Recidivism

Objective 3: Promote Justice Counts with the goal of increasing participation and support.
9/9 - Presentation to the Office of the Assistant Attorney General on connections between Justice Reinvestment and Justice Counts.

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: Data Analysis

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)?
CSG Justice Center staff met with the National Center for State Courts, the National District Attorney's Association, the National Association of Counties, and the National Criminal Justice Association to discuss areas of collaboration.???

Objective 2: Continuously review the metrics, technology, solution for states, and related resources and refine as needed.?(Tier 1 Metrics and TIGs/ Publisher Updates)?
CSG Justice Center staff worked with Recidiviz to release the following updates to the Justice Counts Publisher platform, including updates for both users:
adding a tooltip for the metric total while in the breakdowns view to make the Explore Data portion of Publisher easier for agencies to use;
adding a Configuration Status button to clarify if an agency has finished fully defining a metric;