Tribal Government

12/5 - Recruitment meeting with Eric Bryson (Executive Director) of the Montana Association of Counties and Janice Fries (Director) of the Montana Statistical Analysis Center. CSG Justice Center staff discussed possible partnership between Justice Counts and Montana Board of Crime Control. (2 participants, representing 2 agencies).

12/10 - Recruitment meeting with Jon R. Courtney, Deputy Director of the New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee. CSG Justice Center staff discussed the possibility of presenting Justice Counts at their next legislative session in 2025. (1 participant, representing 1 agency).

12/10 - Recruitment meeting with Special Counsel Marco Serna of the Administration of District Attorneys to introduce the project. (1 participant, representing 1 agency).

12/10 - Meeting with Octavian Valencia (DPS Staff Manager) and Amanda Macias (Special Projects Supervisor) of the NM Department of Public Safety to begin collecting statewide law enforcement data. (2 participants, representing 1 agency)

12/5 - Recruitment meeting with Ann Miller (Justice Center Advisory Board member and Managing Attorney), Lynsey Gaudioso (Staff Attorney), Katie Jones (Staff Attorney), and Susette Billedeaux (Director of Holistic Services) of the Tribal Defenders Office of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT). Maylinn Smith (Managing Attorney) and Joshua Cahacon (Lead Case Manager) of the Tribal Prosecutors Office of the CSKT attended as well. (6 participants, representing 2 CSKT agencies).

Support state, local, and tribal confinement agencies across the United States with technical assistance and grants to advance efforts to protect people at higher risk of harm during incarceration and reduce the use of overly punitive or restrictive approaches to do so.

This webinar provided an over of PREA Standard 115.78 Disciplinary Sanctions for Inmates. The presenters discussed implementation expectations, challenges implementing this standard, promising practices, auditing considerations, variations for other facility types, and answered questions from participants.

This webinar provided an overview of Standard 115.86 sexual abuse incident reviews. The presenters discussed implementation expectations, challenges implementing this standard, promising practices, and auditing considerations.

In September 2024, PRC staff assisted the PREA Management Office in presenting a webinar entitled: PREA Governor's Submissions: Helping to Prepare Your State?s Annual Governor's Submission. This webinar provided an overview of the governors' certification process for PREA coordinators.

During this reporting period: Jenny Lutz, formerly of The Center for Children's Law and Policy, now with the PRC, held one (1) cohort call for the TIPS juvenile project sites.