Meeting Materials for
Criminal Justice Reinvestment Oversight Committee

Report(s):

• Final Report

March 27 Meeting:

Presentations/Handouts:

• NCSL Criminal Justice Data, National Conference of State Legislatures
• Inmate Reentry Plans Required by Law, National Conference of State Legislatures
• Reentry: Offender Job Training and Employment, National Conference of State Legislatures
• Five-Year Comparison of Felony Convictions in Idaho, Budget and Policy Analysis Division, Legislative Services Office

June 18 Meeting:

Presentations/Handouts:

• CSG Justice Center Presentation, Council of State Governments
• Population Forecast and Bed Analysis, Dept. of Correction
• IDOC Bed Expansion Proposal, Dept. of Correction
• Dept. of Juvenile Corrections’ Youth Programs

July 10 Meeting:

Presentations/Handouts:

• Drugs and Their Impact, Idaho Prosecuting Attorneys Association
• Idaho Courts Presentation, Idaho Supreme Court
• Justice Reinvestment Update, Commission of Pardons and Parole
• Community Reentry Centers and Out of State Placement, Idaho Dept. of Correction
• Data Trends: Utah Criminal Justice Reform, Pew Trusts
• Playing the Long Game: Improving Criminal Justice in Texas, The Council of State Governments
• Justice Reinvestment in Texas: Assessing the Impact of the 2007 Justice Reinvestment Initiative, The Council of State Governments
• The Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2017 Summary
• FIRST STEPS Act Summary
• The Safe, Accountable, Fair, and Effective (SAFE) Justice Act Summary

August 13 Meeting:

Presentations/Handouts:

• Supporting Schools and Students to Achieve, Dept. of Education
• First Time Felony Possession, Idaho Prosecuting Attorney’s Association
• IDOC Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Services & Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Service Expansion, Greg Lewis, Chief Deputy, Idaho Dept. of Correction

Additional Reference Materials:

• Utah Reclassification, Ryan Bush, Principal Legislative Research Analyst, Legislative Services Office
• Good Time and Earned Time Policies for State Prison Inmates, National Conference of State Legislatures
• Compassionate Release State by State
• Dept. of Health and Welfare Mental Health Services
• Idaho Dept. of Correction Forecast Methodology
• The Prison Paradox: More Incarceration Will Not Make Us Safer, Vera Institute of Justice
• 35 States Reform Criminal Justice Through Justice Reinvestment, The Pew Charitable Trusts

September 17 Meeting:

Presentations/Handouts:

• IDOC Drug Offender Study (summary), Scott Bandy, Deputy Prosecutor, Ada County
• Ada County Sheriff’s Office, Stephen Bartlett, Ada County Sheriff
• Criminal Justice Reinvestment Oversight Committee, Henry Atencio, Director, Idaho Dept. of Correction
• Addiction and Treatment: A Community Treatment Provider’s Perspective, Amy Jeppesen, Recovery 4 Life
• CAPP Facility Housing and Programming, Idaho Dept. of Correction
• Education and Employment Training for Offenders, Idaho Dept. of Correction

October 26 Meeting:

Presentations/Handouts:

• Felony Sentencing Update, Sara B. Thomas, Administrative Director of the Courts, Idaho Supreme Court
• IDOC Population Forecast Methodology
• Drug Trafficking Sentences in Idaho, Sean Falconer, Idaho Dept. of Correction
• Justice Reinvestment Initiative Averted Costs and Investments, Jared Hoskins, Principal Budget and Policy Analyst, Budget and Policy Analysis Division, LSO