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1. 9/1: Call with Corporate Counsel (Zephyr Products LLC) to learn about Zephyr Products LLC partnership with KDOC and to understand current efforts and solicit recommendations to increase employment opportunities for people in the justice system in Kansas.
2. 9/1: Call with the KCJRC Specialty Prisons Working Group to hear updates on progress from the working group members.
3. 9/1: Call with Attorney General (Kansas) to provide an update on JRI and to discuss sentencing and violent crime.
4. 9/2: Call with District Attorney (Sedgwick County and Chair, KCJRC) to review quotes and press release language for JRI.
5. 9/2: Call with District Magistrate Judge (20th Judicial District) and District Magistrate Judge (10th Judicial District) to provide an update on JRI assessment activities.
6. 9/8: Call with Representative (R-District 74) to provide an update on JRI assessment activities.
7. 9/8: Call with Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director (Substance Abuse Center of Kansas SACK), Clinical Care Manager (SACK), and Clinical Care Coordinator (SACK) to understand current behavioral health procedures/resources, explore challenges, and develop recommendations for improvement.
8. 9/8: Call with Representative (D-District 84) to provide an update on JRI assessment activities.
9. 9/8: Call with District Attorney (Sedgwick County and Chair, KCJRC) to review the upcoming presentations that will be delivered to the full KCJRC and subcommittees.
10. 9/8: Call with Executive Director (Heartland Regional Alcohol and Drug Assessment Center “RADAC”) and Supervisor (Re-Entry Programs, Heartland RADAC) to understand current behavioral health procedures/resources, explore challenges, and develop recommendations for improvement
11. 9/8: Call with Professor (Clinical Professor of Law, Director of Clinical Programs, Director of Project for Innocence & Post-Conviction Remedies) to provide an update on JRI assessment activities.
12. 9/8: Call with Director (Riley County Community Corrections, and Chair, KCJRC Supervision Working Group) to provide an update on JRI assessment activities.
13. 9/8: Call with Professor (Professor of Law, Washburn University) to provide an update on JRI assessment activities.
14. 9/9: Call with Emergency Solutions Grant Program Manager (Kansas Housing Resources Corporation) to understand current housing procedures and resources, explore challenges, and develop recommendations for improvement.
15. 9/9: Call with Secretary (KDOC) and Deputy Secretary of Juvenile/Adult Community-Based Services (KDOC) to provide an update on JRI assessment activities and to discuss the sentencing section of the full KCJRC presentation.
16. 9/10: Call with Supportive Housing Supervisor (Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center) and Adult Counselor (Johnson County Community Mental Health Center) to understand current housing procedures and resources, explore challenges, and develop recommendations for improvement.
17. 9/10: Call with Director of Advocacy (American Civil Liberties Union “ACLU” Kansas) and Policy Associate (ACLU Kansas) to discuss the scope of Justice Reinvestment in Kansas in order to guide a longer call with ACLU staff scheduled for 9/17.
18. 9/10: Call with Chief Executive Officer (Valeo Behavioral Health Care) to provide an update on JRI assessment activities.
19. 9/10: Call with Program Administrator (Department of Children and Families) to learn how DCF partners with other agencies to leverage funds and to understand how funds are supporting programs for people who are currently or formerly incarcerated.
20. 9/10: Call with Director (Kansas Bureau of Investigation) to understand current law enforcement procedures and strategies being employed statewide to prevent violent crime.
21. 9/10: Call with Executive Director (Mid Kansas Community Action Program) to understand current housing procedures and resources, explore challenges, and develop recommendations for improvement.
22. 9/11: Call with Job Specialist (KDOC) to better understand the collaboration between Wichita Parole and workforce coordinators and to develop recommendations for improving access to education and employment in Kansas.
23. 9/11: Call with Executive Director (Northeast Kansas Community Action Program NEK-CAP), Continuum of Care Coordinator (NEK-CAP), Program Manager (NEK-CAP), Family Self-Sufficiency Program Coordinator (NEK-CAP), and Housing Director (Southeast Kansas Community Action Program, SEK-CAP) to understand current housing procedures and resources, explore challenges, and develop recommendations for improvement.
24. 9/11: Call with Vice President of Career Services (Goodwill and NexStep Alliance Director) and Transition Coordinator (NexStep Alliance) to learn about NexStep Unlocked and other initiatives that support education and employment opportunities for people in the justice system and to develop recommendations for improving access to education and employment in Kansas.
25. 9/11: Call with Executive Director (Friends of Recovery) to understand current substance use and housing procedures and resources, explore challenges, and develop recommendations for improvement.
