$75,001 - $100,000

On June 22-24, 2021, the Body-worn Camera (BWC) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) team, in partnership with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), held the 2020 BWC TTA Virtual National Meeting. This meeting was primarily intended for FY 2020 BWC Policy and Implementation Program (PIP) grant agencies, but was also open to previous years' grantees. Members of the BWC TTA Team, subject matter experts (SMEs), and representatives from BJA and JSS also participated in the meeting. Due to COVID-19, this meeting was held in a virtual format again.

In January, CSG Justice Center staff met with the working group twice. At the meeting on January 7, CSG Justice Center staff proposed three categories under which policy recommendations should be developed: improve the supervision system, strengthen supervision practices, and modernize supervision funding. The working group agreed to move forward with these categories and offered suggestions for the types of policies that could fall under each one.

In June, CSG Justice Center staff continued extensive planning, coordination, and communication internally, with project partners, and with members of the project’s national steering committee. In a series of conversations with BJA, CSG Justice Center staff started to develop specific plans for Phases II and III of the project, given the results of the work on the data scan and metrics development efforts so far.

In April, CSG Justice Center staff continued extensive planning, coordination, and communication internally, with project partners, and with members of the project’s national steering committee. CSG Justice Center staff continued to work closely with staff from Recidiviz to advance the “state data” component of the project, including (a) ensuring that the publicly available, aggregate-level data being compiled adhered to the agreed-upon framework and (b) reviewing and confirming Recidiviz’s findings on correctional data in all 50 states.

In March, CSG Justice Center staff continued extensive planning, coordination, and communication internally, with project partners, and with members of the project’s national steering committee. CSG Justice Center staff continued to work closely with staff from Recidiviz to advance the “state data” component of the project, including (a) ensuring that the publicly available, aggregate-level data being compiled adhered to the agreed-upon framework and (b) reviewing and confirming Recidiviz’s findings on correctional data in all 50 states.

In January, CSG Justice Center staff continued extensive planning, coordination, and communication both internally and with project partners. CSG Justice Center staff continued to work closely with staff from Recidiviz to advance the “data scan” (also referred to as “state data”) component of the project, including (a) ensuring that the publicly available, aggregate-level data being compiled adhered to the agreed-upon framework and (b) reviewing and confirming Recidiviz’s initial findings on correctional data in all 50 states.

The Moss Group, Inc. (TMG) will collaborate with the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) agency and facility meeting participants to identify and prioritize next steps to support ongoing implementation and sustainability of prevention, detection, and response strategies to enhance staff and inmate safety, specifically as it pertains to addressing the reporting of sexual abuse and the development of a positive culture among staff, targeting mid-level managers.

Over this reporting period, we are working on numerous configurations to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of our central Salesforce database.

Goals and Proposed Activities
The following describes the areas of focus for the advanced TA work with the Tarrant County
Jail.
Policy development and implementation
The Tarrant County Jail has seen an increase in the number of transgender individuals in
custody. Overall, policy guidance regarding transgender individuals is weak. For example, while
transgender individuals are allowed to have their pat search preference and their preferred
pronoun on their ID card, there is nothing in policy about ability to house by gender identity

The PRC is contracting with the Message Agency to build an integration between Salesforce, our in-house central database platform, and Drupal, our website content management system. This integration will enable a number of functions, including creating an online space where PREA Coordinators can login, save bookmarked resources, network with one another, and ask the PRC to weigh in on discussions. Because of the data integration, they will also be able to access records of audits conducted in their agencies.