Alabama Sentencing Commission
Consulting on the process of comprehensive sentencing reform, including truth-in-sentencing, structured sentencing, enhancement of community punishments, and development of a sentencing database and simulation model
Iowa General Assembly
Helping legislative leaders from both houses study various criminal justice policy responses to the current budget crisis
Kansas Sentencing Commission
Providing advice on the commission's implementation of legislation to expand substance abuse treatment for certain nonviolent drug offenders
Kansas Department of Corrections;
Texas Department of Criminal Justice; and
Wisconsin Department of Corrections
Helping paroling authorities and community supervision officials collaborate with domestic violence victim advocates and other nonprofit agencies to strengthen measures to hold returning prisoners accountable and improve safety for families
Massachusetts Department of Corrections;
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections;
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections; and
Tennessee Department of Corrections
Helping corrections officials collaborate with domestic violence victim advocates and other nonprofit agencies to intervene with returning prisoners before their release and improve safety for families
Nebraska Community Corrections Council
Helping a multibranch working group formed by Governor Mike Johanns study community punishment and other strategies to reduce prison overcrowding and control corrections costs
New Mexico Sentencing Commission
Providing assistance to a new government agency composed of representatives from all three branches of government and various other constituencies as it studies possible changes to sentences
New York State Department of Correctional Services and Division of Parole
Testing a model program to reduce recidivism by preparing state prisoners to reenter the community
New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services
Implementing cross-jurisdictional crime mapping and analysis tools
New York State Office of Children and Family Services
Testing a portable drug treatment program for kids moving through the juvenile justice system
assisting the state and major counties to reform service systems for Persons in Need of Supervision
Oklahoma Department of Corrections
Working with the commission as it contemplates sentencing reforms in the areas of drug policy, offense classification, and restructuring the criminal code
Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice
Providing assistance on reducing the number of offenders incarcerated for violating the conditions of their probation or parole as well as on possible changes to drug policy
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