Department of Community Control
The Department of Community Control (DOCC) is responsible for a variety of in-custody and community-based offender programs. The Department's mission is to reduce crime and create safer communities through alternatives to incarceration that provide a comprehensive continuum of custodial and community-based programs, treatment and active supervision. Its members strive to provide offenders with the best opportunity for successful reentry into the community. The Department is divided into six Divisions: In-Custody Treatment, Drug Court Treatment, Pretrial Services, County Probation, Day Reporting and Reentry, and Mental Health Services. The Department employs 213 staff, has an annual budget of $15 million, oversees an active caseload of approximately 8,000 each day and provides 204 jail inmates with treatment services each day. It is estimated that the services rendered by the Department save the County's taxpayers millions in incarceration costs annually.
Supervision Divisions
Day Reporting and Reentry: The Day Reporting and Reentry Division helps reintegrate offenders back into the community following release from jail. It combines the benefits of intensive supervision with reentry to help manage the jail population while ensuring public safety. The division provides offenders with support mechanisms needed to transition successfully back in to the community, while at the same time monitoring their activity to prevent recidivism.
Pre-Trial Services: The Pretrial Services Division is designed to divert criminal defendants from pretrial incarceration. It provides complete, accurate and non-adversarial information to the judges of the 17th Judicial Circuit to improve the release/detention decision process in compliance with Florida Statutes and the Rules of Criminal Procedures. Additionally, the program supervises pretrial defendants in the community in partnership with law enforcement and outside agencies, ensuring that mandated conditions and court ordered special requirements are satisfied.
Probation Division: The Probation Division is charged with the duty of overseeing those defendants sentenced to misdemeanor probation for criminal offenses by the 17th Judicial Court in compliance with Florida Statues and the Rules of Criminal Procedure. Following sentencing by the Judge, the defendant is assigned a BSO probation specialist, who establishes a case management plan. The defendant reports at least monthly to the assigned specialist and must comply with the orders of the court. If the defendant complies with the orders within the time frame specified, his/her probation is successfully terminated and the case is closed. If, however, the defendant fails to comply with the orders within the time frame specified, their probation is violated and generally a warrant is issued for their arrest.
Employment Services Program: BSO's Employment Services Program is a joint relationship with local area businesses and organizations that works to reduce recidivism by helping offenders currently under supervision by BSO to obtain employment and become productive members of the community.
Participants are assessed by a community job development coordinator to determine the participants' level of education and skills, their interests, their understanding of the principles of successful employment and their readiness. The process also identifies areas of need for the participant to obtain employment including a permanent address, social security number, proper documentation for aliens, access to transportation, etc.
Participants not ready for a job interview are required to attend BSO's Employability Skills Workshops which teaches participants about potential career interests, resume writing, proper dress and hygiene and interviewing skills.
Once a participant is ready, the program identifies potential employers and sends the participant for an interview with the employer.
More information about BSO's Employment Services Program is available from the Department of Community Control at (954) 535-2373. Enrollment in the program is available at locations throughout the county.
Treatment Programs
Drug Court: The Drug Court Treatment Division is an alternative to traditional incarceration for criminal offenders who are charged with the purchase or possession of a controlled substance and/or other substance abuse related offense. The one to two year treatment program helps to break the cycle of addiction and criminal justice involvement by using a variety of individualized treatment services to restore the participant as a productive member of society. The progress of all participants is continually monitored by the Drug Court Judge through regular court hearings. Failure to comply results in the imposition of a variety of graduated sanctions. The division is licensed by the Florida Department of Child and Families for Intervention and Outpatient Treatment and is CARF-accredited.
In-Custody Treatment Programs: The In-Custody Treatment Division is designed to provide intensive alcohol and other substance abuse treatment services to offenders while serving a jail sentence. The goal of the treatment programs is to help reduce criminal behavior and offender recidivism, positively benefiting the individuals, their families and our community. The Division has two tracks--90 day and 180 day-depending upon the intensity level needs of the offender. The division is licensed by the Florida Department of Child and Families for Intervention and Residential Treatment and is CARF-accredited.
Mental Health: The Mental Health Division takes a holistic approach to offender mental health treatment including psychological assessment, individual and group counseling interventions, and discharge planning. The division provides services to offenders located in the Mental Health Unit of the North Broward detention facility and monitors the contract with BSO's mental health services provider. Counseling services are individualized to meet the needs of offenders with varying levels of psychological functioning.
For more information on the programs, please contact BSO's Department of Community Control at (954) 535-2373.
Arrest Search:
View the arrest information and photo of a current incarcerated Broward County inmate.
If you have any information regarding missing persons, call BSO at (954) 321-4735