1/10: Meeting with Francis Givens (Special Projects Managers, KSSC) to discuss preparation for cohosting a virtual KS Recovery from Addiction Funded Treatment (RAFT) training presentation. The presentation will be presented to the general attorney public and community corrections officers in Kansas to help promote and educate agency leadership on the importance of prosecutorial diversion programs.
1/20: Kansas Sentencing Commission (KSSC) meeting with Scott Schultz (Executive Director, KSSC,) John Grube (Research Director, KSSC), Kira Johnson (Director, KSSC), Judge W. Lee Fowler (Chair, KSSC), Judge Benjamin Sexton (Member, KSSC) Pat Colloton (Member, KSSC) Spence Koehn (Court Services Specialist, Office of Judicial Administration) Rep Dennis Highberger (Member, KSSC) Jessica Glendening (Public Defender’s Office), Jessica Domme (Assistant Attorney General) Shelly Williams (Director, Riley Co. CC), Senator David Haley (Member, KSSC) Judge Stephen Hill (Kansas Judicial Center), Johnathan Ogletree (PRB, Chairman), Jeff Zmuda (Secretary, Kansas Department of Corrections), Mark Dupree (Wyondotte County District Attorney). The KSSC met to review and approve their letter to Governor Laura Kelly which outlined the work that KDOC and KSSC are doing to address the prison population in Kansas. In addition, Scott Schultz (Executive Director, KSSC) gave a report on the 2023 Kansas Legislative proposals. 2/14: CSG/KSSC - Meeting with Francis Givens (Special Projects Manager, KSSC), and Kira Johnson (Director, KSSC) to discuss preparation for cohosting a virtual KS Recovery from Addiction Funded Treatment (RAFT) training presentation. The presentation will be presented to the general attorney public and community corrections officers in Kansas to help promote and educate agency leadership on the importance of prosecutorial diversion programs.
2/21: CSG/KSSC - A virtual KS Recovery from Addiction Funded Treatment (RAFT) training presentation was presented to the community corrections officers in Kansas to help promote and educate agency leadership on the importance of prosecutorial diversion programs. There were 73 people in attendance. Francis Givens (Special Projects Manager, KSSC), Kira Johnson (Director, KSSC)
2/21: Kansas Justice Reinvestment Implementation Group – Meeting to discuss the status updates on the MOU related documents. In addition, CSG Justice Center Staff presented a training presentation for KS supervision agencies to use to train their staff on the new MOU requirements for transferring supervision. Jeff Zmuda (Secretary, KDOC), Spence Kohen (Court Services Specialist, Office of Judicial Administration), Erin Geist (Community Corrections Director, Kansas Department of Corrections), Randy Regehr (Reno Community Corrections, KDOC), Kevin Waring (Policy Director, Shawnee County Court Service Officer), Jennifer Welch (Parole Services Manager, Kansas Department of Corrections), Marie McNeal (Community Corrections Services Director at Kansas Department of Corrections), Jonathan Ogletree (Chair, Prisoner Review Board), Jeff Butrick (Juvenile Services, Kansas Department of Corrections), Stephanie Springer (Chief Court Services Officer, Reno County)
2/22: CSG/KDOC - Meeting with Jeff Zmuda (Secretary, KDOC), Keith Bradshaw (Contract & Finance Executive Director, KDOC), Randall Bowman (Executive Director of Public Affairs, KDOC), to discuss KDOC’s current data system and research needs and the potential for data focused ongoing TA opportunities.
2/23: CSG/KSSC - A virtual KS Recovery from Addiction Funded Treatment (RAFT) training presentation was presented to the general attorney public in Kansas to help promote and educate agency leadership on the importance of prosecutorial diversion programs. There were 51 people in attendance. Francis Givens (Special Projects Manager, KSSC), Kira Johnson (Director, KSSC) 3/20: Kansas Justice Reinvestment Implementation Group – Meeting to discuss the status updates on the MOU related documents. In addition, CSG Justice Center Staff with presented a revised training presentation for KS supervision agencies to use to train their staff on the new MOU requirements for transferring supervision. Jeff Zmuda (Secretary, KDOC), Spence Kohen (Court Services Specialist, Office of Judicial Administration), Erin Geist (Community Corrections Director, Kansas Department of Corrections), Randy Regehr (Reno Community Corrections, KDOC), Kevin Waring (Policy Director, Shawnee County Court Service Officer), Jennifer Welch (Parole Services Manager, Kansas Department of Corrections), Marie McNeal (Community Corrections Services Director at Kansas Department of Corrections), Jonathan Ogletree (Chair, Prisoner Review Board), Jeff Butrick (Juvenile Services, Kansas Department of Corrections), Stephanie Springer (Chief Court Services Officer, Reno County)
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