NACo is holding several criminal justice webinars in the next few
weeks focusing on criminal justice collaboration and mental
illness in the criminal justice system. The October
8th webinar will have the Madera County Behavioral
Health Services Director, Dennis Koch, talking about how his
county is using the Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction Grant
(MIOCR) to implement reentry services for people with mental
illnesses leaving county jail.
From Silo to System: The Importance of criminal Justice
Coordinating Councils
Stepping Up: Effective Strategies for Connecting People with
Mental Illnesses to Services after Release from Jail
Join NACo to learn about key strategies for connecting people
with mental illnesses to community services in preparation for
release from jails and the impact these strategies have had on
the number of people returning to county jails.
In addition, NACo will hold a webinar on how to create and
sustain criminal justice reforms through effective use of
criminal justice coordinating councils (CJCCs). On this webinar,
speakers will discuss the latest national research on creating
sustainable criminal justice policymaking systems and how
counties have been able to put this research into practice to
further systems change. Hear from county leaders in Oregon and
Kentucky about how they’ve been able to build effective criminal
justice decision-making bodies, and the impact these have had on
their systems.
As of September 9, 2015, 111,656 inmates were housed in the
State’s 34 adult institutions, which amounts to 135% of design
bed capacity, and 6,508 inmates were housed in out-of-state
facilities. The current population is 2,066 inmates below the
final court-ordered population benchmark of 137.5% of design bed
capacity, and has been under that benchmark since February 2015.
The link below provides the status of the measures detailed in
the February 10, 2014 Order that Defendants have implemented to
reduce the prison population.
Please find attached September 2015 monthly Three-Judge Court
status report with exhibits. The State submits the status and
benchmark report on the current in-state and out-of-state adult
prison populations, as well as, the measures being taken to
reduce the prison population in response to the court’s February
10, 2014 order. To access previous Three-Judge Court updates,
please visit:http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/News/3JP-2015.html