26. 9/14: Call with the Kansas Board of Cosmetology to hear updates during their monthly meeting and to refine recommendations for improving licensing guidelines for people in the justice system.
27. 9/15: Call with Vice President of Instruction (Barton Community College), Dean of Workforce Training and Community Education (Barton Community College), Executive Director of Healthcare and Public Service (Barton Community College), and Coordinator (Correctional Education Services, Barton Community College) to learn about Barton Community College’s efforts to provide education to people in the criminal justice system.
28. 9/15: Call with Program Director (KDOC) to learn about the capacity of KDOC to provide/offer work release, cognitive programming, and incentives for participation.
29. 9/16: Call with President and CEO (Mirror Inc.), Vice President of Treatment Services (Mirror Inc.), and Vice President of General Services (Mirror Inc.) to understand current behavioral health procedures/resources, explore challenges, and develop recommendations for improvement.
30. 9/16: Call with District Attorney (Sedgwick County and Chair, KCJRC) to provide an update on JRI assessment activities.
31. 9/17: Call with Vice President of Career Services (Goodwill and NexStep Alliance Director), Transition Coordinator (NexStep Alliance), and Program Coordinator (NexStep Unlocked) to continue learning about NexStep Unlocked and state funding streams that support education and employment opportunities for people in the justice system.
32. 9/17: Call with Director of Advocacy (American Civil Liberties Union ACLU Kansas) and Policy Associate (ACLU Kansas) to discuss the advocacy landscape in Kansas as it relates to communities and groups of people disproportionately impacted by violent crime, including victims and survivors of violent crime.
33. 9/17: Call with Secretary (KDOC) to provide an update on JRI assessment activities.
34. 9/17: Call with Director of Rehabilitation Services (Department of Children and Families) to learn about Kansas state funding for education, employment, and reentry services and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
35. 9/17: Call with Deputy Chief (Wamego Kansas Police Department, and President, Kansas Peace Officers Association) to understand current strategies being employed statewide to prevent violent crime, with the hopes of developing recommendations for improvement.
36. 9/17: Call with Executive Director (Workforce Partnership), Local Area Project Director (Workforce Partnership), and Site Director (Leavenworth County, Workforce Partnership) to understand local reentry and employment efforts from the Workforce Board in Area 3 (Leavenworth, Wyandotte, and Johnson County) and to develop recommendations for improving access to education and employment for people with criminal records who reside in Kansas.
37. 9/17: Call with Deputy Secretary of Juvenile & Adult Community-Based Services to discuss the supervision assessment and potential recommendations for improvement.
38. 9/18: Call with Director (Northwest Kansas Community Corrections), Director (11th Judicial District Community Corrections), Executive Director (25th Judicial District Community Corrections), Director (Riley County Community Corrections), and ISO II (Northwest Kansas Community Corrections) to provide an overview of Justice Reinvestment in Kansas, learn about challenges faced in the regional areas of Kansas (as an organization and for people on supervision) before and after March, and develop recommendations for improvement.
39. 9/18: Call with the KCJRC Supervision Working Group to hear updates on working group progress and provide updates on the community supervision assessment.
40. 9/18: Call with Public Service Executive (Kansas Department of Commerce) and Program Manager and Alternative Workforce Specialist (Kansas Department of Commerce) to provide an update on assessment findings and recommendations.
41. 9/18: Call with County Attorney, Leavenworth County and President (Kansas County and District Attorney’s Association) to understand current strategies being employed statewide to prevent violent crime, with the hopes of developing recommendations for improvement.
42. 9/18: Call with Executive Director of Programs & Risk Reduction (KDOC) to provide an update on assessment findings and recommendations.
43. 9/21: Call with the KCJRC Diversion/Supervision/Specialty Courts/Specialty Prisons Subcommittee to hear updates on the subcommittee’s progress and provide updates on the community supervision assessment.
44. 9/21: Call with Team Lead (Justice Team, New Century Adult Detention Center, Johnson County) to understand current housing procedures and resources, explore challenges, and develop recommendations for improvement.
45. 9/21: Call with Director of the Business and Industry Institute (Hutchinson Community College) to develop recommendations for improving access to education and employment for people with criminal records who reside in Kansas.
46. 9/22: Call with the KCJRC Proportionality/Guidelines Subcommittee to hear updates on subcommittee progress and provide updates on the JRI assessment.
