How a Day Reporting Center Reduces Jail Overcrowding

Jail overcrowding has many county officials and taxpayers asking: What could we be doing differently? A Day Reporting Center, operated by BI Incorporated and closely connected with your existing community corrections system offers a smart jail population management strategy.

A BI Day Reporting Center offers an alternative to expensive jail beds by providing a highly structured and accountable program in the community. A Day Reporting Center reduces reliance on jail beds by addressing the short- and long-term causes of recidivism.

  • Supervision helps control the immediate risk of criminal behavior by monitoring daily activity.
  • Treatment helps reduce the long-term risk of criminal behavior by impacting criminal thinking, substance abuse, unemployment, etc.

Jail capacity issues are caused by many factors:

  • Natural increases due to population growth
  • An influx of offenders generated through arrests
  • Pretrial defendants awaiting trial
  • Court sentences
  • Probation and parole violators
  • Immigration detainees

Jails typically expand when faced with capacity issues or employ strategies such as double-bunking or early release. These latter strategies are risky and often compromise public safety. Adding jail capacity is a long-term and expensive option that usually only offers short-term relief.


A BI Day Reporting Center offers a solution to jail overcrowding by:

  • Offering judges a sensible and effective sentencing alternative
  • Being an additional sanction for probation and parole violators
  • Helping chronic recidivists—such as chronic drug and alcohol abusers—to receive treatment for these addictions to end their criminal careers
  • Allowing the transition of low-risk sentenced offenders from jail to community supervision at the BI Day Reporting Center
  • Teaching participants employment, educational, and life skills to enhance their success rate in the community
  • As pressure is alleviated from the jail, institutional safety is enhanced and ongoing operational costs are reduced.


Contact us to discuss your jail management issues.