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Recent Developments in Sentencing and Corrections Reform

Recent Developments in Sentencing and Corrections Reform. Presentation to the Nevada Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice January 27, 2014 Nancy Fishman, Project Director, Vera Institute of Justice Alison Shames, Consultant, Vera Institute of Justice. January 27, 2014.

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Recent Developments in Sentencing and Corrections Reform

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  1. Recent Developments in Sentencing and Corrections Reform Presentation to the Nevada Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice January 27, 2014 Nancy Fishman, Project Director, Vera Institute of Justice Alison Shames, Consultant, Vera Institute of Justice January 27, 2014

  2. Presentation Overview • Recent reform efforts • Summary of policy trends • Keys to success

  3. Vera Institute of Justice • Vera is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit center for justice policy and practice. • “Making systems fairer and more effective through research and innovation.” • Criminal justice projects include: • Justice Reinvestment Project • Pathways from Prison to Postsecondary Education Project • Segregation Reduction Project • National PREA Resource Center

  4. Recent reform efforts

  5. Recent Reform Efforts • At least 17 states have enacted comprehensive criminal justice reform over the last four years. • Reform prompted by budget pressures, high prison growth, evidence-based research, data-based inquiry and solutions.

  6. Early Results

  7. Policy Trends

  8. Population and Cost Drivers • Increasing incarceration rates • Longer lengths of stay • High rates of parole and probation revocations • Inefficient community corrections practices • Insufficient capacity for services • Inefficient parole system

  9. Policy Trends • Safely reduce prison populations • Strengthen community supervision • Expand community-based sanctions • Support the reentry of offenders into community • Make more-informed policy decisions

  10. Safely Reduce Prison Populations • Sentencing reform • Reclassifying offenses • Modifying thresholds • Amending mandatory minimums • Earned and good time credits • Expanded parole eligibility

  11. Strengthen Community Supervision • Redefine agency goals and officers’ roles • Behavioral management approach to supervision • Implement risk and needs assessment instrument • Focus supervision resources on high-risk offenders • Provide services based on offenders’ needs

  12. Expand Community-Based Sanctions • Problem-solving courts • Intermediate and graduated responses • Increase availability of community-based treatment

  13. Support Reentry into Community • Mandatory post-release supervision • Transitional leave programs • Mitigate collateral consequences

  14. More-Informed Policy Decisions • Performance-based funding and contracting • Oversight committees • Reporting on performance and system outcomes

  15. Keys to Success

  16. Keys to Success • Collaboration with key stakeholders • Bold leaders • Culture change • Realistic expectations • Use of data (accountability, oversight, etc.) • Investment in evidence-based practices

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