Equipment/Technology

Objective 3: Promote Justice Counts with the goal of increasing participation and support.? (Developing Promotional Materials and Conference Appearances)?

There is no activity to report toward this objective specifically, though work listed under other objectives also advances the goals of promoting Justice Counts.

Objective 7: Facilitate the adoption and implementation of Justice Counts in additional states. (Light Touch States)?
In Michigan, CSG Justice Center staff met with the Genesee County Sheriff's Office, who opted in, and met with a State Representative who wants to be a Justice Counts champion in Michigan.
In Rhode Island, CSG Justice Center staff met with the Department of Corrections to discuss metrics work, as staff have previously been involved in metrics development.

Objective 2: Continuously review the metrics, technology, solution for states, and related resources and refine as needed. (Metrics and TIGs/ Publisher Updates)
There was no work towards this objective in July as CSG Justice Center staff were focused on the development of Tier 2 metrics, which is reported under the FY19 Justice Counts Implementation grant (2019-ZB-K005).

Objective 3: Promote Justice Counts with the goal of increasing participation and support. (Developing Promotional Materials and Conference Appearances)
In July, CSG Justice Center staff presented at the CSG Midwest Legislative Conference on Justice Counts?and also met with the?National Institute of Corrections (NIC) to introduce the project and discuss ways that NIC can promote Justice Counts.?

Objective 7: Facilitate the adoption and implementation of Justice Counts in additional states.
In California, CSG Justice Center staff met with the Yolo County District Attorney to prepare for an upcoming conference presentation.?
In Arkansas, CSG Justice Center staff met with the Arkansas Criminal Detention Facilities Review Committee to discuss an upcoming presentation.
In Michigan, CSG Justice Center staff met with the Ingham County Jail to introduce the project and discuss onboarding.

Objective 9: Provide structured, ongoing support up to 15 Category 1 grantee states and support the field. (IG States/ Vendor and Automation)
In Arizona, CSG Justice Center staff met with the Cochise County Superior Court and the Bisbee Justice Court to discuss implementation with the courts in Cochise County.
In Georgia, CSG Justice Center staff met with the Georgia Administrative Office of the Court to plan for an upcoming site visit. ?

Objective 1: Use the hub and spoke model to engage all necessary and appropriate subject matter expertise to support Justice Counts design and implementation. (Partners)
In July, CSG Justice Center staff met with staff from the National Sheriff's Association and the University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute to provide publisher demos and discussion collaboration points.

Objective 1: Develop standards for local jurisdictions and state criminal justice agencies that will result in data being accurately and comprehensively aggregated at the state and national levels. (Tier 2 metrics and TIGs)
In August the first four metrics committees (Jails, Prisons, Law Enforcement and Community Supervision) met. The committees accepted most of the recommendations that came out of public feedback.

Objective 5: Develop and run a national campaign to educate criminal justice agency leaders, policymakers, and the public about the Justice Counts metrics. (Website Work)
In July, CSG Justice Center staff worked toward a finalized design of the Prison Dashboard.
The request for proposals (RFP) for agency dashboard design, development, and deployment closed on August 21 with ten proposals from contractors received. CSG Justice Center staff reviewed the proposals and will make a selection to move the dashboard work forward.

Objective 2: Develop tools and make them available to states and other interested jurisdictions (publisher).
Work for this objective is now complete with the development and implementation of the Justice Counts Publisher.