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Apr. 23: Focus group with 12 community supervision officers to receive an overview of probation and parole practices in Washington County. (12 people representing 1 agency)

Apr. 23: Meeting with Mike Parker (Area Manager, Division of Community Corrections) to tour Phoenix Recovery Center, a transitional housing facility. While there, CSG Justice Center staff had the opportunity to speak with individuals working in different roles at the facility including a parole officer, and the facility director. (1 person representing 1 agency)

Mar. 11: Meeting with Clarke Tucker (Arkansas State Senator and Task Force Member) to provide a preview of the most recent version of the presentation and discuss the Task Force. (1 person representing 2 agencies)

Mar. 11: Meeting with Mike Rogers (Arkansas Chief of Workforce Development) to continue our discuss of the Governor’s Workforce Cabinet’s vision for employment in Arkansas (1 person representing 1 agency)

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Mar. 11: Attended the March meeting of the Legislative Recidivism Reduction Task Force to provide the Task Force with a presentation of evidence-based practices. (16 participants representing 14 agencies)

Mar. 11: Meeting with Ben Gilmore (Arkansas State Senator and Task Force Chair), Tawnie Rowell (Executive Director of the Arkansas Sentencing Commission and facilitator of the Task Force), and Howard Beaty (Arkansas State Representative) to provide updates on the status of the project’s data requests and discuss next steps for the project. (3 people representing 4 agencies)

Jan. 22: Meeting with Clarke Tucker (Arkansas State Senator and Task Force Member) to provide updates on the project’s status and get his perspective on how the litigation and ongoing tensions among the BOC, DOC, Attorney General’s Office, and Governor’s Office might affect the project. (1 person representing 2 agencies)

Feb. 12: CSG Justice Center staff met with Ben Gilmore (Arkansas State Senator and Task Force Chair); Tawnie Rowell (Executive Director of the Arkansas Sentencing Commission and facilitator of the Task Force); and Lindsay Wallace (Task Force Member and Secretary of Corrections) to provide updates on the status of the project’s data requests and receive direction on a regional approach to site visits. (3 people representing 4 agencies)

Feb. 12: CSG Justice Center staff attended the February meeting of the Legislative Recidivism Reduction Task Force to observe a presentation regarding programming and reentry within the Department of Corrections. (16 participants, representing 14 agencies)