Analysis Area 1: Analyze crime trends, including recent increases in of violent crime, to help the state understand the impacts of these trends on the criminal justice system, and maintain recent changes that make more effective use of corrections resources, including prison space.
Update: In September, the Commission and subcommittees continued to meet to discuss diversion opportunities, inequities in the criminal justice system, and how race intersects with the work of the Commission. To aid the subcommittees in their work, CSG Justice Center staff conducted a number of focus groups with co-responder programs to understand the needs of programs that are used to help divert people experiencing a mental health crisis from the criminal justice system.
Analysis Area 2: Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of community supervision to understand the causes of recidivism and technical violations that result in jail and prison admissions and strengthen community supervision by expanding resources to improve supervision success rates.
Update: In September, CSG Justice Center staff attended supervision-related subcommittee meetings and provided context on Justice Reinvestment related policy recommendations developed over the past year. Additionally, CSG Justice Center staff provided the dual supervision subcommittee with a framework to guide their discussion and presented important questions for the subcommittee to consider when making recommendations.
Analysis Area 3: Assess the state’s response to people in the criminal justice system with behavioral health needs and identify opportunities for decreasing recidivism by helping people succeed upon release to the community.
Update: CSG Justice Center staff working on JRI in Kansas collaborated with the Kansas Stepping Up Technichal Assistance Center to conduct three focus groups to get a better understanding of the issues that are facing law enforcement and behavioral health agencies in the state.
Analysis Area 4: Assess the state’s current reentry efforts for expanding paths to successful employment, in part by increasing post-secondary education opportunities for incarcerated people and ensuring housing support after release, including for those who have mental illnesses, developmental disabilities, and other special needs.
Update: No updates in September.
Other Updates: A member of the Commission, the hief of Marysville, KS, is no longer chief of police and therefore is no longer representing the Kansas Chiefs and Sheriffs Association at the Commission. The Chief was the chair of the Sentencing and Proportionality subcommittee. Sheriff will be stepping into the role to guide the subcommittee through the remaining weeks.
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