Advocacy

The Justice Center requested assistance in assuring that its policies, procedures, staffing and training are in line with best practices for serving its population while ensuring due process and justice for all involved. This request was referred to the Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime.

The Justice Center requested assistance in assuring that its policies, procedures, staffing and training are in line with best practices for serving our population while ensuring due process and justice for all involved.

The Keller Group Neighborhood Foundation requested technical assistance to develop a strategic plan to address service gaps for the returning citizens. BJA determined the Keller Group to be ineligible for assistance through BJA NTTAC.

Protect United States of America.

Since its launch in 2010, the RJIP has identified and helped to reform policies and practices that produce racial disparities in local criminal justice systems across the country.

NCJA Travel

Need assistance in developing a manual for Kentucky Prosecutors to assist in making appropriate bail recommendations based risks to public safety as opposed to defendant's ability to post a monetary bond. Key elements include screening by an experienced prosecutor, a recommendation based upon risk factors, and an opportunity to make alternative to incarceration recommendations suchas treatment, drug or mental health courts, or deferred prosecution.

I am writing in regards to training for David Kennedy's Drug Market Intervention training for my city. I am a Councilmember for the city of Anniston (David E. Reddick) and I would like to bring the District Attorney for Calhoun County (Brian McVaigh) a community organizer (Vince Williams) and my new drug taskforce head (Allen George). I am interested in this small group attending training so that it can be implemented in the City of Anniston

BJA will commission a White Paper on risk assessment use in state and local sentencing decision making. The final report will be a critical tool to expand BJA's knowledge of how risk information is used, and may impact future BJA funding priorities and strategies.

BJA will identify a provider to facilitate JRI peer-to-peer technical assistance events. Similar events were held in February 2015 to share ideas, resources, and tools from sites involved in JRI efforts. This TA will expand those events to more sites involved in JRI activity.