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1 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2017 Invite Only 3:00 pm Early Registration Opens 7:00 pm Early Registration Closes MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, :00 am Breakfast 8:00 am Welcome Suzanne Brown-McBride, Acting Director, Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center 8:10 am Opening Remarks John Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections 8:35 am Plenary Session: Unpacking Data on Crime Trends State by State Presenters: Andy Barbee, Director of Research, CSG Justice Center Marshall Clement, Director, Justice Reinvestment, CSG Justice Center 9:05 am Plenary Session: Law Enforcement Challenges and What Works to Address Crime Moderator: Darrel Stephens, Former Executive Director, Major Cities Chiefs Association Chief U. Renee Hall, Dallas Police Department, Texas Chief Tom Manger, Montgomery County Police Department, Maryland Chief Anthony Campbell, New Haven Police Department, Connecticut 10:00 am Plenary Session: Mental Illnesses and Addiction in the Criminal Justice System: Promising Directions to Address Growing Crises Moderator: Dr. Fred Osher, Director of Health Systems and Services Policy, CSG Justice Center Lynda Zeller, Deputy Director, Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Dr. Valerie Arkoosh, Chair, Montgomery County Board of Commissioners, Pennsylvania Kieran Hurley, Esq., Director of Criminal Justice Services, CareSource 10:50 am Coffee Break 11:00 am Breakout Strategy Sessions: Supporting Local Approaches to Reducing Crime and Strengthening Communities 1

2 1. Behavioral Health and the Front End of the Criminal Justice System Opportunities for state and local criminal justice systems to identify strategies to improve outcomes for people with behavioral health conditions who come into contact with law enforcement, are booked into jail, and appear in court. Moderator: Dr. Richard Cho, Director, Behavioral Health Division, CSG Justice Center Deborah Blalock, Executive Director, Charleston Dorchester Mental Health Center, South Carolina Sheriff Mike Reese, Multnomah County, Oregon Arkansas State Representative Clarke Tucker Dr. Valerie Arkoosh, Chair, Montgomery County Board of Commissioners, Pennsylvania 2. Behavioral Health and the Back End of the Criminal Justice System Opportunities for state and local criminal justice systems to identify strategies to improve outcomes for people with behavioral health conditions who are on probation or parole supervision, incarcerated in prison, and reentering communities from corrections settings. Moderator: Steve Allen, Senior Policy Advisor, CSG Justice Center Scott Taberner, Chief of Behavioral Health, Office of MassHealth Jolene Rebertus, State Program Administrative Manager, Minnesota Community Corrections Association Kieran Hurley, Esq., Director of Criminal Justice Services, CareSource 3. How States Can Support Law Enforcement Efforts to Reduce Violent Crime Exploring the role of states in ensuring that local law enforcement agencies have the right data, tools, and knowledge about what works to improve their ability to reduce crime. Moderator: Kristen Mahoney, Deputy Director for Policy, Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice Dr. Robin Engel, Professor and Vice President of Safety and Reform, University of Cincinnati Chris Fisher, Chief Strategic Advisor, Seattle Police Department, Washington Chief Anthony Campbell, New Haven Police Department, CT 4. How State and Local Governments Can Work Together to Improve Decision Making Exploring local improvements to pretrial assessment and front-end decision making and how states can support and scale such efforts. Moderator: Carl Reynolds, Senior Legal and Policy Advisor, CSG Justice Center Judge Gene A. Zmuda, Lucas County Common Pleas Court, Ohio Laurie Garduque, Director, Criminal Justice, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Travis Parker, Senior Project Associate, Policy Research Associates 2

3 12:00 pm Lunch Plenary Session: Face to Face: Connecting Policymakers to the People Closest to Corrections Systems Introduction: Darlene Hutchinson Biehl, Director, Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice Moderator: Suzanne Brown-McBride, Acting Director, CSG Justice Center Glenn E. Martin, Founder and President, JustLeadershipUSA Scott Semple, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Correction Jeff Dion, Director, National Crime Victim Bar Association 1:25 pm Plenary Session: Taking Recidivism-Reduction Strategies to Scale Presenter: Andy Barbee, Director, Research Division, CSG Justice Center Moderator: John Tilley, Secretary, Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, Kentucky Dr. Edward Latessa, Professor and Director, University of Cincinnati School of Criminal Justice Kathy Waters, Director, Adult Probation Services Division, Arizona Supreme Court Bryan Collier, Executive Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice 2:15 pm Coffee Break 2:30 pm Breakout Strategy Sessions: Breaking the Cycle of Reoffending 1. Improving the Use of Risk and Needs Assessment Tools Designing policies that support the quality and effective application of risk and needs assessment tools. Moderator: Juliene James, Senior Policy Advisor, Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice Bree Derrick, Program Director, CSG Justice Center Jesse Jannetta, Senior Research Associate, Urban Institute Ron Solheid, Deputy Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Corrections 2. Using Supervision to Reduce Recidivism Delivering and enhancing meaningful supervision to change behavior and outcomes. Moderator: Heather Tubman-Carbone, PhD, Senior Policy Advisor, Bureau of Justice Assistance Kathy Waters, Director, Adult Probation Services Division, Arizona Supreme Court Mary Butler, Chief Probation Officer, Napa County, California Mack Jenkins, Senior Policy Advisor, CSG Justice Center 3. Improving Data Analytics to Track Recidivism Outcomes and Strategies Establishing statewide recidivism goals and tracking and reporting on metrics and outcomes. Moderator: Ed Weckerly, Research Manager, CSG Justice Center 3

