Objective 1: Assist four states undertaking the JRI process.
23 Phone Calls Between January and June with 20 participants representing 12 agencies.
Jan. 10: Call with Clarke Tucker (Arkansas State Senator and Task Force Member) to discuss the current climate surrounding the Board of Corrections and the possibility of an opinion piece he would like to use to build support of criminal justice reform. (1 person representing 2 agencies)
Jan. 11: Call with Clarke Tucker (Arkansas State Senator and Task Force Member) to discuss conversations he had with some of his colleagues regarding the current political environment in Arkansas and its implications for our work. (1 person representing 2 agencies)
Jan. 17: Call with Rep. Jimmy Gazaway (Arkansas State Representative and Task Force Member) regarding how some of the policies enacted in the Federal First Step Act might be replicated in Arkansas. (1 person representing 2 agencies)
Jan. 24: Call with Melissa Richardson (Arkansas Circuit Court Judge and Task Force Member) to discuss her goals for the work of the task force and her experience on the front end of the criminal justice system. (1 person representing 2 agencies)
Jan. 30: Call with Robert McGough (Chief Data Officer), Heather Saco (Chief Enterprise Services Officer), Carrie Anderson (Chief Policy Officer), and Candace Lewis (ARData Program Manager) from the Arkansas Department of Transformation and Shared Services to learn more with respect to the site-specific JRI project they are working on and to see if there is any potential for collaboration with our project. (4 people representing 1 agency)
Feb 2: Call with Tawnie Rowell (Director of the Arkansas Sentencing Commission and Task Force Coordinator) to discuss the next Task Force meeting and how best CSG Justice Center staff can assist the members of the Task Force. (1 person representing 2 agencies)
Feb 5: Call with Clarke Tucker (Arkansas State Senator and Task Force Member) to discuss the current climate surrounding the Board of Corrections. (1 person representing 2 agencies)
Feb 20: Call with Mike Rogers (Arkansas Chief of Workforce Development); Robert McGough (Chief Data Officer); and Heather Saco (Chief Enterprise Services Officer) to discuss the Governor’s Workforce Cabinet’s vision for reentry employment services and how the Department of Transformation and Shared Services is assisting in those efforts. (3 people representing 2 agencies)
Mar. 1: Call with Tawnie Rowell (Director of the Arkansas Sentencing Commission and Task Force Coordinator) to discuss the next Task Force meeting and how CSG Justice Center staff can best assist the members of the Task Force. (1 person representing 2 agencies)
Mar. 6: Call with Clarke Tucker (Arkansas State Senator and Task Force Member) to provide a run-through of our presentation before the Task Force for his feedback. (1 person representing 2 agencies)
Apr.1: Call with Clarke Tucker (Arkansas State Senator and Task Force Member) to provide an update on the project and strategize our outreach in the state. (1 person representing 2 agencies)
Apr. 2: Call with Benny Magness (Chairman, Arkansas Board of Corrections and Task Force member) to discuss his role as a task force member and hear his concerns regarding recidivism in Arkansas. (1 person representing 2 agencies)
Apr. 5: Call with Tawnie Rowell (Director of the Arkansas Sentencing Commission and Task Force Coordinator) to discuss the next task force meeting and how CSG Justice Center staff can best assist the members of the task force. (1 person representing 2 agencies)
Apr. 9: Call with Tommy Sturgeon (Sheriff, Ashley County and Task Force member) to discuss his role as a task force member and hear his concerns regarding recidivism in Arkansas. (1 person representing 2 agencies)
Apr. 9: Call with Lona McCastlain (Chairwoman, Arkansas Post-Prison Transfer Board and Task Force member) to discuss her role as a task force member and hear her concerns regarding recidivism in Arkansas. (1 person representing 2 agencies)
Apr. 12: Call with Lindsay Wallace (Secretary, Arkansas Department of Corrections and Task Force member); Wade Hodge (Chief of Staff, Arkansas Department of Corrections); and Jim Cheek (Director, Division of Community Correction and Task Force member) to review CSG Justice Center staff’s parole and probation assessment plan. (3 people representing 2 agencies)
April 15: Call with Lindsay Grey (Executive Director, CSG South), Anne Brody (Director of Public Policy and Research, CSG South), Tom Opdyke (Senior Policy Analyst, CSG South), and Jazlyn Jones (Programs Associate, CSG South) to coordinate joint trip to Arkansas between CSG South and the CSG Justice Center. (4 people representing 1 agency)
May 13: Call with Clarke Tucker (Arkansas State Senator and Task Force Member) to provide an update of the project and strategize our outreach in the state. (1 person representing 2 agencies)
May 13: Call with Robert McGough (Chief Data Officer); Jake Walker (Chief Research Officer); Carrie Anderson (Chief Policy Officer); and Candace Lewis (ARData Program Manager) from the Arkansas Department of Transformation and Shared Services to learn more with respect to the site-specific JRI project they are working on and to see if there is any potential for collaboration with our project. (4 people representing 1 agency)
May 14: Call with Lindsay Wallace (Secretary, Arkansas Department of Corrections and Task Force member); Wade Hodge (Chief of Staff, Arkansas Department of Corrections); Tawnie Rowell (Chief Counsel and Task Force Coordinator); and Jim Cheek (Director, Division of Community Correction and Task Force member) to discuss CSG Justice Center staff’s parole and probation assessment in April and to begin planning for the next assessment. (4 people representing 2 agencies)
June 3: Call with Clarke Tucker (Arkansas State Senator and Task Force Member) to provide an update of the project and strategize our outreach in the state. (1 person representing 2 agencies)
June 7: Call with Tawnie Rowell (Director of the Arkansas Sentencing Commission and Task Force Coordinator) to discuss the next Task Force meeting and how best CSG Justice Center staff can assist the members of the Task Force. (1 person representing 2 agencies)
June 25: Call with Tawnie Rowell (Director of the Arkansas Sentencing Commission and Task Force Coordinator) regarding who from the DOC will be attending the Advancing Data in Corrections Summer Conference. (1 person representing 2 agencies)
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