Persons with Mental Illnesses

In November, CSG Justice Center staff continued working to hire a resident analyst for the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (LDPSC). CSG Justice Center staff began interviewing four potential candidates from the third hiring pool for the role.?

In October, CSG Justice Center staff continued working to hire a resident analyst for the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (LDPSC). CSG Justice Center staff reopened the RCA job posting for LDPSC, identified potential candidates for the position, and began the interview process.?
CSG Justice Center staff continued to draft a web post announcing the selected sites and projects and sent the selected sites an overview of the web post blurb content as it pertained to their DOC to allow them to review and make edits as necessary.?

In September, the project team welcomed Maeve Blake and Joseph Llanes as the two resident corrections analysts for placement at Wyoming DOC (WYDOC) and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), respectively. As part of their onboarding, CSG Justice Center staff held kickoff meetings with both agencies to introduce their resident analyst. Resident analysts began onboarding activities at their respective state agencies, including completing required training and obtaining access to technology structures.??

In August, the project team made significant progress on hiring resident corrections analysts. CSG Justice Center staff continued interviewing potential resident corrections analyst candidates for placement at the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections (LADPSC). ??
In partnership with CSG Justice Center staff, Arizona State University successfully hired two resident corrections analyst candidates for placement at Wyoming DOC (WYDOC) and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.??

In December, CSG Justice Center staff met with the WY deputy administrator of Field Services to obtain buy-in for the project and receive feedback on what metrics should be prioritized in the tool. CSG Justice Center staff learned the needs of the Field Services Division regarding data and focused on continuing to build a rapport with the WYDOC Research team. CSG Justice Center staff also worked on a memo to BJA to explain the project shift from New Jersey to Wyoming and outline the new project plan to develop a tool by March 31, 2024.

In November, CSG Justice Center staff continued pivoting the technology project from NJSPB to the Wyoming

In October, the CSG Justice Center team worked to determine the best course of action after the NJSPB leadership team notified us at the end of September that they decided to shift the focus of IT to instituting a new data management system for the agency, and the IT department will no longer have the capacity to participate in this project. CSG Justice Center staff followed up with our main contact at NJSPB about how to pivot the project, but ultimately the NJSPB leadership team declined to participate in a modified project scope.?
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In September, as CSG Justice Center and NJSPB staff continued to wait on statewide Office of Information Technology (OIT) approval for the project, CSG Justice Center staff outlined the activities involved in conducting a Supervision Practices Assessment (SPA) to evaluate critical components of NJSPB?s supervision system. This assessment aims to identify opportunities for policy/practice change and enhance the agency?s capacity to support data-driven decision-making and efficient resource distribution.?

In August, CSG Justice Center staff continued internal exploration into tool development and technical assistance (TA) opportunities to assess macro-level policy implications, operations, and workflows for specialized caseloads and to enhance NJSPB?s capacity to use data to improve outcomes.?
?Correspondence with NJSPB this month was done via weekly email check-ins due to NJSPB August vacation schedules.?

In July, CSG Justice Center staff focused efforts internally on identifying exploratory research questions for the preliminary stages of tool development. In early July correspondence with NJSPB, CSG Justice Center staff shared problem scoping questions from the research team to assist with product scoping, and throughout the month, there were developments regarding potential avenues for developing the tool.