Incarcerated Individuals

Description as provided to me: As part of our Second Chance Month activities, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona will be
visiting a Second Chance Pell program on April 16 at 10:00am at Cheshire Correctional Institution
in Cheshire, Connecticut to lift up the opportunities that college in prison programs provide.
Immediately following that visit, we will hold a roundtable discussion at Connecticut State
Community College Middlesex (Middlesex), concluding our visit at 2:00pm. This letter is a formal

CJI provided significant support to the Oklahoma Legislature during the 2024 legislative session. This support was primarily: data analysis, legislator education, and research on crime trends in states that have passed justice reinvestment legislation. Oklahoma's legislative session began on February 5th, 2024 and adjourned Sine Die on May 30th. CJI staff traveled to Oklahoma City throughout the legislative session to provide members with information on JRI in Oklahoma and discuss the key findings of the MODERN Justice Task Force.

CJI provided significant support to the Oklahoma Legislature during the 2024 legislative session. This support was primarily: data analysis, legislator education, and research on crime trends in states that have passed justice reinvestment legislation. Oklahoma's legislative session began on February 5th, 2024 and adjourned Sine Die on May 30th. CJI staff traveled to Oklahoma City throughout the legislative session to provide members with information on JRI in Oklahoma and discuss the key findings of the MODERN Justice Task Force.

CJI provided significant support to the Oklahoma Legislature during the 2024 legislative session. This support was primarily: data analysis, legislator education, and research on crime trends in states that have passed justice reinvestment legislation. Oklahoma's legislative session began on February 5th, 2024 and adjourned Sine Die on May 30th. CJI staff traveled to Oklahoma City throughout the legislative session to provide members with information on JRI in Oklahoma and discuss the key findings of the MODERN Justice Task Force.

The JRI Assessment Center allows for responsive TTA to the immediate needs of states. The Assessment Center provides states with a multitude of opportunities to engage with data and research to better understand and address their most pressing criminal justice challenges. CJI worked with various states and governmental entities to gauge interest in the new Justice Assessment Center grant. Data analysis and legislative education on past JRI policies were conducted in the states of Utah and Louisiana.

CSG staff emailed new grantees under the SCA Improving Reentry Education and Employment Outcomes award to congratulate and welcome them and to advise them to look out for more information about the grantee orientation in the upcoming days. 

Met with Minnesota DPH on 3/25/2024 for their Q1 check in call. Things going smoothly - 74 individuals trained from Minnesota Recovery Connections. Emerge and Initianabe on board as housing providers. Hoping to restructure contract with DOC to pay for certification. Pearl meets with RCO and DOC monthly. Ashely anderson grant manager for housing providers.

Provide 20 subawards to small, grassroots organizations in both urban and rural communities.

Date of event: March 20, 2024 at 12:00 PM

BJA approved deliverable:
Moderated plenary session at ACA Education in Corrections Symposium ED-OJP Session
January 4, 2024
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
“What Corrections Should Know about Federal Resources for Pell Reinstatement”