General Info:
About Community Corrections Cowley County Community Corrections operates the Community Corrections Act programs in the 19th Judicial District. Cowley County is located in south central Kansas on the Oklahoma border and within one-hour drive of Wichita. Cowley County encompasses 1, 126 square miles with a total population of 34, 931. Winfield is the largest city within the county with a total population of 11, 741 and Arkansas City is the second largest city with a population of 11, 416. The 19th Judicial District operates two separate Courts, one in Winfield and one in Arkansas City. Over 474 clients were served in FY08 here in Cowley County, with an average daily population of 169.3. Cowley County Community Corrections provides three basic components for the Courts' consideration at the time of sentencing. The first is intensive level sanctioning and supervision options in sentencing felony offenders to probation (AISP) vs. prison sentences. The second is the Cowley County Community Corrections Day Reporting Program, which is an SRS, certified level one outpatient drug and alcohol treatment program, which provides cognitive based treatment to all offenders needing outpatient treatment. The third is the Cowley County Drug Court Program operated in conjunction with Cowley County District Court. Cowley County Community Corrections comprehensive plan is targeted to assist those clients that defined by the LSI-R as being at a medium or high risk to fail on probation or to re-offend. In Cowley County, the areas of greatest risk are alcohol and drug related problems and education and employment problems. We have implemented enhanced case planning, cognitive behavioral skills training, and risk reduction techniques, which will target these needs within Cowley County. As of March 08', we began providing an Education and Employment learning lab within our office to assist offenders with education and employment needs. We are currently in collaboration with Cowley College to provide a G.E.D./high school diploma completion program in our office for all our offenders, State Parole offenders and the public needing to complete their high school diploma or obtain their G.E.D. We have a computer lab set up for offenders to conduct job searches on-line as well as the ability to work on resumes and job applications. Cowley County Community Corrections staff consists of the Director, Deputy Director, 4 Intensive Supervision Officers (ISO), Drug and Alcohol Counselor and Administrative Secretary. Community Corrections employees work with staff from the District Court, County Attorney's Office, Court Services, local law enforcement, Cowley County Mental Health and Counseling Center, State Parole, Cowley County College, other community corrections agencies, and other service providers regularly in the course of their duties.