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Priority Area 1: Engage and educate Kansas stakeholders on Justice Reinvestment policies and legislation to promote oversight and sustainability.
Update: In January, CSG Justice Center staff met with a range of stakeholders, including the Governor’s Office, Kansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and legislators, to provide education on the KCJRC recommendations, research underpinning the policies, and plans for implementation. Additionally, members of the KCJRC presented an overview of 2021 policy recommendations to the Topeka Bar Association.

Video/Phone Calls
11/1: Video conference with the Sentencing and Proportionality Subcommittee. The subcommittee met to discuss updates to the offender registration requirements and final report of the subcommittee.
11/8: Conference call with Executive Director (Programs and Risk Reduction, KDOC) to discuss the progress that KDOC has made on meeting the recommendations from the 2020 Commission.

Phone Calls:
• 7/1: Call with Commissioner (KDADS) to discuss the plan developed between the Stepping Up team and JRI team on how best to assist the state with behavioral health recommendations made by the 2020 KCJRC)

Priority Area 1: Engage and educate Kansas stakeholders on Justice Reinvestment policies and legislation to promote oversight and sustainability.
Update: The KCJRC submitted their final report to the 2022 Kansas Legislature with 23 formal recommendations. Members of the KCJRC are working with the Kansas Legislative Services Division to translate appropriate recommendations into draft legislation for the 2022 legislative session.
Priority Area 2: Assist Kansas with monitoring progress, collecting data, and tracking outcomes associated with JRI policies.

Priority Area 1: Engage and educate Kansas stakeholders on Justice Reinvestment policies and legislation to promote oversight and sustainability.

Analysis Area 1: Analyze crime trends, including recent increases in of violent crime, to help the state understand the impacts of these trends on the criminal justice system, and maintain recent changes that make more effective use of corrections resources, including prison space.

Analysis Area 1: Analyze crime trends, including recent increases in of violent crime, to help the state understand the impacts of these trends on the criminal justice system, and maintain recent changes that make more effective use of corrections resources, including prison space.

Analysis Area 1: Analyze crime trends, including recent increases in of violent crime, to help the state understand the impacts of these trends on the criminal justice system, and maintain recent changes that make more effective use of corrections resources, including prison space.

Analysis Area 1: Analyze crime trends, including recent increases in of violent crime, to help the state understand the impacts of these trends on the criminal justice system, and maintain recent changes that make more effective use of corrections resources, including prison space.

Analysis Area 1: Analyze crime trends, including recent increases in of violent crime, to help the state understand the impacts of these trends on the criminal justice system, and maintain recent changes that make more effective use of corrections resources, including prison space.