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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.
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20240723-173427-23
Objective 1: Assist four states undertaking the JRI process.
23 Phone Calls Between January and June with 20 participants representing 12 agencies.
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June 25: CSG Justice Center staff met with Jeanna Sherrill (Senior Assistant Attorney General and Task Force Designee for the Attorney General) to introduce the project and learn about her experience as a deputy prosecuting attorney, her current work as a deputy attorney general, and her insights regarding recidivism in Arkansas. (1 person representing 2 agencies)
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June 24: CSG Justice Center staff attended the June meeting of the Legislative Recidivism Reduction Task Force to observe a presentation regarding community supervision by leadership at the Division of Community Corrections. (16 participants, representing 14 agencies)
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June 24: CSG Justice Center Staff met with Daniel Shue (Prosecuting Attorney and Task Force Member) to introduce the project and discuss opportunities to hear insights of Arkansas's prosecuting attorneys. (1 person representing 2 agencies)
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June 24: CSG Justice Center Staff met with Tammy Harris (Public Defender Commission District Manager and Task Force Member) to hear about her experience as a public defender in Arkansas and her observations as to the strengths and challenges of Arkansas's criminal justice system. (1 person representing 2 agencies)
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June 24: CSG Justice Center Staff met with Clarke Tucker (Arkansas State Senator and Task Force Member), Ben Gilmore (Arkansas State Senator and Task Force Member), and Jamie Barker (Deputy Chief of Staff to Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders) regarding the current state of the political landscape in Arkansas, including the governor's priorities. (3 people representing 3 agencies)
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May 1: CSG Justice Center staff met with Clarke Tucker (Arkansas State Senator and Task Force Member). CSG Justice Center staff briefly met with Senator Tucker to plan his op-ed and discuss the upcoming speaker elections. (1 person representing 2 agencies)
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May 1: CSG Justice Center staff met with Lanny Fite (Arkansas State Representative); Tom Opdyke (Senior Policy Analyst, CSG South); Anne Brody (Director of Public Policy and Research, CSG South); and Jazlyn Jones (Programs Associate, CSG South) as part of CSG South's annual two-day site visit to meet with legislators. CSG Justice Center staff introduced legislators to the work being done in Arkansas through the Justice Reinvestment Initiative. (4 people representing 2 agencies)
20240723-124716-48
May 1: CSG Justice Center staff met with Ann Cornwell (Secretary, Arkansas Senate); Marty Garrity (Director, Arkansas Bureau of Legislative Research); Dalton Coleman (Legislative Analyst, Arkansas State Legislature); Jennifer Rook (Legislative Analyst, Arkansas State Legislature); Emily Morozov (Legislative Analyst, Arkansas State Legislature); Martha Jarrow (Director of Member Services); Tom Opdyke (Senior Policy Analyst, CSG South); Anne Brody (Director of Public Policy and Research, CSG South); and Jazlyn Jones (Programs Associate, CSG South) as part of CSG South's annual two-day si