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CCE and the D.C. Auditor released "Everything is Scattered: The Intersection of Substance Use Disorders and Justice-Involvement in the District." The report highlights both the District’s successes and challenges in addressing the substance use disorder (“SUD”) treatment needs of people who are involved in the criminal justice system, with the goal of improving health outcomes and reducing incarceration for D.C. residents.
This white paper details CCE and the George Washington University Law School’s Prisoner & Reentry Clinic proposal to update the District’s law on good time credits, earned time credits, and compassionate release for incarcerated residents. The report was prepared in consultation with the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia and with Covington & Burling LLP’s generous pro bono support.
This report details the findings of the District Task Force on Jails & Justice's Committee on Community Investments & Alternatives to the Criminal Justice System.
This report details the findings of the District Task Force on Jails & Justice's Committee on Decarceration.
This report details the findings of the District Task Force on Jails & Justice's Committee on Local Control.
This report details the findings of the District Task Force on Jails and Justice's Committee on Facilities and Services.
This document includes the corrections data technical addendum for the District Task Force on Jails & Justice.
This document contains the community engagement data analysis for Phase I for the District Task Force on Jails & Justice.
Published on November 5, 2019, the Phase I report includes feedback from nearly 2,000 community members and experts in the criminal legal field, as well as the input and energy from its 26 members. The Task Force is convened by the Council for Court Excellence and partners the Vera Institute for Justice and National Reentry Network for Returning Citizens.
A Report of the Office of the District of Columbia Auditor
Kathleen Patterson, District of Columbia Auditor
The Department of Behavioral Health’s (DBH) mission is “to develop, manage and oversee a public behavioral health system for adults, children and youth and their families that is consumer driven, community-based, culturally competent and supports prevention, resiliency and recovery and the overall wellbeing of the District of Columbia.” Among the populations that DBH serves are adults with behavioral health disorders who commit, or are accused of committing, a criminal offense. In October 2016, the Office of the District of Columbia Auditor (ODCA) engaged the Council for Court Excellence (CCE) to conduct a review of, and make recommendations for improving, the effectiveness of DBH’s interactions with the criminal justice system and the services it provides to justice-involved behavioral health consumers.
