Law Enforcement

Objective 1: Use the hub and spoke model to engage all necessary and appropriate subject matter expertise to support Justice Counts design and implementation.?? (Partners)?

Priority Area 1: Data AnalysisAnalyze data from the Department of Corrections (DOC), Kentucky State Police (KSP), Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) and other state agencies (where appropriate and available) to quantify the number of people involved in Kentucky's criminal justice system for DV- and IPV-related offenses, with the goal of identifying the full scale and impact of these offenses on the state's criminal justice system and the potential for reducing prison and jail populations and improving interventions.

Priority Area 1: Data Analysis: Analyze data from the Department of Corrections (DOC), Kentucky State Police (KSP), Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) and other state agencies (where appropriate and available) to quantify the number of people involved in Kentucky's criminal justice system for DV- and IPV-related offenses, with the goal of identifying the full scale and impact of these offenses on the state's criminal justice system and the potential for reducing prison and jail populations and improving interventions.

Objective 1: Develop standards for local jurisdictions and state criminal justice agencies that will result in data being accurately and comprehensively aggregated at the state and national levels. (Tier 2 metrics and TIGs)?

Objective 2: Develop tools and make them available to states and other interested jurisdictions (publisher).?
Work for this objective is now complete with the development and implementation of the Justice Counts Publisher.?

Objective 2: Develop tools and make them available to states and other interested jurisdictions (publisher).?

Work for this objective is now complete with the development and implementation of the Justice Counts Publisher.?

Objective 5: Develop and run a national campaign to educate criminal justice agency leaders, policymakers, and the public about the Justice Counts metrics. (Website Work)?

In October, CSG Justice Center staff continued working with contractors to develop agency dashboards.

Objective 6: Provide intensive TA to 10 states, supporting the adoption and use of the Justice Counts metrics to drive decision-making. (Founding State Work)?

In Louisiana, CSG Justice Center staff met with East Baton Rouge Criminal Justice Coordinating Council to provide project updates and with the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office?to introduce the project.

Ripening States and ProjectsMonthly Updates:In November, the CSG Justice Center focused on following up on previous connections made at the National Summit to Advance States' Criminal Justice Priorities in December 2023. CSG Justice Center staff will continue to utilize the list of priority states to build out stakeholder engagement through the reminder of the year and into 2025.

Priority Area 1: Work with state agencies to receive and analyze data to identify drivers of Arkansas's high recidivism rates and understand how recidivism contributes to overall crime and incarceration rates.