Recommend a Disposition

Order Description

JimmieJo is homeless and has been labelled by various professionals as borderline developmentally disabled, bipolar and alcoholic. He has a long history of encounters
with the law which has resulted in periodic incarceration since he was a teenager. After he attacked another homeless person who, JimmieJo said, was trying to steal
the shopping cart in which he holds most of his belongings, Jimmie Jo was arrested on a serious assault charge, which could carry a prison sentence.
The prosecutor and the public defender have agreed to reduce the charge to simple assault, which would only carry a maximum penalty of jail time. You are a probation
officer, and it’s your job to advise a brand new judge as to whether to accept the plea bargain and whether to sentence JimmieJo to prison, jail or an alternative.
Explain to this new judge the consequences of each and the advantages and disadvantages of each for JimmieJo and recommend a disposition.