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3 Case Example 1: Justice Reinvestment
3 Case Example 1: Justice Reinvestment
Pages 19-30
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1 According to the Council of State Governments Justice Center, "[j] ustice reinvestment is a data-driven approach to improve public safety, reduce corrections and related criminal justice spending, and reinvest savings in strategies that can decrease crime and reduce recidivism." See https://csgjusticecenter.org/jr (accessed July 25, 2018)
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(Lyon) • he core strategies underlying the success of justice reform programs T aimed at reducing juvenile crime include identifying champions with vi sion, stakeholder knowledge, and subject-matter expertise; using evidence based practices to develop a systemic algorithm; taking an incremental approach; implementing quality control and oversight mechanisms; devel oping a sustainability plan; and developing good public relations.
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The process begins with an extensive stakeholder engagement process, which involves meeting with local government, law enforcement, behavioral health experts, treatment service providers, victim advocates, the business community, and others. The Justice Reinvestment Initiative then proposes policy solutions and changes that can be made to the corrections system to avert rising costs and produce safer outcomes for communities, and it helps implement and sustain data collection, performance metrics, transparency, and accountability.
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In contrast, Lyon said, West Virginia made an upfront investment, appropriating nearly $12 million over the course of 3 years to support expanded substance abuse treatment services. West Virginia has the highest rate of death per accidental drug overdose.
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. IMPROVING OUTCOMES AND CONTAINING COSTS USING EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS TO REDUCE JUVENILE CRIME An analysis by the Georgia Criminal Justice Reform Council in 2012 found that when juvenile judges commit a child to state custody, it costs $91,000 per year to house a child in secure detention and about $29,000 per year to house a child in a non-secure facility.
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In Clayton County, the savings available for reinvestment in evidence-based programs for youth increased from about $200,000 in 2014 to about $400,000 in 2015 and 2016, and about $700,000 was available for reinvestment in 2017. School–Justice Partnership Model Teske described an algorithm to reduce recidivism in juvenile justice (see Figure 3-1)
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Total Cost Savings = $25.5 to $38.7 million FIGURE 3-1 Recidivist reduction algorithm for juvenile justice systems. NOTE: ADV = average daily population; CBS = community-based service; EBP = evidence-based practice; LOS = length of stay; O.R.
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Clayton County from 2003 to Present Teske shared some of the outcomes of Clayton County's efforts since becoming a Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative site in 2003. The juvenile crime rate is down 71 percent, he said.
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There has also been an 83 percent decline in the number of probationers; a 78 percent decline in total violations filed; and a 93 percent decline in violations of probation warrants. There has been a 73 percent decline in commitments to the state juvenile justice system (youth being placed outof-home outside of Clayton County)
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Lyon raised the serious concern of those occasions when an offender is released to community supervision and then commits a heinous crime. It becomes challenging to have conversations about data, because no matter how good the numbers are, someone has been killed in that community.
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Lyon suggested several areas where health could work with justice to help overcome challenges. A particular obstacle in rolling out funding for increased substance abuse services has been finding treatment providers who are willing to work with people in the criminal justice system.
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Mary Pittman, the president and chief executive officer of the Public Health Institute, asked about preventive interventions that could dissuade others in a family from following the same path as the disruptive or chronically disruptive youth in the family. Teske highlighted Multi-Systemic Therapy and Functional Family Therapy as important approaches.
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