CJI staff traveled to Tennessee over the course of October and November to assist in developing internal policy options in the broad categories of sentencing, release, reentry, behavioral health, probation and parole with four subgroups from the Criminal Justice Investment Task Force (CJITF). The recommendations from the CJITF will be rolled out in a final report on December 19th and used to draft legislation.
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This subgroup, consisting of 14 members of the full CJITF, met three times during October and November to examine relevant data analysis and system assessment findings and discuss possible policy options that would strengthen public safety, hold offenders accountable and reduce recidivism. Recommendations made by this subgroup to the full CJITF include: requiring a rewrite of the Tennessee Sentencing Code for the 2021 legislative session; minimizing barriers to successful reentry; expanding behavioral healthcare and treatment opportunities in the community; investing in training on behavioral health needs and resources for criminal justice stakeholders and reducing the maximum probation term length that can be ordered.
This subgroup, consisting of 13 members of the full CJITF, met three times during October and November to examine relevant data analysis and system assessment findings and discuss possible policy options that would strengthen public safety, hold offenders accountable and reduce recidivism. Recommendations made by this subgroup to the CJITF include: expanding sentencing alternatives for those with behavioral health needs; increasing methods of early identification of behavioral health needs to divert those who would be better served in the community; building partnerships with service providers across the state to address regional disparities; and expanding behavioral health services in county jails.
This subgroup, consisting of 12 members of the full CJITF, met three times during October and November to examine relevant data analysis and system assessment findings and discuss possible policy options that would strengthen public safety, hold offenders accountable and reduce recidivism. Recommendations made by this subgroup to the CJITF include: requiring parity in reentry services offered at local jails and state prisons; reducing financial barriers to successful completion of community supervision; requiring TDOC to provide a reentry packet and services on a timeline; establishing funding and oversight for reentry centers and grants; making probation and parole services more accessible; expanding availability of Certificates of Employability; and expanding pathways to education for individuals upon release.
This subgroup, consisting of 13 members of the full CJITF, met three times during October and November to examine relevant data analysis and system assessment findings and discuss possible policy options that would strengthen public safety, hold offenders accountable and reduce recidivism. Recommendations from this subgroup to the CJITF include: reducing the maximum probation term that can be ordered; expanding Tennessee's medical furlough and establishing a geriatric parole mechanism; establishing a streamlined parole process; requiring all individuals exiting prison and jail to have a period of supervision for transition into the community upon release; expanding the use of swift, certain and proportional sanctions; limiting the period of incarceration resulting from a revocation for a technical violation; tailoring supervision to an individuals' risks and needs; and establishing a system of earned compliance credits for community supervision.
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