"Ripening States and Projects Monthly Updates: In March, CSG Justice Center staff remained focused on general ripening activities related to planning for follow-up engagements that will build on connections made at the National Summit to Advance Statesâ Criminal Justice Priorities, which took place in Atlanta, Georgia, from December 5â"6, 2023. In March, CSG Justice Center staff worked to mail out hard copies of data snapshots that were originally created and distributed at the National Summit to a comprehensive contact list of legislative and gubernatorial leaders in all 50 states. Also in March, the CSG Justice Center team continued providing information to state leaders and stakeholders in West Virginia, securing signatures for a Letter of Interest (LOI) that will be submitted to funders requesting support for launching a JRI project in West Virginia in 2024. CSG Justice Center staff continued to engage with stakeholders to better assess the state and key challenges within their criminal justice system, while also continuing to draft an assessment memo and work on data scoping. JAC States and Projects Monthly Updates: In March, CSG Justice Center staff completed the North Carolina proposal to BJA for technical assistance under the JRI Assessment Center (JAC). CSG Justice Center staff worked with the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction (DAC) on developing a scope for research questions and outcome measures, which will inform a data use agreement between the CSG Justice Center and the North Carolina DAC. The focus of this project would be on assessing the impacts and success of North Carolinaâs 2011 Justice Reinvestment Act (JRA), and exploring how the policies and procedures that were changed and implemented as a result of the JRA can be strengthened and expanded moving forward. CSG Justice Center staff continued engaging with staff from the North Carolina Division of Adult Corrections (DAC) to finalize the research document outlining areas of analysis to pinpoint changes in incarceration rates, revocations, and specific criminal justice outcomes following the implementation of North Carolinaâs 2011 JRI policies. CSG Justice Center staff worked to complete a vendor questionnaire that is required from the North Carolina DACâs security team to initiate the privacy threshold analysis (PTA) ahead of data sharing. Further, CSG Justice Center staff are developing a qualitative document outlining details of the planned focus groups and areas for analysis. In March, the Hawaii House Concurrent Resolution (HCR) 23 Task Force met and conducted mock minimum-setting hearings so task force members could understand the decision-making process of Hawaii Paroling Authority (HPA) members. While on site, CSG Justice Center staff met with stakeholders to engage in discussions regarding Hawaii minimum sentencing and discussed state needs and how they might intersect with the goals of the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI) with members of the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission (HCSOC).Additionally, in March, the Criminal Justice Research Institute (CJRI) began collecting data from HPA case files and needed to reduce the number of data variables collected due to limitations of information in the case files.  Also, CSG Justice Center staff followed up on the mass email blast sent to over 100 of our Justice Counts partners that include several criminal justice organizations and associations. The email included the Criminal Justice Data Snapshot and encouraged organizations to share it with their networks. The campaign continued to build and generate interest, as well as further discussions with stakeholders, about engaging with JAC and JRI projects."
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