Prisons

"Priority Area 1: Assist the three delivery systems with identifying strategies and developing comprehensive statewide supervision recommendations and definitions for community supervision.
Update: In November, CSG Justice Center staff traveled onsite to present working group recommendations to CSAC for case planning and a behavior response grid, which will support more equitable supervision strategies for community supervision. Recommendations were approved and will be sent to the MN DOC Commissioner for approval.

Following policy development conversations, CJI supported the Work Group in drafting a comprehensive, final report capturing the work of the Reentry Work Group. The report includes key data findings, research points, and the Work Group’s 26 recommendations for improving reentry outcomes in North Dakota.

CJI staff guided the Work Group through the policy development process as part of Phase I of JRI. The Work Group was divided into two focus areas for their policy discussions – the first group focusing on the “front-end” of the criminal justice system (practices including deflection, arrest, diversion, court processing, and sentencing), and the second focusing on the “back-end” of the criminal justice system (in-prison practices, release planning, community reentry support, housing, and healthcare).

CJI hosted a roundtable discussion in-person at the Good Road Recovery Center in Mandan on 7/17/24. Participants included Native individuals affiliated with North Dakota’s MHA tribal nation who have lived experienced with the justice system.

Developed 1-pager of RHRIAP to aid in the recruitment of a new site.

Developed a 1-pager of short-term technical assistance opportunities to aid in the recruitment of new sites.

Worked on compiling program documentation that will be used as a policy variance to pilot the RISE program.

Met with the implementation team to debrief the presentation to wardens and IDOC executive team, discuss RISE programming and activities, and review a proposed point system for tracking daily behaviors.

Met with Peer Mentor/Educator subgroup to determine how to use peer mentors in the RISE program and how to select them.

Prepared two presentations for IDOC leadership about the proposed RISE program.