1. 7/8: Call with Patrick McElyea (District 7 Court Judge, Iowa Judicial Branch) to solicit feedback on improving the success of clients and officers in community-based corrections.
2. 7/25: Call with Sally Kreamer (Deputy Director, Community Based Corrections, IDOC) and Sarah Fineran (Research Director, IDOC) to discuss updates on the JRI project and solicit their perspectives on potential recommendations for improvement.
3. 7/28: Call with Kelly Mitchell (Executive Director, Robina Institute) to share updates from our two Iowa Community-Based Corrections projects and discuss opportunities for future collaboration.
4. 7/28: Call with Emily Mooney (Senior Policy Manager, REFORM Alliance) to share updates from both Iowa Community-Based Corrections projects and discuss opportunities for future collaboration.
5. 8/11: Call with Maureen Hansen (District Director, Third Judicial District, Department of Correctional Services) and Waylyn McCulloh (District Director, Seventh Judicial District, Department of Correctional Services) to understand current procedures for implementing practice changes at the district level.
6. 8/30: Call with Nicholas Davis (Chair, Iowa Board of Parole & Senior Advisor to the Governor, State of Iowa) and Meredith Lamberti (Vice Chair, Iowa Board of Parole & Assistant Attorney General, Iowa Attorney General) to review administrative and legislative recommendations and solicit feedback.
7. 9/1: Call with Sarah Fineran (Research Director, IDOC) to discuss the findings from our racial disparity and public safety impact analysis, potential recommendations, and next steps for finalizing our presentation.
8. 9/6: Call with Nicholas Davis (Chair, Iowa Board of Parole) to discuss his recommendations for implementing recommendations statewide.
9. 9/7: Call with Sally Kreamer (Deputy Director, Community Based Corrections, IDOC) to discuss the findings from our racial disparity and public safety impact analysis, potential recommendations, and next steps for finalizing our presentation.
10. 9/8: Call with Kenneth Kolthoff (District Director, First Judicial District, Department of Correctional Services “DOCS”), Amanda Milligan (District Director, Second Judicial District, DOCS), Maureen Hansen (District Director, Third Judicial District, DOCS), Kip Shanks (District Director, Fourth Judicial District, DOCS), Jerry Evans (District Director, Fifth Judicial District, DOCS), Bruce Vander Sanden (District Director, Sixth Judicial District, DOCS), Waylyn McCulloh (District Director, Seventh Judicial District, DOCS), and Daniel Fell (District Director, Eighth Judicial District, DOCS) to review our administrative and legislative recommendations based on our CBC assessment, general criminal justice stakeholder assessment, and racial disparity and public safety impact analysis.
11. 9/14: Call with Beth Skinner (Director, IDOC) to discuss concerns regarding recommendations from stakeholders and next steps in the initiative.
12. 10/24: Call with Nicholas Crawford (Spokesperson, IDOC) to discuss the potential for announcing the IA JRI recommendations to the public.
13. 10/27: Call with Jerry Evans (District Director, Fifth Judicial District Department of Correctional Services “DOCS”) to discuss potential next steps and plans for implementing any of the recommendations within the fifth district.
14. 10/31: Call with Kenneth Kolthoff (District Director, Fifth Judicial District DOCS) and Denise Cooper (Executive Officer, First Judicial District DOCS) to discuss potential next steps and plans for implementing any of the recommendations within the first district.
15. 11/8: Call with Waylyn McCulloh (District Director, Seventh Judicial District Department of Correctional Services “DOCS”) to discuss potential next steps and plans for implementing any of the recommendations within the seventh district.
16. 11/10: Call with Maureen Hansen (District Director, Third Judicial District DOCS) and Jared Nobbe (Probation/Parole Officer III, Third Judicial District DOCS) to discuss potential next steps and plans for implementing any of the recommendations within the third district.
17. 11/16: Call with Daniel Fell (District Director, Eighth Judicial District DOCS) to discuss potential next steps and plans for implementing any of the recommendations within the eighth district.
18. 11/16: Call with Waylyn McCulloh (District Director, Seventh Judicial District Department of Correctional Services “DOCS”) to discuss potential next steps and plans for implementing any of the recommendations within the seventh district.
19. 11/29: Call with Bruce Vander Sanden (District Director, Sixth Judicial District DOCS), Laura Strait (Assistant District Director, Sixth Judicial District DOCS), Robert Metzger (Residential Division Manager, Sixth Judicial District DOCS), and Drew Konicek (Member, Sixth Judicial District DOCS Leadership Council) to discuss potential next steps and plans for implementing any of the recommendations within the sixth district.
20. 12/2: Call with Bruce Vander Sanden (District Director, Sixth Judicial District DOCS) to discuss follow-up questions on the project’s policy recommendations.
21. 12/12: Call with Beth Skinner (Director, IDOC), Sally Kreamer (Deputy Director, Community Based Corrections, IDOC), and Sarah Fineran (Research Director, IDOC) to discuss judicial district directors’ implementation priorities and next steps.
22. 12/13: Call with Amanda Milligan (District Director, Second Judicial District Department of Correctional Services “DOCS”) and 15 additional staff to present key findings and policy recommendations and discuss potential next steps within the second district.
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