July 18, 2022
Press Release
Monday, July 18, 2022
Contact: Jessica Morkert-Shibley, 971-563-3735
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Multnomah County’s Department of Community Justice celebrates Pretrial, Probation and Parole Supervision Week, July 17-23, 2022
PORTLAND– Multnomah County’s Department of Community Justice today will sign up with thousands of specialists, throughout the nation and in Canada, in commemorating Pretrial, Probation, and Parole Supervision Week (PPPS Week).
The yearly event salutes and honors the important efforts of more than 100,000 individuals who work to safeguard public security while assisting individuals, households and neighborhoods grow and attain a vision of “Community Security through Favorable Modification.”
At the Department of Community Justice, that consists of more than 500 specialists– consisting of probation and parole officers, juvenile court therapists, juvenile custody services professionals, corrections therapists, administrative personnel, work organizers, victims supporters, community health professionals, program professionals, nutrition personnel and numerous others who commit their lives to important work.
This year’s style, “Mending Trust, Creating Hope,” acknowledges that their services are required more than ever as the County and neighborhoods throughout the nation continue to browse the COVID-19 pandemic, while still dealing with the obstacles of drug abuse, behavioral health, bigotry and community violence.
” We are still in the middle of extraordinary times and are still recalibrating due to the disastrous effects of the COVID-19 pandemic,” stated Erika Preuitt, director of theDepartment of Community Justice “Regardless of these obstacles, our devoted specialists appear for those they serve, for our community and for each other.”
Specialists with the Department of Community Justice work along with devoted community-based partners and other companies that supply avoidance, intervention and corrective efforts for grownups, youth and their households. They likewise work along with police partners on crucial objectives, taking unlawful weapons and drugs.
For many years, the work has actually progressed to satisfy the community’s altering requirements. This consists of integrating community health professionals into parole and probation services. These professionals supply additional assistance to assist those fighting with drug abuse orders and other obstacles with treatment; or deal with individuals on security strategies, medical visits, or standard requirements like food and diapers.
” This is diverse work that might take numerous types,” stated Denise Peña, deputy director of theDepartment of Community Justice “We are continuously working to keep the community safe, and we’re dedicated to community-centered, trauma-informed financial investments and transformative work, along with all of our system partners, to assist our community grow.”
On Thursday, July 21, the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners will declare July 17 through July 23, 2022, as Pretrial, Probation and Parole Supervision Week. The board conference starts at 9:30 a.m. and can be livestreamed on the Board’s YouTube channel The pronouncement is the very first product on the program. Discover more information here
- Discover video of Operation Safer Multnomah, a collaboration in between United States Marshalls, Multnomah County Constable’s Workplace, Multnomah County’s Department of Community Justice and more.
- Discover b-roll of parole and probation and community health professionals in the field here.
- Discover images of Multnomah County’s Department of Community Justice’s Mental Health System here.
- R ead more on the significant restoration underway to develop a more trauma-informed detention center.