Facilities (General Capacity/Security)

Priority Area 1: Data Analysis: Analyze data from the Department of Corrections (DOC), Kentucky State Police (KSP), Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) and other state agencies (where appropriate and available) to quantify the number of people involved in Kentucky's criminal justice system for DV- and IPV-related offenses, with the goal of identifying the full scale and impact of these offenses on the state's criminal justice system and the potential for reducing prison and jail populations and improving interventions.

Ripening States and ProjectsMonthly Updates:In November, the CSG Justice Center focused on following up on previous connections made at the National Summit to Advance States' Criminal Justice Priorities in December 2023. CSG Justice Center staff will continue to utilize the list of priority states to build out stakeholder engagement through the reminder of the year and into 2025.

Ripening States and ProjectsMonthly Updates:In November, the CSG Justice Center focused on following up on previous connections made at the National Summit to Advance States' Criminal Justice Priorities in December 2023. CSG Justice Center staff will continue to utilize the list of priority states to build out stakeholder engagement through the reminder of the year and into 2025.

Ripening States and Projects
Monthly Updates:
In October, the CSG Justice Center remained focused on general ripening activities related to planning for follow-up engagements that will build on connections made at the National Summit to Advance States' Criminal Justice Priorities in December 2023. The CSG Justice Center staff worked to compile a list of priority states and build out a stakeholder engagement list for future follow-up through the reminder of the year and into 2025.
West Virginia

West Virginia:In October, CSG Justice Center staff planned a site visit to Charleston for November 10-13 to meet with key stakeholders, including the speaker of the house, senate president, and chief counsel to the governor, to discuss and finalize the executive order to form a JRI working group. Emails were sent to these stakeholders to request meetings during the November site visit and we are awaiting a response.

There were 7 in-person and virtual site visits between September and December 2024. This included a virtual site visit on October 25, 2024, with the FY20 JMHCP Rogers County, OK, team, whose grant project is providing services in the county jail and a virtual site visit with FY18 JMHCP Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation, WA, on September 11, 2024.

Objective 6: Provide intensive TA to 10 states, supporting the adoption and use of the Justice Counts metrics to drive decision-making.
9/4 - Meeting with Judge Carrie Stiller, Superior Court Judge & Floyd County JRAC Chair to discuss how Justice Counts could support their work in Floyd County. (1 person, representing 2 agencies)

Objective 6: Provide intensive TA to 10 states, supporting the adoption and use of the Justice Counts metrics to drive decision-making.
9/4 - Presentation for the 2024 Fall POPAI (Probation Officers Professional Association of Indiana) Conference. (35 people, representing 20 agencies)

Objective 6: Provide intensive TA to 10 states, supporting the adoption and use of the Justice Counts metrics to drive decision-making.
9/4- Meeting with Judge Mary Ellen Diekhoff, Division V, Circuit Court & Monroe County JRAC chair to discuss how Justice Counts can be implemented in Monroe County (1 person, representing two agencies)

Objective 6: Provide intensive TA to 10 states, supporting the adoption and use of the Justice Counts metrics to drive decision-making.
9/6 - Meeting with Angie Estes (Research Director for Community Corrections) to provide updates on the state and how to move things forward. (1 person representing 1 agency)