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 Directory & General Information - (757) 664-4700 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
labor and equipment assistance for City of Norfolk Departments, Civic Leagues, and Non-Profit Organizations. The Inmate Workforce provides full landscaping services and assistance for all 15 City of Norfolk Fire Stations, Norfolk Cemeteries, Water Treatment Facilities, Parking Division, Public Works, School Bus Garage, Scope, and the Zoo. Major city events assisted were Harborfest, Home-A-Rama, Festevents sponsored festivals, and all City of Norfolk parades. A total of 142 Civic Leagues and Non-Profit Organizations were provided assistance by the Inmate Workforce in 2004. Our trash pickup program collected over 13,306 bags of trash which equates to over 443 tons of trash for area civic leagues and City Departments in 2004. These offenders provided 134,184 hours of free labor for the City of Norfolk and 68,256 hours for Civic Leagues and Neighborhoods. The Norfolk Courts provide early release for Community Corrections offenders after they work off their fines. Using $7.90 an hour for labor costs and $38.29 a day for average jail day costs, the Inmate Workforce provided the taxpayers of Norfolk savings of $1,599,276 in 2004. Since the year 2000, the Inmate Workforce has provided the City of Norfolk estimated cost savings of $26,530,991. 
employment for nonviolent offenders. The average rate of pay per hour is $9.47. In 2004, a total of 1,049 inmates secured employment while serving time at the Norfolk City Jail. The Norfolk Sheriff's Office, through this program, collected $225,474 in child support and $44,560 in court costs and restitution. 
State of Virginia. The Norfolk Sheriff’s Office has 50 electronic bracelets for employed non-violent offenders to serve their jail sentence at home. In 2004, 428 offenders participated in the Program for a total of 9,594 supervision days. The success rate for the Electronic Monitoring program is 97 per cent since the year 2000. Due to the fact these offenders serve their sentence at home, the 9,594 supervision days were actually jail days saved. This provided the City of Norfolk $367,354 in cost savings. The Electronic Monitoring Program has provided the City of Norfolk $2,012,752 in cost savings over the past five years. 
awaiting court with $5,000 or less bond who do not have the means to pay a cash bond. The Pretrial Services Program provided 4,235 defendants an alternative to jail while awaiting trial in 2004. A total of 104,276 supervision days were accumulated in 2004, which provided cost savings of $3,992,727 to the City of Norfolk. The successful completion rate for the Pretrial Services Program is 96% over the last five years. Total Supervision days for that period is 372,807. The Pretrial Services Program has provided the City of Norfolk a cost savings of $14,274,779 over the past five years. 
to serve their weekend jail sentence working in the community. In 2004, a total 4,226 offenders participated in the Sheriff’s Weekender Work Program. The success rate for Program completion was 91%. A total of 8,532 supervision days and 68,256 labor hours were accumulated in 2004, which provided a cost savings of $539,222 to the City of Norfolk. For assistance in your community, please call 664-4948, or fax your request to 664-4723. Please call at least two weeks before the date of your event. 
is to alleviate streetwalking prostitution in the City of Norfolk. The Norfolk Sheriff’s Office “John School” is offered six times a year. Participants are required to report to the Norfolk City Jail to be booked at 6:45 am on a Saturday. Transportation is provided to an area recreation center where they are tested for Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD), which is paid for by the individuals, and learn about the health risks associated with prostitution. There is also a presentation by former prostitutes and a “restorative justice confrontation” with various community leaders. The program continues on Sunday with a Community Service day, which includes work projects selected by the Civic leaders in the neighborhoods where the Johns are arrested. The first John School was held September 9, 2001. A total 262 offenders have completed the 22 John Schools, which have been held at the Recreation Centers in Ocean View, Park Place, Huntersville and Little Creek. No John School graduates have been re-arrested. The Norfolk Sheriff’s Office John School Program has built community partnerships with - The Norfolk Police Department Norfolk Commonwealth Attorney’s Office Department of the Navy Civic Leagues Second Chances Program Norfolk Health Department Please call 664-4705 for the location and time of the next John School. 
cost savings of $1,060,054 in 2004. Daily housing costs saved by defendants and offenders not being housed in jail totaled 136,772 supervision days. The total cost savings provided the City of Norfolk in 2004 by Community Corrections programming for 2004 is $6,836,276. Since the year 2000 the Norfolk Sheriff's Office Community Corrections programs have saved the City of Norfolk $26,530,991. |