2/2: Call with Nicholas Crawford (Spokesperson, IDOC) to present the communications plan and discuss opportunities for future collaboration, and identify next steps for releasing communications materials 2/14: Call with Sally Kreamer (Deputy Director, Community Based Corrections, IDOC) and Sarah Fineran (Research Director, IDOC) to discuss updates on the JRI project, learn about additional community-based corrections projects in the state, and provide next steps for the launch presentation.
3/8: Call with Jessica Reynolds (Executive Director, Iowa County Attorneys Association), Janet Lyness (County Attorney, Johnson County), Darren Driscoll (County Attorney, Webster County), and Mike Wolf (County Attorney, Clinton County) to discuss plans for identifying stakeholders and convening a focus group with County Attorneys across the state.
3/11: Call with Cord Overton (Chief of Staff to Speaker Grassley, Iowa Senate) to discuss strategies for engaging key stakeholders in the Iowa Legislature.
3/15: Call with Zachary Dal Pra (Board Secretary & Principal, Justice System Partners “JSP”) and Shannon Magnuson (Research Associate, JSP) to share updates from both of our Iowa Community-Based Corrections projects and to discuss opportunities for future collaboration.
3/16: Call with Tony Thompson (President, Iowa State Sheriff’s & Deputies’ Association and Sheriff, Black Hawk County) to discuss plans for identifying stakeholders and convening a focus group with Sheriffs across the state.
3/22: Call with Emily Mooney (Senior Policy Manager, REFORM Alliance) to share updates from both of our Iowa Community-Based Corrections projects and to discuss opportunities for future collaboration.
3/25: Call with Steven Clarke (Administrative Law Judge, Iowa Board of Parole) and Christine Louis (Administrative Law Judge, Iowa Board of Parole) to discuss general practices, changes implemented in response to the pandemic, and to solicit recommendations for improving the success of clients on Community-Based Corrections.
4/8: Call with Call with Robert Gast (State Court Administrator, Iowa Judicial Branch) to discuss plans for identifying stakeholders and convening a focus group with County Judges across the state.
4/8: Call with Katrina Carter (Director of Reentry and Treatment Services, IDOC) to discuss plans for identifying stakeholders and convening a focus group with IDOC reentry stakeholders across the state.
5/10: Call with Sally Kreamer (Deputy Director, Community Based Corrections, IDOC) and Sarah Fineran (Research Director, IDOC) to discuss updates on the JRI project and questions regarding CBC data and supervision levels.
5/10: Call with Mary Roche (Director, Office of Victim and Restorative Justice Programs, IDOC) to discuss plans for convening focus groups with the IA Victims Advisory Council.
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