Midwest and Great Lakes

Vol. 36, Number 4—April 2004

Judiciary In Depth

Midwest and Great Lakes

[W]e are just one or two unanticipated expenses from being in the hole. Eventually, we will be expected to do everything with nothing.
District Court,
Northern District of Ohio

Several officers now supervise caseloads with 180 defendants each. This is totally inconsistent with effective supervision practices.
Pretrial Services Office,
Northern District of Illinois

Furloughs of all pretrial employees, including officers, for a total period of eight days during the fiscal year, are needed to meet the predicted salary deficit in FY 2004.
Pretrial Services Office,
Western District of Missouri

Twenty-seven employees will be furloughed for up to nine days each and three positions will be held vacant. The quality of reports, investigations, and supervision will be compromised by higher workloads with fewer employees.
Probation Office,
Northern District of Oklahoma

Requiring us to reprogram funds from our travel budget to cover other necessary costs leads one to believe that rural areas are not as important as the more urban areas. That is not the message we want to be sending.
Probation/Pretrial Services Office,
District of South Dakota

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