Objective 5: Place data analysts in residence at State DOCs to increase the utility of data for decision-making while also building the corrections analyst workforce.
27 calls with 11 participants representing 4 agencies 1/8/24 - Video call with Matt Boyd (Senior IT Project Manager, WYDOC), Brooks Louton (Assistant Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, ASU), and Maeve Blake (Resident Analyst, WYDOC) to discuss Maeve’s progress with the testing of the dashboard and identifying who will need to be part of the testing group. The goal is to ensure that testing is efficient, so a warden, Scott Abbott (Prison Administrator, WYDOC), and Coltan Harrington (Field Services Administrator, WYDOC) have been identified as possible testers. (4 people in attendance representing 2 agencies) 2/2/24 - Video conference with Maeve Blake (WYDOC Analyst), Chelsey Wright (LDPSC Analyst), and Joseph Llanes (CA Analyst) to discuss project updates, successes, and challenges. (3 participants representing 3 agencies) 2/5/24 - Video conference with Maeve Blake (WY Resident Analyst) and Brooks Louton (Assistant Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University) to discuss project updates. Maeve is working on the details in the codebooks to ensure the descriptions and relevant information are present. (2 participants representing 2 agencies) 2/9/24 - Video conference with Maeve Blake (WYDOC Analyst), Chelsey Wright (LDPSC Analyst), and Joseph Llanes (CA Analyst) to discuss project updates, successes, and challenges. (3 participants representing 3 agencies) 2/16/24 - Video conference with Maeve Blake (WYDOC Analyst), Chelsey Wright (LDPSC Analyst), and Joseph Llanes (CA Analyst) to discuss project updates, successes, and challenges. (3 participants representing 3 agencies) 2/23/24 - Video conference with Maeve Blake (WYDOC Analyst), Chelsey Wright (LDPSC Analyst), and Joseph Llanes (CA Analyst) to discuss project updates, successes, and challenges. (3 participants representing 3 agencies) 3/4/24 – Video conference with Matt Boyd (IT Project Manager, WYDOC), Brooks Louton (Assistant Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University), and Maeve Blake (WYDOC Resident Corrections Analyst) to discuss current project updates. Maeve continues to work on her dashboards, though the dashboard development period of the project is complete. She will be switching to working on the codebooks that will accompany the dashboard, another component of the project. (3 participants representing 2 agencies) 3/11/24 – Video conference with Chelsey Wright (LA Resident Corrections Analyst), Maeve Blake (WY Resident Corrections Analyst), and Joseph Llanes (CA Resident Corrections Analyst) to discuss project updates and the status of their SQL homework. (3 participants representing 3 agencies) 4/1/24 – Video conference with Matt Boyd (IT Project Manager, WYDOC), Brooks Louton (Assistant Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University), and Maeve Blake (WYDOC Resident Corrections Analyst) to discuss current project updates. Maeve is working on codebook revisions that will accompany the dashboard. (3 participants representing 2 agencies) 4/5/24 – Video call with Maeve Blake (Resident Corrections Analyst, WYDOC) to discuss project updates and the status of her SQL homework. (1 participant representing 1 agency) 4/12/24 – Video call with Maeve Blake (Resident Corrections Analyst, WYDOC) to discuss project updates. (1 participant representing 1 agency) 4/19/24 – Video call with Maeve Blake (Resident Corrections Analyst, WYDOC) to discuss project updates. (1 participant representing 1 agency) 4/23/24 - Video conference with Matt Boyd (IT Project Manager, WYDOC), Mark Harris (Research Manager, WYDOC), Kayla Opdahl (Deputy Administrator Legislative and Community Affairs, WYDOC), Wendy McGee (Contract Manager, WYDOC), Brooks Louton (Assistant Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University), and Maeve Blake (WYDOC Resident Corrections Analyst) to define the third component of the project per the SOW, which is contractor data fusion. The RCA will fuse records and other contractor data sources then develop data analysis routines to maximize the value of the fused data. 4/26/24 - Video call with Maeve Blake (Resident Corrections Analyst, WYDOC) to discuss project updates. (1 participant representing 1 agency) 5/1/24 – Video call with Paul Martin (Administrator, Support Services), Coltan Harrington (Deputy Administrator, Field Services), Matt Boyd (IT Project Manager), and Mark Harris (Research Manager) at WYDOC to preview the tool and discuss next steps (4 participants, representing 1 agency) 5/13/24 - Video call with Matt Boyd (IT Project Manager), Mark Harris (Research Manager), and Maeve Blake (RCA) at WYDOC to discuss steps to ensure the tool script is ready on May 15. (3 participants, representing 1 agency) 5/17/24 – Video conference with Joseph Llanes (Resident Corrections Analyst, California) and Maeve Blake (Resident Corrections Analyst, Wyoming) to discuss the RCA presentation at the Advancing Data in Corrections Summer Conference and the RCA roles within the Virtual Academy Community Forum. (2 participants, representing 2 agencies). 5/23/24 – Video call with Matt Boyd (IT Project Manager), Mark Harris (Research Manager), and Maeve Blake (RCA) at WYDOC to discuss current challenges with the server and next steps to ensure WYDOC has access to the tool. (3 participants, representing 1 agency) 5/30/24 – Video call with Matt Boyd (IT Project Manager), Mark Harris (Research Manager), and Maeve Blake (RCA) at WYDOC to discuss project updates. (3 participants, representing 1 agency) 6/3/24 - Video conference with Matt Boyd (IT Project Manager), Paul Martin (Administrator of Support Services), and Maeve Blake (RCA) at WYDOC to discuss project updates. (3 participants representing 1 agency) 6/5/24 - Video call with Matt Boyd (IT Project Manager) and Maeve Blake (RCA) at WYDOC to discuss project updates and ensure port access for WYDOC. (2 participants representing 1 agency) 6/10/24 - Video call with Matt Boyd (IT Project Manager), Mark Harris (Research Manager), and Maeve Blake (RCA) at WYDOC to discuss project updates. (3 participants representing 1 agency) 6/20/24 - Video call with Matt Boyd (IT Project Manager), Mark Harris (Research Manager), and Maeve Blake (RCA) at WYDOC to ensure tool is running correctly and discuss the maintenance manual for the tool. (3 participants representing 1 agency) 6/21/24 - Video call with Maeve Blake (WY RCA) to practice elevator pitch for the conference and provide feedback. (1 participant representing 1 agency) 6/21/24 - Video call with Joseph Llanes (CA RCA), Chelsey Wright (LA RCA), and Maeve Blake (WY RCA) to discuss the data-driven decision-making course for the Virtual Academy program and gather their insight into key metrics at their agencies. (3 participants representing 3 agencies) 6/24/24 - Video conference with Matt Boyd (IT Project Manager, WYDOC), Brooks Louton (Assistant Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University), and Maeve Blake (WYDOC Resident Corrections Analyst) to discuss current project updates. (3 participants representing 1 agency) 6/28/24 - Video conference with Joseph Llanes (Resident Corrections Analyst, California), Chelsey Wright (Resident Corrections Analyst, Louisiana), and Maeve Blake (Resident Corrections Analyst, Wyoming) to discuss project updates and the Virtual Academy Community Forum. (3 participants representing 3 agencies)
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