Piedmont Court Services - Services

OFFENDER SERVICES

While under Piedmont Court Services' supervision, offenders may receive many services including those listed below:

• Offender Supervision
• Random drug/alcohol testing
• Screenings and Risk Assessments
• Treatment Planning
• Referral for inpatient drug and/or alcohol treatment
• Referral for outpatient drug and/or alcohol education and treatment
• Visit to Lunenburg Correctional Center for male offenders
• Visit to the Virginia Correctional Center for Women for female offenders
• Monitoring of medication, assessment, evaluation, and counseling/treatment by community services boards
• Promoting Responsible Behaviors, a cognitive behavior program designed by Piedmont Court Services
• Department of Social Services assistance
• GED, Literacy referrals
• Department of Rehabilitative Services assistance
• Job placement referral
• Emergency services (food, clothing, medical)
• In-house education/counseling videos
• Referrals for counseling in domestic relations, as requested by the court
• Referrals for counseling in parenting, as requested by the court
• Referrals for counseling in anger management
• Collection of restitution
• Shoplifter's Alternative Program
• Referral for Short-term detox/Residential treatment-counseling, independent living skills

FY10-11 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

In FY10-11, Piedmont Court Services supervised offenders who paid a total of $35,549.16 in restitution.  Offenders in FY10-11 performed 29,182 hours of community service.  This number of hours, based on the $7.25 minimum wage rate is equivalent to $211,569.50 in taxpayer dollars. 

PLACEMENTS/RECIDIVISM RATE

From the inception of Piedmont Court Services in October 1983 to June 30, 2011, 2,535 of the 18,441 offenders supervised by Piedmont Court Services were placed under our supervision on more than one occasion.  The percentage of those repeat offenders supervised by Piedmont Court Services totaled 13.74% of all probationers placed under our supervision during the past 28 years.