Boulder (CO) PACE program saves jail days, reduces recidivism

Information from the Partnership for Active Community Engagement (PACE) program, recently entered into the Consensus Project's Program Profiles, demonstrates the program's significant success in reducing jail days among participants. Reductions in time in jail have measured at between 73 percent and 90 percent over three years. At the same time, PACE has promoted employment and reduced substance use among its participants.

PACE was established in 2000 and is a collaborative project involving the chief judge, the sheriff, the probation department, the mental health center, the public health department, and the local community justice services department.

For more information, read the program profile in the Program Profiles and direct questions to the program contact, former Sheriff George Epp, or to program stakeholder and clinical director Dr. Sandy Rothman. (In order to post questions, you must first register with the Consensus Project.)

For information about other alternative to probation programs, search "Issue Area: Courts: Sentencing and Adjudication" in the Program Profiles.