Resources for Pretrial Justice Reform Pretrial Justice Policy Forum Fostering State Court Leadership on Evidence-Based Pretrial Practices Friday, June 12, 2014 Lori Eville National Institute of Corrections
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Pretrial Programs and Services Training Programs Orientation for New Pretrial Executives Orientation for Pretrial Justice System Stakeholders Sponsored Network Meeting Pretrial Executives Responsive Technical Assistance Jail and Justice System Analysis Pretrial Services Program Assessment Publications Money as a Criminal Justice Stakeholder: The Judge s Decision to Release or Detain a Defendant Fundamentals of Bail: A Resource Guide for Pretrial Practioners & A Framework for Pretrial Reform Measuring What Matters: Outcome and Performance Measures for Pretrial Release and Diversion Initiatives Evidence Based Decision Making in Local Criminal Justice Systems Diversion as an evidence based decision point
A Framework for Evidence Based Decision Making in State and Local Criminal Justice Systems Create a framework for justice systems that will result in improved system outcomes- through true collaborative partnerships; systematic use of research at each decision point; and a shared vision of desired outcomes
EBDM Timeline Overview Phase I Framework Development May 2008-March 2010 Phase II Planning Process June 2010-August 2011 Phase III Implementation August 2011-Dec 2013 NIC began its sponsorship of the Evidence-Based Decision Making in Local Criminal Justice Systems (EBDM) initiative in May 2008 In Phase I, we built the EBDM Framework In August of 2010, NIC selected, on a competitive basis, seven local jurisdictions from across the country to participate in Phase II The same seven sites continued onto the Implementation Phase (Phase III)
Phase IV Participate in a process designed to prepare teams within the 5 states for the EBDM planning phase a state team & 5 local teams Engage additional in-state partners Local partners State partners Prepare Phase V application Phase IV & V 2014-2015 Phase V Select EBDM state(s) Engage in EBDM planning activities in multiple local jurisdictions at the state level Phase VI Engage in EBDM implementation activities in multiple local jurisdictions at the state level
Local Illustration of Phase V In-State Activity Local Local State Local Local
States Participating in Phase IV Activities Colorado Indiana Oregon Virginia Wisconsin