Families of Prisoners

CSG Justice Center staff held 193 contacts (via phone and email) with FY16-FY22 grantees in the month of May.

CSG Justice Center staff held 134 contacts (via phone and email) with FY16-FY22 grantees in the month of June.

CSG Justice Center staff held 158 contacts (via phone and email) with FY16-FY22 grantees in the month of April.

CSG Justice Center staff held 219 contacts (via phone and email) with FY16-FY22 grantees in the month of March.

CSG Justice Center staff held 210 contacts (via phone and email) with FY16-FY22 grantees in the month of February.

CSG Justice Center staff held 138 contacts (via phone and email) with FY16-FY22 grantees in the month of January.

For six months, CJI repeatedly met with the Governor’s office to discuss the status of the JRI effort. During June, CJI discussed drafting an additional op-ed to outline the problem statement our effort is addressing. Towards the end of June, the governor’s office drafted the executive order establishing the task force and agreed on a timeline for the general task force and task force subgroup meetings as well as presentations to the task force.

For six months, CJI repeatedly met with the Governor’s office to discuss the status of the JRI effort. After discussing roundtable planning with the Governor’s office, CJI began identifying stakeholder roundtable groups as well as potential hosts and facilitators for roundtables. CJI agreed that stakeholder engagement with county commissioners, jail administrators, sheriffs, victims, as well as criminal justice-impacted persons was most important.

All COIP grantees were invited to this event. This event focused on correctional systems are increasingly recognizing the importance of working with families. Now, more than ever, courts, probation, and corrections agencies should consider a fundamental shift away from an ad-hoc, system-centered approach to a culture and strategy that centers families in supervision and service policies and practices.

All COIP grantees were invited to this event. This event focused on correctional systems are increasingly recognizing the importance of working with families. Now, more than ever, courts, probation, and corrections agencies should consider a fundamental shift away from an ad-hoc, system-centered approach to a culture and strategy that centers families in supervision and service policies and practices.