David L. Rhodes, Sheriff
Detention Services
255 East Gurley Street, Prescott, AZ 86301
928-771-3260
Mission Statement
The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office is committed to the prevention of crime, protection of life and property, preservation of peace, order, and safety, enforcement of laws and ordinances, and the safeguarding of constitutional guarantees. With customer service as our foundation, we work to solve community problems that effect public safety. We also strive to provide a safe, secure, and constitutionally adherent environment for housing individuals arrested throughout Yavapai County.
Budget Memorandum
In 2021 Detention Services Division (DSD) saw an increase of 840 bookings over 2020. Detention Services saw an even larger increase in inmate days served with a three year high of 189,555 days. The average daily population for 2021 was the highest since 2017 at 519. Despite these large increases our efforts to work with the courts and outside treatment providers have kept the average length of stay for misdemeanor bookings at a three year low with an average of 3 days. The COVID pandemic continued to be extremely difficult to maneuver through and created a slowdown in the court process that resulted in an increased “average length of stay” for the inmate population. Through careful procedures we have kept the spread of COVID between the inmate population comparatively low. However, we have had over twice as many employees catch COVID when compared to inmate population.
In 2021 we began the new construction to the Prescott Justice Center. This new facility will have courts and outside treatment providers to include inpatient Title 36 providers next door, which will increase our ability to provide meaningful connections to those suffering from behavioral health issues.
The Reach Out Program has been successful in identifying and connecting to services individuals who may be at high risk for possible Substance Use Disorders, Mental Health Concerns and Adverse Childhood Experiences. Release Coordinators were able to sustain interactions with over 95% of the individuals booked. Approximately 2,903 screenings were conducted in 2021. Of those, 1,120 (38.6%) inmates were connected and diverted to services post-release. Additionally, the continued efforts of
Reach Out and Yavapai County Adult Probation diverted approximately 422 inmates out of custody and into services. SB1823 passed and will provide funding necessary to supplement the continued operation and expansion of our Reach Out Program.