Prisons

The Jails and Justice Support Center (JJSC) assists jails in creating and sustaining safe, humane, and effective environments for their populations, including incarcerated individuals, staff, and visitors. The JJSC engages directly with jurisdictions in the delivery of training and technical assistance on the identified core topics. In addition to providing technical assistance and resources for jails, the JJSC also serves as a hub for other federally funded programs and resources.

CHJ TA Center leadership proposed and had accepted a session on the integration of deflection and reentry. This session featured the TA Center Director, a SCA grantee (Freedom Life Ministries of NC), and a SME partner from The Fletcher Group. The grantee, SME and TA Director also met with the BJA Policy Advisor to the COSSUP Program, which was represented at the conference. The grantee intends to apply for a COSSUP grant to expand his reentry program to include the deflection model.

Advancing Data in Corrections Summer Conference (August 16th-17th, 2024) - Conference hosted by CSG Justice Center staff in Nashville, TN for corrections professionals and individuals in similar data-focused positions. The conference had participants from 45 states. 

“Transforming Corrections: How Research and Analytics Can Improve Prison Safety” webinar, the second session in the Virtual Academy webinar series, which featured a presentation by Sarah Fineran (Research Director, Iowa Department of Corrections) and Dwain Caldwell (Chief Data Officer, Iowa Department of Corrections) and was attended by 118 corrections analysts, research directors, and other interested people. (118 participants representing 33 agencies)

Seminar series hosted by CSG Justice Center staff on workforce operations and overtime analysis at the Washington, DC DOC. The seminar series was held on September 18, 2024. The Seminar Series was approved by BJA on September 10, 2024

Washington State Department of Corrections (WADOC) is committed to making sure that transgender people in their custody are supported as they prepare to transfer to facilities that align with their gender identity. As such, the WADOC requested technical assistance to develop workshops to support transgender people in this process. More specifically, the technical assistance will include the development of a series of pre-and posttransfer workshops for both trans men and trans women.

Vera hosted a virtual meeting of the D4D advisory board to review the advisory member role and responsibilities, discuss the request for proposal and site selection process, and provide an overview of the project timeline and key activities for stage 1. Advisory board members shared feedback on the proposed activities for stage 1 and offered insights on ways to best engage selected partners during the rapport-building phase.

MA DOC convened a meeting with Vera and a private consulting firm to discuss the agency’s strategic planning and culture change initiatives, with a goal of clarifying responsibilities and identifying any potential overlaps between the two external partners.

Vera associate directors, D4D site leads, and the data collection team met with the DOC director and executive leadership to discuss the status of the project and deliver project implementation support.

Vera, D4D associate director met with the DOC representatives to discuss questions about the memorandum of understanding.