4 Caroline Nobo Sarnoff, Assistant Director of Data Outreach, Measures for Justice Bret (Kristofer) Bucklen, PhD, Director, Research and Statistics, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Nancy La Vigne, Director, Justice Policy Center, Urban Institute Nicole Sullivan, Director, Executive Officer, Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice, North Carolina Department of Public Safety 4. Expanding Effective Programming and Reducing Barriers to Successful Reentry Leveraging data and partnerships to ensure the quality, availability, and success of community-based programs to reduce recidivism and barriers to employment and housing. Moderator: Dr. Nicole Jarrett, Deputy Director, Corrections and Reentry, CSG Justice Center Henry Atencio, Director, Idaho Department of Correction Dr. Richard Cho, Director, Behavioral Health Division, CSG Justice Center John Tilley, Secretary, Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, Kentucky 3:30 pm Plenary Session: A Governor s Reflections on Prioritizing Criminal Justice Policy Change Moderator: Carrie Johnson, Justice Correspondent, National Public Radio Panelist: Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin 4:10 pm The Safety and Justice Challenge Laurie Garduque, Director, Criminal Justice, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation 4:25 pm Closing Remarks Kevin Kempf, Executive Director, Association of State Correctional Administrators 4:45 pm Adjourn 6:00 pm Reception TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, :00 am Breakfast 8:00 am Opening Remarks from Federal Officials Doug Hoelscher, Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, White House 8:30 am Plenary Session: State Strategies to Reduce Corrections Costs and Hold People Accountable Presenter: Marshall Clement, Director, Justice Reinvestment, CSG Justice Center Moderator: Adam Gelb, Director, Public Safety Performance Project, The Pew Charitable Trusts Justice Michael Boggs, Supreme Court of Georgia 4

5 South Carolina State Senator Gerald Malloy Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections Anne Precythe, Director, Missouri Department of Corrections 9:30 am Remarks from Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Introduction: Assistant Attorney General Alan Hanson 10:00 am Coffee Break 10:15 am Breakout Strategy Sessions: Improving Corrections Policy and Practice and Reinvesting in Public Safety 1. Developing Successful Approaches to Improving Sentencing and Parole Identifying policies to help states manage prison population growth and reduce overcrowding by improving parole decision making and updating drug and property offense sentencing policy. Moderator: Len Engel, Managing Associate for Policy, Crime and Justice Institute Alaska State Representative Matt Claman, House Judiciary Committee Chair Denny Kaemingk, Cabinet Secretary, South Dakota Department of Corrections Louisiana State Representative Walt Leger, Speaker Pro Tempore Scott Kernan, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation 2. Holding People Accountable through Supervision Violation Policies and Practices Examining how criminal justice systems respond to supervision violations to protect the public, change behavior, and achieve better long-term results. Moderator: Bree Derrick, Program Director, CSG Justice Center Nicole Sullivan, Director, Exdecutive Officer, Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice, North Carolina Department of Public Safety Marc Levin, Director, Center for Effective Justice and Right on Crime, Texas Public Policy Foundation Gary C. Mohr, Director, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction 3. Safely Reducing Community Corrections Populations How states can safely decrease the size of their supervised populations and reduce recidivism for better public safety outcomes. Moderator: Connie Utada, Public Safety Performance Project, The Pew Charitable Trusts Dean Williams, Commissioner, Alaska Department of Corrections Rollin Cook, Director, Utah Department of Corrections Katie Zafft, Lecturer, University of Maryland Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice Kansas State Representative Russ Jennings, Chairman, Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee 5

6 4. Reinvesting in Public Safety and Measuring Success How states have designed reinvestment strategies and measured outcomes and impacts to ensure public safety improvements. Moderator: Elizabeth Lyon, Deputy Director, Justice Reinvestment, CSG Justice Center Colette Peters, Director, Oregon Department of Corrections Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections Colorado State Representative Pete Lee 5. Utilizing Federal and Foundation Resources to Drive Innovation Leveraging federal and foundation funding to invest in public safety and drive new approaches for improving criminal justice and public safety outcomes. Moderator: Grace Call, Policy Advisor, CSG Justice Center Janelle Melohn, Director, Crime Victim Assistance Division, Iowa Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General Jon Litscher, Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Corrections Tracy Plouck, Director, Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services Mike Schmidt, Executive Director, Oregon Criminal Justice Commission 11:30 am State Team Breakouts 12:30 pm Lunch 1:00 pm Keynote Address: How Federal Leaders Can Support State and Local Public Safety Policies 1:30 pm Concluding Remarks: Next Steps and Resources for States John Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections 2:00 pm Adjourn 6

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