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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.

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.

September 10: CSG Justice Center staff met with Jennifer Tarwater (Director of In His Wings Ministry) and Jarrod Self (DOC Area Manager) to learn about the reentry treatment model at In His Wings. (2 people representing 2 agencies)

September 10: CSG Justice Center staff conducted two anonymous focus groups with individuals receiving treatment at In His Wings through DOC Reentry to hear about their experiences within the program. (15 participants representing 1 agency)

September 10: CSG Justice Center staff met with Ryan Burton (Area 4 Manager), Daryl Aikman (Assistant Area Manager), Matthew Drake (Assistant Area Manager), and Heather Gonzalez (Assistant Area Manager) to learn about their experiences leading community supervision offices and discuss the challenges they are facing. (4 people representing 1 agency)

September 10: CSG Justice Center staff met with probation and parole officers at the Jonesboro Area Office, under anonymity, to hear their insights on the challenges they face within community supervision. (3 people representing 1 agency)

September 10: CSG Justice Center staff met with Jimmy Gazaway (Arkansas State Representative and Task Force Member) to share preliminary data analysis findings related to crime and arrests in Arkansas. (1 person representing 2 agencies)

September 11: CSG Justice Center staff met with staff at the Northeast Arkansas Community Correction Center (Phillip Glover [Supervisor], Jacqueline Boyd [Correctional Officer], Andre Harris [Correctional Officer], Rebecca Whitaker [HR Coordinator], Laurie Ray [Program Coordinator], Martha Washington [Treatment Coordinator], Porcelain Hill [Counselor], Pamela Walker [Counselor], Joseph McArthur [Treatment Supervisor]) to learn about facility operations and programming. (9 people representing 1 agency)

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.

September 11: CSG Justice Center staff met with staff at the Northeast Arkansas Community Correction Center (Phillip Glover [Supervisor], Jacqueline Boyd [Correctional Officer], Andre Harris [Correctional Officer], Rebecca Whitaker [HR Coordinator], Laurie Ray [Program Coordinator], Martha Washington [Treatment Coordinator], Porcelain Hill [Counselor], Pamela Walker [Counselor], Joseph McArthur [Treatment Supervisor]) to learn about facility operations and programming. (9 people representing 1 agency)