Richland County Community Service
Located at Richland County Law Enforcement Center
413 3rd Ave North
Wahpeton, ND 58075
Phone: (701) 642-7721
Email: Darlene Lee - Program Director

Serving all of Richland County

Mission Statement: The Community Service Program seeks to encourage a sense of investment in the community on the part of offenders while at the same time strengthening the community’s commitment to embracing all of its citizens.

 

Benefits/Purposes:  Community service is a remedial sanction that links the nature of the service to the offence being sanctioned; it can be a positive sanction that evokes responsibility from the offender for his/her actions; and it reduces the financial burden and over-crowding in the state’s detention centers.

 

Community service provides an opportunity for the offender to see first-hand the indirect injuries caused by his/her offense. In this way, the offender may see the reasons for the limits of social tolerance. Moreover, the offender is provided with a constructive, proactive means of repairing the injuries caused by his/her crime, with the potential to improve the offender's overall sense of self-worth. This can be an effective means of promoting the offender's genuineness. Finally, offenders' services can be a tremendous resource to non-profit and government organizations.

The emphasis of community service is not on punishment or on rehabilitation; rather, on accountability. It focuses on their strengths, their capacity for responsibility, and on their capacity to choose.

 

Referral Procedures: Referral sources include district court, municipal court, juvenile court, juvenile services, prosecuting attorneys, and the probation and parole office. The offender is required to contact the Community Service Director within 48 hours following sentencing and should be specifically directed by the court to make such contact. The offender is required to submit a program fee before being allowed to perform community service unless previous arrangement has been made.

 

Consider Becoming a Worksite:  To determine if your organization or event could benefit from the assistance of men and women working to meet their legal obligations, please contact the Richland County Community Programs Director at 701-642-7721 or by email to dflee@co.richland.nd.us.  To discuss the guidelines for establishing a partnership to define the purpose and types of services offenders would perform.

 

 

 

***Member of the North Dakota Community Corrections Association***

Calendar

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Ditch Mowing Deadline-October 1, 2023

Spring Load Restrictions Lifted May 30, 2023

County Road 1 Year-Round Restriction Map

Transportation Permits available online through LoadPass Permits:

https://www.loadpasspermits.com/

State Drain Tile Application 80 Acres or Greater

State Drain Tile Notification Less Than 80 Acres

Recurring Events:

County Commission Meets the 1st and 3rd  Tuesday @ 8am
Water Resource Meets every Tuesday @ 8am

Recent Meeting Minutes

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