BJA Referral

The IACP worked with BJA to coordinate and host a virtual rountable discussion on community violence intervention collaboration with law enforcement.

On December 6, 2023, Michele Luecking-Sunman organized and facilitated a virtual panel for the National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement titled Expanding Oversight with PREA. Linda McFarlane of Just Detention International, Gwyn Troyer of the John Howard Association, Ryan Nottingham PREA Agency Coordinator for Illinois Department of Correction, and Terry Schuster, New Jersey Corrections Ombudsperson spoke on utilizing the PREA Standards to enhance oversight within corrections facilities across the United States.

CJI is collaborating with CSG and BJA to assess the impact of JRI. This includes conducting research in Louisiana to demonstrate JRI impact on systems, communities, and people. For this project, CJI is assessing two JRI funded initiatives housed within the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections (DPS&C) – Regional Reentry Centers (RRCs) and Community Incentive Grants (CIGs). This assessment has both a qualitative and quantitative component. CJI received data for DPS&C’s offender management database (CAJUN) earlier this year.

CJI is collaborating with CSG and BJA to assess the impact of JRI. This includes creating briefs documenting JRI outcome information from a sub-set of JRI states. We submitted four briefs to BJA detailing the JRI efforts in Alaska, Oklahoma, Nevada, and Maryland. BJA. After receiving feedback from BJA, we made edits to those four briefs. We will make further edits next quarter once we receive the next round of feedback. CJI received approval from BJA on briefs detailing JRI efforts in Alaska, Oklahoma, and Maryland. We are working with CSG to prepare the briefs to post on the JRI website.

CJI will conduct interviews to determine prosecutors' understanding, perception, and experience of the JRI process. That information will be used to increase prosecutor engagement in future JRI efforts. Pilot interviews will be conducted with two prosecutor offices. CJI and BJA will use the information gleaned from those interviews to discuss the possibility of additional study or other next steps to engage prosecutors in the JRI process.

Six virtual roundtables were held March 14, 2023 to March 23, 2023. Participants included individuals interested in providing more insight about collateral consequences in tribal courts. Groups were determined by region.

On May 19, 2023, Brenda Williams, Clinical Director at the University of Washington Tribal Court Public Defense Clinic, contacted NAICJA seeking assistance with holistic defense. UW serves as the primary public defender of misdemeanors at the Tulalip Tribes Tribal Court. Tulalip is considering updating its court structure to include in-house public defense. Brenda attended NAICJA's Tribal Holistic Defense Roundtable Conference and was interested in sharing with the Tulalip Court Administration the concepts of tribal holistic defense as a model for change.

NAICJA staff met with the consultant, Amanda White Eagle, on September 8, 12, and 26 , 2023. On September 26, NAICJA conducted a webinar titled “Perpetual Punishment: Understanding and Addressing Collateral Consequences in Indian Country”. NAICJA is preparing a webinar summary.

TLPI staff, NAICJA staff and consultants collaborated to conducted a webinar “Tribal Healing to Wellness: Developing a Native Veterans Court” on Wednesday, November 14, 2023, to discuss HTWC models for veterans courts particularly the development of the Yurok Veterans Wellness Court.Veterans Webinar with TLPI "An Overview of Legal Issues and Support for Native American and Alaskan Native Veterans"

The National Police Foundation’s NRTAC team will provide ongoing training and technical assistance support for the implementation and development of the Santa Clara County (CA) crime gun intelligence center.