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PROPOSED GOALS - 1995 CORRECTIONS AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE Criminal Justice Reform Support legislation which maintains an equitable relationship between the state and counties regarding responsibilities for the criminal justice system, which promotes an efficient environment for judicial process, and which instills public confidence in the justice system by providing any or all of the following elements: · A sentencing structure which is responsive to the increased demands on facilities by targeting capital resources to those who have committed the most serious crimes or who are career offenders; · A focus on both rehabilitation and punishment through expanded non-incarcerative community- based correction and treatment programs; · Flexible approaches to having criminals repay a greater portion of their debt to society through increases in jail fees, court facilities fees and fees for service of criminal process or other documents; · Use of pre-trial screening and jail population management programs to minimize the need for pre-trial detention of offenders with low bonds; and · Funding and staffing for the judicial system including courts, District Attorneys, Assistant District Attorneys, and indigent defense commensurate with caseload to allow for expeditious disposition of cases. Juvenile Detention Center Support legislation to provide additional juvenile detention facilities. Parental Responsibility Support legislation to place responsibility on parents to defray the cost of dependent children in the Criminal Justice System. Reimbursement for Sentenced Offenders Seek an increase in the per day rate the state pays the counties as reimbursement for housing sentenced offenders, and seek legislation which would reimburse the counties for housing adjudicated offenders awaiting transport to the state prison system. Emereencv Medical Care Seek legislation to assure that county responsibility for inmate medical care under G.S. 153A-225 only includes responsibility for the medical care that is truly emergency and not for that part of the care that is not emergency. Inmate Medical Care Support legislation which would limit the rate hospitals can charge for inmate medical care to the approved medicaid rate.