47. 9/22: Call with Transition Coordinator (NexStep Alliance) and Program Coordinator (NexStep Unlocked) to continue learning about NexStep Unlocked and state funding streams that support education and employment opportunities for people in the justice system.
48. 9/23: Call with Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs, Dean of the College (Donnelly College) to develop recommendations for improving access to education and employment for people with criminal records who reside in Kansas.
49. 9/23: Call with Commissioner of Behavioral Health Science ( KDADS), Director of Behavioral Health Services (KDADS), SUD & Federal Block Grant Project Coordinator (KDADS), Opioid Response Coordinator (KDADS), and Housing, Employment & SOAR Benefits Program Manager (KDADS) to continue discussions on current housing/substance use disorder procedures/resources, explore challenges, and develop recommendations for improvement.
50. 9/23: Call with End-Dependence Kansas Coordinator (Kansas WorkforceONE) to develop recommendations for improving access to education and employment for people with criminal records who reside in Kansas.
51. 9/23: Call with the KCJRC Supervision Working Group to hear updates on working group progress and provide updates on the community supervision assessment.
52. 9/23: Call with PhD, Director of Community Impact (United Ways of the Plains) to understand current housing procedures and resources, explore challenges, and develop recommendations for improvement.
53. 9/23: Call with Clinical Professor of Law, Director of Clinical Programs, Director of Project for Innocence & Post-Conviction Remedies (University of Kansas School of Law) to provide an update on JRI assessment activities and to vet potential recommendations for improvement.
54. 9/23: Call with Executive Director (Kansas Sentencing Commission KSSC), Director of Research (KSSC), and Senior Research Analyst (KSSC) to identify sentencing analysis work in collaboration with CSG Justice Center staff.
55. 9/24: Call with Region II Director (Compass Behavioral Health) to understand current behavioral health procedures/resources, explore challenges, and develop recommendations for improvement.
56. 9/25: Call with Director of Stabilization Services (Catholic Charities of Northern Kansas) to understand current behavioral health procedures/resources, explore challenges, and develop recommendations for improvement.
57. 9/25: Call with Executive Director (Crisis Center of Dodge City) to understand the advocacy landscape in Kansas as it relates specifically to communities and groups of people disproportionately impacted by crime, including victims and survivors of violent crime.
58. 9/25: Call with Regional Operations Manager (Kansas Department of Commerce) and Executive Director (Heartland Works Inc.) to develop recommendations for improving access to education and employment for people with criminal records who reside in Kansas.
59. 9/28: Call with Representative (R-District 74) to provide an update on JRI assessment activities.
60. 9/29: Call with Human Resources and Safety Coordinator (JR Customs Metal Products) and Controller (JR Customs Metal Products) to learn about the partnership with Goodwill and the Unlocked program and to learn how the state of Kansas can get other organizations to have partnerships with education and employment training providers.
61. 9/30: Call with Professor (Clinical Professor of Law, Director of Clinical Programs, Director of Project for Innocence & Post-Conviction Remedies) to discuss the state of housing in Kansas and the recommendations developed for improvement.
62. 9/30: Call with the KCJRC Supervision Working Group to hear updates on working group progress and provide updates on the community supervision assessment.
63. 9/30: Call with District Attorney (Sedgwick County and Chair, KCJRC) to provide an update on JRI assessment activities.
• Gov. Kelly works to address criminal justice reform, fiscal challenges
• Criminal Justice Reform Commission explores high costs of incarceration in Kansas
• Virus significantly reduced state prison population, group says
In September, CSG Justice Center research staff analyzed prison, probation, and parole data from KDOC, focusing on activity and trends for drug offenses, program participation in prison, and recidivism. Research staff also analyzed sentencing data from the Kansas Sentencing Commission, focusing on activity by sentencing grid location, and developed slides and reports summarizing the results of data analysis for the working group presentation on September 14.
- 9/1: Analysis of Kansas Sentencing Commission data—felony sentences by location on the sentencing grid.
- 9/14: Analysis of Kansas Sentencing Commission data—felony sentence details by location on the sentencing grid.
- 9/16: Analysis of KDOC prison data—prison population and length of stay by location on the sentencing grid.
- 9/22: Analysis of KDOC prison data—prison admissions for drug offenses and prison program enrollment by risk levels.
- 9/23: Analysis of KDOC probation data—length of stay on probation and time to revocation, probation three-year incarceration rates.
- 9/24: Analysis of Kansas Sentencing Commission data—felony sentence details by location on the sentencing grid.
- 9/29: Analysis of KDOC prison and probation data—three-year incarceration rates by risk levels.
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