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| A “Low-Demand” Homeless Shelter Relieves Jail Crowding: Pinellas County’s Safe Harbor |
| By community.nicic.gov/blogs/national_jail_exchange/archive/2012/10/25/ - Sean McGillen &Dan Simovich&Robert G. Marbut, Jr. |
| Published: 10/26/2012 |
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Across the United States, jails often function as the largest homeless shelter in their communities, which dramatically exacerbates jail crowding problems. “Low-demand” homeless shelters (also known as “first-step” programs or “courtyards”) have proved very effective in reducing the number of chronic homeless and serial inebriates in general jail populations. Low-demand shelters give agencies a much more positive enforcement alternative for “quality of life” ordinance violations, create major cost savings by avoiding the use of jail beds, and when operated with a holistic programming approach, significantly reduce the recidivism rate of homeless individuals as well as helping them find steady housing. Read More. |
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