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Report of the Committee on Facilities & Services to the District Task Force on Jails & Justice

 This report details the findings of the District Task Force on Jails and Justice's Committee on Facilities and Services.

 
Corrections Data Technical Addendum for the District Task Force on Jails & Justice

 This document includes the corrections data technical addendum for the District Task Force on Jails & Justice.

 
Community Engagement Data Analysis 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. 

Jails & Justice: A Framework for Change
Jails & Justice: A Framework for Change

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. 

Improving Mental Health Services and Outcomes for All: D.C.'s Department of Behavioral Health and the Justice System
Improving Mental Health Services and Outcomes for All: D.C.'s Department of Behavioral Health and the Justice System

 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.

 

From Prisons to Professions: Increasing Access to Occupational and Professional Licenses for D.C.'s Returning Citizens
From Prisons to Professions: Increasing Access to Occupational and Professional Licenses for D.C.'s Returning Citizens

Collaborating with Georgetown Law Center’s Community Justice Project to identify the most serious collateral consequences of having a criminal record, CCE has focused on reforms needed in D.C.’s occupational and professional licensing system. This report examines barriers that a returning citizen may experience while working to obtain an occupational or professional license in the District of Columbia. CCE’s eight recommendations include prohibiting D.C.’s licensing boards from considering non-conviction background information and older convictions, as well as creating and applying a uniform standard that all licensing boards use to review convictions.

 
Remote Public Access to Electronic Court Records: A Cross-Jurisdictional Review for the D.C. Courts

CCE is proud to provide this CCE's cross-jurisdictional review of systems for remote access to public court records to help guide the D.C. courts as they continue to implement new technologies.

Beyond Second Chances: Returning Citizens’ Re-entry Struggles and Successes in the District of Columbia
Beyond Second Chances: Returning Citizens’ Re-entry Struggles and Successes in the District of Columbia

Through a review of previously unreleased data and a series of in-depth interviews with returning citizens and service providers, this report, Beyond Second Chances: Returning Citizens’ Re-entry Struggles and Successes in the District of Columbia, provides the most complete picture to date of the challenges that returning citizens face in D.C. and offers recommendations to help them succeed when reintegrating into their communities. In a city where 1 in 22 adults is under some form of correctional control on any given day, easing the path home will benefit thousands of D.C. residents, their families, and the entire city by helping returning citizens move beyond second chances to fulfill their potential.

 
Toward Greater Access - A Proposal for a Clemency Solution for DC

Working with Georgetown Law’s Community Justice Project, CCE drafted this initial policy report for the D.C. Council, Toward Greater Access: A Proposal for a Clemency Solution for DC. The primary goal of this proposal is to create the most effective, complete, and feasible clemency solution possible for DC. This Proposal functions as a complete set of recommendations that could immediately be implemented by the Council of the District of Columbia.This document’s analysis is based on academic articles and research into current state clemency system practices. Furthermore, we conducted interviews with legal academics about best practices in clemency systems, individuals affiliated with CCE with knowledge of and experience with the DC criminal justice system, returning citizens—both federal and DC Code offenders—in DC who sought clemency, and local practitioners, who could talk about obstacles to clemency in the current system.

Equity in School Discipline
Equity in School Discipline

CCE's "Equity in School Discipline" begins by comprehensively describing the District of Columbia's traditional and charter public school disciplinary systems. In addition, the report provides an assessment of the discipline policies that traditional and charter schools follow. It then outlines the due process rights that are afforded to District youth who may be facing exclusion from school based on behavior in violation of school discipline codes. This section also offers "Quick Tips" that provide helpful information to attorneys, advocates, parents, and students who may be challenging a discipinary action. The report ends by profiling the voices of select school administrators from DC traditional and charter middle and high schools who are responsible for developing and implementing school discipline policies. These school administrators share best practices and ways to improve dsicipline in schools. 



 
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