COURT REFORM ACT IMPACT ON CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON BUSINESS, COMMERCE, AND JUDICIARY OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNITED STATES SENATE NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON IMPACT OF THE COURT REFORM AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT OF 1970 ON THE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JUNE 16-17, 1971 Printed for the use of the Committee on the District of Columbia 65-943 O U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1971 SUBCOMMITTEE ON BUSINESS, COMMERCE, AND JUDICIARY JOHN V. TUNNEY, California CHARLES MCC. MATHIAS, JR., Maryland (II) CONTENTS WITNESSES Avery, Allen, associate director, Community Service Ewing, Blair G., director, Office of Criminal Justice Plans and Analysis, Page 71 165 Ferrell, H. Albion, vice chairman, Board of Parole.... 200 Greene, Chief Judge Harold, Superior Court of the District of Columbia_ 196 21 11 Miller, Herbert J., past president, District of Columbia Bar Association, and former chairman, President's Commission on Crime... Montilla, M. Robert, deputy director, District of Columbia Department Moore, Luke C., chief, Superior Court Division, U.S. Attorney's Office... of Columbia Department of Corrections-- 2 13 189 54 Schuman, Allan M., superintendent, Youth Services... 156 15 14 Thomas, David C., personnel officer, District of Columbia Department of 18 Trebach, Dr. Arnold S., senior consultant, Criminal Justice Planning and 25 MATERIAL SUBMITTED "A Summary of Completed Research: 1967-1970," report, Office of Planning and Research, District of Columbia Department of Corrections. -Adams, Dr. Stuart, associate director for planning and research, District of Columbia Department of Corrections, prepared statement: Comparisons of cost effectiveness of prisons, halfway houses, and probation.... Research and evaluation_ Boone, John O., superintendent of adult services, District of Columbia 79 186 162 160 Ewing, Blair G., director, Office of Criminal Justice Plans and Analaysis, 165 Hardy, Kenneth L., director, District of Columbia Department of Corrections, prepared statement.. 75 "Private Industries in Corrections: A Plan for Action," a report to the National Urban Coalition by Dr. Arnold S. Trebach. Currently active and proposed projects.. Fiscal Year 1972 Operating Budget Request-Direct Appropriations.. APPENDIXES Appendix A.-Response from the Department of Corrections to the Senate Appendix B.-Report and Recommendations for Juvenile and Adult Appendix C.-Study by the American Correctional Association of the Appendix E.-The Cost of Correcting Youthful Offenders, District of Page 207 229 327 433 467 COURT REFORM ACT IMPACT ON CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1971 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON BUSINESS, COMMERCE, AND JUDICIARY, The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a.m., in room 6226, New Senate Office Building, Senator Adlai E. Stevenson III, presiding. Present: Senators Stevenson and Mathias. Also present: Gene E. Godley, general counsel; Robert B. Washington, counsel; and Clarence V. McKee, Jr., minority staff member. Senator STEVENSON. This morning the Subcommittee on Business, Commerce, and Judiciary of the Senate District Committee opens oversight hearings on the Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970 and its impact on the correctional system of the District of Columbia. These hearings are a continuation of this committee's well-documented concern over the administration of criminal justice in the District of Columbia and its contribution to the improvement of that system. On July 16, 1965, President Johnson appointed a Commission on Crime in the District of Columbia to study crime prevention and control in the District of Columbia at a time when there was alarming concern over the incidence of crime in the District. The full report of this Commission was released on January 1, 1967, and was a comprehensive factfinding study with some 262 recommendations. Two years later, in February of 1969, the then chairman of this committee, Senator Tydings, wrote to each agency and organization to which the Crime Commission recommendations were directed requesting a status report on the implementation of the recommendations. The response to these requests was published by the Senate District Committee and extensive hearings were begun on crime in the National Capital. These hearings eventually became 12 volumes and formed the basis for several legislative proposals, including the Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970 which concerns us today. During the evolution of these hearings, an advisory panel against armed violence was appointed by the Senate District Committee on September 23, 1969, which reported to the chairman of the |