Jail Overcrowding
Addressing Public Safety Through Alleviating Jail Overcrowding
"Rebuilding Lives for a Safe Community: Our Responsibility"
The CJCC has been meeting monthly to confront and comprehend the complex issues of justice and to make recommendations to the County Board of Commissioners. The group has focused on developing strategies to alleviate jail overcrowding.
- This three-pronged strategy is explained in Washtenaw County Administrator Bob Guenzel's Recommendations on Public Safety (PDF), which has received unanimous support from the CJCC. Documents and Websites cited in the footnote section of the Administrator's Draft Proposal are available through the footnotes.
- Mental Health Diversion - Mental Health Diversion recommendations developed by the CJCC Mental Health Diversion Subcommittee
- Community Corrections - Overview of the Department of Community Corrections and recommendations for the Probation Residential Center.
Scheduling a Jail Tour
Washtenaw County's Adult Correctional Facility is located at:
2201 Hogback Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
To schedule a jail tour, please email Commander Kirk Filsinger or call 734-973-4931.