Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council

The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee heard HB 1068 authored by Rep. Frye regarding local justice reinvestment advisory councils.  The bill establishes a local justice reinvestment advisory council (local advisory council) in each county in Indiana and provides that the purpose of a local advisory council is to review local criminal justice systems, policies, and procedures. … [Read more...] about Local justice reinvestment advisory councils

H.E.A. 1047, P.L. 34 Effective: March 14, 2020 Specifies the purpose and certain duties of the justice reinvestment advisory council, including the duty to study jail overcrowding, and adds additional members, including members of the Indiana evidence-based decision-making initiative (which is a partnership between state and local criminal justice stakeholders). Read the bill at: … [Read more...] about Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council

H.E.A. 1346, P.L. 48 Effective: March 14, 2020 Repeals all provisions concerning the county jail overcrowding task force. Adds additional members to the justice reinvestment advisory council ("advisory council"), including members of the Indiana evidence based decision making initiative (which is a partnership between state and local criminal justice stakeholders). Specifies the … [Read more...] about Jail overcrowding

The Senate Corrections and Criminal Code Committee heard HB 1047 concerning Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council sponsored by Sens. M. Young, Koch, and Randolph.  Rep. Steuerwald presented bill, which was requested by JRAC and the Evidence Based Decision Making State Policy Team (EBDM) to combine these groups since they share many of the same members and common goals. The bill … [Read more...] about Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council

The Senate Corrections and Criminal Code Committee heard HB 1346 concerning jail overcrowding sponsored by Sens. Koch and Randolph.  Rep. Frye presented the bill which would continue the review of jail overcrowding as a part of the Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council. The bill was amended by consent to ensure consistency between code sections referenced in this bill and HB 1047 on … [Read more...] about Jail overcrowding