Career Criminals

During this reporting period, officials from the City of Richmond had their project kick-off call with their JDI coaches. The meeting took place on December 11, 2020 and was attended by six members of their team including PREA officials, the grants manager, the policy manager, and the budget manager. The site provided an overview of the agency?'s operations and current PREA-related needs, and learned about the coaches?' role and the implementation guide process.

During this reporting period, officials from the Puerto Rico Department of Correction and Rehabilitation (DCR) had their project kick-off call with their JDI coaches. The meeting took place on December 10, 2020 and was attended by the PREA Coordinator and the Director of Federal Affairs. The site provided an overview of the agency?'s operations and current PREA-related needs, and learned about the coaches?' role and the implementation guide process.

During this reporting period, the coaches initiated contact with the Wisconsin Department of Corrections to begin coaching activities. During the initial meeting in early December, the implementation guide and time task plan were introduced. Interim PREA Coordinator Leigha Weber is the main point of contact for this grant with Chris Hagan as support. Ms. Weber is very motivated and has wasted no time in developing the implementation and time task plans. Ms. Weber produces comprehensive drafts for the coaches to review with each iteration building on the feedback from the previous draft.

CSG Justice Center staff hosted an orientation webinar for the new Purpose Area 1 JMHCP grantees. The webinar was held on December 15, 2020 to inform the grantee cohort about the purpose area requirements. Additionally, a current grantee, Miami-Dade County presented about their experience as a grant recipient and working with the CSG Justice Center.

This is third session in the learning community series titled "Strategic Planning for Law Enforcement - Mental Health Collaboration". In this web session the focus was on Law Enforcement and Homelessness and the webinar covered the following topics: common challenges in responding to people with mental illnesses experiencing homelessness, strategies to improve law enforcement responses to this population, and the importance of collaborating with the homelessness service system.

Cases responded to and closed during the reporting period July 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020

The coaches and the site are in the same city so it made sense to visit to talk through and work on the implementation plan. During the site visit the coaches had a tour of the facility in addition to working on the implementation plan and developing next steps.

Assisted the site in developing their implementation plan, developed a tracking form for their match materials, assisted in modifying plans in response to COVID-19 since in-person trainings are not currently allowed.

The coaches spent two days onsite to do an assessment to gauge PREA implementation to inform the development of the implementation plan. It consisted of a facility tour and meetings with key personnel as well as development of an outline of the implementation plan.

The coaches spent two days onsite to do an assessment to gauge PREA implementation to inform the development of the implementation plan. It consisted of a facility tour and meetings with key personnel as well as development of an outline of the implementation plan.

Assisted the agency in developing its Implementation Plan and supported initial implementation activities.