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• 2/26: Presented at the first annual Maine Municipal Association Police Summit at the Offices of MMA in Augusta. The Police Summit was attended by members and co-chairs of CJPS as well as municipal law enforcement and offices from across the state. In addition to the CSG Justice Center presentation there were presentations from five Maine police chiefs that relayed experiences with implementing innovative police-mental health partnerships in their communities.
• 2/26: Attended and participated in public working session of CJPS at the Maine State House presided over by co-chair Senator (Democrat, Biddeford) and co-chair Representative (Democrat, Hallowell) where committee members carefully reviewed policy options. CSG Justice Center staff were present and responded to all inquiries posed.
• 2/27: Meeting with CJPS committee member Representative (Republican, Windham) to discuss specific aspects of the proposed policies, especially gender-specific services at the DOC.
• 2/27: Meeting with CJPS minority caucus leader Representative (Republican, Dixfield) to discuss Justice Reinvestment policy options and receive guidance and feedback .
• 2/27: Meeting with representatives of the executive branch to discuss Justice Reinvestment policy options and receive feedback and guidance for further refinement. Members of the executive branch that were in attendance were as follows: Deputy Chief of Staff (Office of the Governor), Deputy Legal Counsel (Office of the Governor), Senior Policy Advisor and Children’s Cabinet Coordinator (Office of the Governor), Director of Opioid Response (Office of the Governor), Senior Policy Advisor (Office of The Governor), Commissioner (Department of Health & Human Services [DHHS]), Director (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, DHHS), Commissioner of the Department of Corrections [DOC], and Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety [DPS] to discuss Justice Reinvestment policy options.
• 2/27: Meeting with Deputy Director (Maine Pretrial Services) and Coordinator (Cumberland County Dual Diagnosis Collaborative) to receive additional feedback on policy options, and in particular the pretrial use of arrest for VCR.
• 2/27: Meeting with Justice (Superior Court Judge, Augusta) to discuss policy options related to pretrial arrest for VCR and presumptive probation for some Class C and some Class B felony offenses.
• 2/27: Attended event co-hosted by Representative (Democrat, Portland) and The Sentencing Project regarding racial disparity and disproportionate contact with the criminal justice system by race in Maine. Director of Advocacy (The Sentencing Project) spoke with Maine legislators and members of the public about how to champion sentencing reform using the lens of racial disparity in Maine.
• 2/27: Meeting with Representative (Democrat, Portland) and Director of Advocacy (The Sentencing Project) to further discuss racial disproportionality in Maine’s criminal justice system and the Justice Reinvestment policies that address that disproportionality.
• 2/11: Call with Policy and Legal Director (Office of the Senate President) to provide an update on the JRI process in Maine and review the proposed JRI policy options. They provided feedback on the proposed policy options and helpful information on the 2020 legislative session.
• 2/12: Call with CJPS Committee member Representative (Democrat, South Portland) to discuss policy recommendations impacting women in the justice system, particularly those who have histories of trauma and experiences with domestic violence victimization.
• 2/14: Call with Policy Director (MMA) to prepare for the MMA Police Summit on February 26, 2020.
• Weekly call with CJPS co-chair Senator (Democrat, Biddeford), co-chair Representative (Democrat, Hallowell), Policy Counsel (Office of the Senate President), Policy Counsel (Office of the Speaker of the House), and Representative (Democrat, Portland) to discuss progress of Justice Reinvestment policy options and legislation.
• 2/18: Call with Policy and Legal Director (Office of the Senate President) to provide an update on the JRI process in Maine and review the proposed JRI policy options. They provided feedback on the proposed policy options and helpful information on the 2020 legislative session.
• 2/21: Call to discuss all current legislation impacting incarcerated women in Maine with Representative (Democrat, Portland), Assistant Professor (Colby College), Research Assistant (Colby College), Executive Director (Maine Women’s Lobby), and Director of Public Policy (Planned Parenthood of Northern New England).
• 2/21: Call with Policy and Legal Director (Office of the Senate President) to provide an update on the JRI process in Maine and review the proposed JRI policy options. They provided feedback on the proposed policy options and helpful information on the 2020 legislative session.
• 2/21: Weekly call with CJPS co-chair Senator (Democrat, Biddeford), co-chair Representative (Democrat, Hallowell), Policy Counsel (Office of the Senate President), Policy Counsel (Office of the Speaker of the House), and Representative (Democrat, Portland) to discuss progress of Justice Reinvestment policy options and legislation.
• 2/28: Weekly call with CJPS co-chair Senator (Democrat, Biddeford), co-chair Representative (Democrat, Hallowell), Policy Counsel (Office of the Senate President), Policy Counsel (Office of the Speaker of the House), and Representative (Democrat, Portland) to discuss progress of Justice Reinvestment policy options and legislation.
This month, CSG Justice Center research staff focused on developing and refining the potential impacts of the proposed changes in the Justice Reinvestment policy package. The majority of prison bed reductions would come from a presumptive probation policy for Class C property and drug offenses. Research staff also ran this scenario for just Class C property offenses. Additional, smaller bed impacts would come from limits on days revoked for probation revocations that are not for a new offense. Estimates for probation revocations that do not have a new offense are hard to determine given the level of detail provided in Maine DOC admissions data.
2/5/2020: CSG Justice Center research staff worked to develop a model of potential impacts for the proposed legislation in the Justice Reinvestment package. A focus was on reducing the length of stay in prison for a technical probation revocation, specifically those technical revocations that are not new crimes. Given the complexities of this policy, it is not projected to decrease the prison population significantly.
2/25/2020: CSG Justice Center research staff continued to develop models for the potential impacts of the proposed legislative changes in the Justice Reinvestment package, focusing primarily on the presumptive probation impact. Anticipating feedback from stakeholders, staff also ran a scenario in which presumptive probation only applied to Class C property offenses. Limiting presumptive probation to property offenses reduced both the anticipated bed impact and the anticipated averted costs.
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