                                            Phone:  (507) 283-5077

Fax:  (507) 372-8393                                                               Fax:  (507) 283-5074

Email:  jramlo@co.nobles.mn.us

 

Rock and Nobles Counties, by a Joint Powers Resolution, declared to jointly provide local comprehensive correctional programs under the Community Corrections Act of 1973.  The two counties share personnel, facilities and financial resources in the development of the Community Corrections System.  The philosophy of community corrections works to keep more offenders in the community and involves various community members and community groups and volunteers.  Emphasis is placed on delivering rehabilitative and restorative programming with the intention of assisting offenders to increase competencies while reducing their risk to re-offend.  In addition services are offered to victims so that they are restored for their loss and/or gain emotional healing.

 

Mission:

In cooperation with the community, improving lives through public safety, victim restoration and offender change.

 

Services Provided:

            *Supervision of adult and juvenile offenders referred by the Court.

            *Diversion of appropriate low-risk offenders.

            *Assistance to crime victims.

            *Monitoring and enforcement of Court orders.

*Investigative services that deliver relevant, accurate and timely information to the courts and the total criminal justice system.

            *Services that provide opportunities for offenders to change.

            *Community service work programs.

 

Links:

American Probation and Parole Association – www.appa-net.org

Center on Juvenile & Criminal Justice – www.cjcj.org    

Corrections Connections – www.corrections.com 

Iowa Department of Correctionswww.doc.state.ia.us

Meth Watch Program – www.methwatch.com

Minnesota Association of Community Corrections Act Counties – www.maccac.org

Minnesota Association of County Probation Officerswww.macpo.org

Minnesota Corrections Association – www.mncorrections.org

Minnesota Department of Correctionswww.corr.state.mn.us 

National Association of Probation Executives – www.napehome.org

National Criminal Justice Reference Service – www.ncjrs.org

National Institute of Correctionswww.nicic.org

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention – www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org

Office of Justice Programs – www.ojp.usdoj.gov

South Dakota Department of Correctionswww.state.sd.us/corrections/corrections.html 

 

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          Probation     Ten Reasons Why You Should Support Community Corrections

 


 

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