Justice Reinvestment in Maine: Improving Supervision and Data Collection
Policy Framework
Justice Reinvestment in Maine: Improving Supervision and Data Collection
This policy framework outlines recommendations developed as a part of a Justice Reinvestment effort in Maine in 2020 in collaboration with Maine's Commission to Improve the Sentencing, Supervision, Management and Incarceration of Prisoners. The recommendations were reflected in draft legislation in 2020. The aim of these policies was to improve access to and availability of quality behavioral health resources; improve success on probation; and improve data collection, monitoring, and information sharing to better understand trends and racial, ethnic, gender, and geographic disproportionalities in the criminal justice system.
Jessica Gonzales-Bricker, Carl Reynolds, Laura van der Lugt, Sarah Wurzburg | January 2021 | The Council of State Governments Justice Center
Project Credits
Writing: Jessica Gonzales-Bricker, Carl Reynolds, Laura van der Lugt, Sarah Wurzburg, CSG Justice Center
Research: Jessica Gonzales-Bricker, CSG Justice Center
Advising: Elizabeth Lyon, Marshall Clement, CSG Justice Center
Editing: Leslie Griffin, Emily Morgan, CSG Justice Center
Public Affairs: Brenna Callahan, CSG Justice Center
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Research Operations Manager, Research
Jessica
Gonzales-Bricker
provides
project
management
support
to
the
CSG
Justice
Center
research
team,
coordinating
workflows
and
project
resources.
Previously,
Jessica
worked
as
the
director
of
research
for
the
Meadows
Mental
Health
Policy
Institute’s
Center
for
Justice
and
Health
and
as
...
a
research
project
manager
at
the
CSG
Justice
Center.
In
her
previous
role
at
the
CSG
Justice
Center,
she
analyzed
data
and
provided
policy
support
for
multiple
projects,
including
the
Justice
Reinvestment
Initiative.
She
has
also
conducted
research
and
technical
assistance
for
the
Texas
Juvenile
Justice
Department
and
worked
as
a
policy
analyst
in
the
Texas
House
of
Representatives.
Jessica
has
a
BA
in
political
science
from
Baylor
University
and
an
MPA
from
the
University
of
Texas
at
Austin.
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Senior Legal and Policy Advisor, State Initiatives
Carl
Reynolds
helps
manage
and
develop
projects
related
to
courts,
corrections,
law
enforcement,
and
sentencing.
He
works
on
Justice
Reinvestment
and
other
projects
where
expert
legal
and
policy
research
is
needed.
Previously,
Carl
served
as
director
of
the
Texas
Office
...
of
Court
Administration.
From
1997
to
2005,
he
was
general
counsel
for
the
Texas
Department
of
Criminal
Justice
(TDCJ),
responsible
for
prisons,
probation,
and
parole.
He
also
was
general
counsel
to
the
Texas
Board
of
Criminal
Justice—the
governing
body
for
TDCJ.
Prior
to
that
position,
he
was
the
executive
director
of
the
Texas
Punishment
Standards
Commission,
general
counsel
to
the
Texas
Senate
Committee
on
Criminal
Justice,
director
of
the
Senate's
redistricting
staff,
and
a
briefing
attorney
for
the
Texas
Court
of
Criminal
Appeals.
Carl
holds
a
BA
from
the
University
of
Cincinnati,
an
MA
from
the
Lyndon
B.
Johnson
School
of
Public
Affairs,
and
a
JD
from
the
University
of
Texas
School
of
Law.
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Deputy Program Director, State Initiatives
Laura
van
der
Lugt
provides
justice
systems
assessment,
policy
development,
and
implementation
technical
assistance
to
states,
counties,
and
cities.
She
specializes
in
improving
correctional
continuum
practices,
strengthening
supervision
practices,
and
building
and
sustaining
networks
of
community
resources
necessary
to
improve
...
community
supervision
outcomes
and
public
safety.
Before
joining
the
CSG
Justice
Center,
she
was
the
director
of
research
and
innovation
at
the
Suffolk
County
Sheriff’s
Department
(SCSD)
in
Boston,
Massachusetts,
where
she
oversaw
the
development,
management,
and
measurement
of
SCSD
policy
innovation
and
programmatic
strategy.
Prior
to
SCSD,
she
worked
as
the
director
of
evaluation
and
learning
at
Roca
Inc.,
a
Massachusetts-based
nonprofit
organization.
Laura
began
her
justice
policy
career
in
the
Boston
Police
Commissioner’s
Office
of
Research
and
Development,
where
she
coordinated
and
managed
the
City
of
Boston’s
federal
Second
Chance
Act
Adult
Reentry
Demonstration
Project
grant-related
programming.
Laura
holds
a
BA
in
sociology
from
Bates
College,
an
MA
in
criminology
from
the
University
of
Pennsylvania,
and
a
PhD
in
criminology
and
justice
policy
from
Northeastern
University.
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Deputy Division Director, Behavioral Health
Sarah
Wurzburg
oversees
technical
assistance
focused
on
behavioral
health,
diversion,
and
reentry
and
serves
as
the
lead
for
projects
related
to
substance
use,
mental
illnesses,
and
housing.
She
leads
the
work
on
the
development
of
community
responder
programs,
including
a
...
toolkit
that
supports
sites
in
development
of
non-police
responses
to
people
in
crisis.
Previously,
Sarah
was
a
research
analyst
at
the
National
Association
of
State
Alcohol
and
Drug
Abuse
Directors,
Inc.,
where
she
was
the
team
lead
for
Youth
and
Women’s
Services
and
was
the
primary
author
of
research
reports
on
youth
substance
use
disorder
treatment,
driving
under
the
influence,
and
Medicaid.
Sarah
has
also
worked
as
a
juvenile
court
advocate
and
in
community
substance
use
disorder
prevention.
She
received
her
BA
from
DePauw
University
in
English
(writing)
and
her
MA
in
social
services
administration
with
a
focus
on
policy
analysis
from
the
University
of
Chicago.
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