SB 889 — AN ACT CONCERNING THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY AND PLANNING DIVISION AND THE PUBLICATION OF REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS BY THE OFFICE OF POLICY AND MANAGEMENT.

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Such report shall aggregate information, including, but not limited to, the number of public defenders funded through the pilot program, the number of preliminaryPublic hearingsAct andNo. final parole revocation hearings served by such public defenders and the associated outcomes of such hearings.

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(2) The number of (A) individuals remanded to the custody of the Department of Correction for criminal and technical violations, and (B) individualsPublic heldAct inNo. custody beyond a preliminary hearing pending a final parole revocation hearing;

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9 October 1, 2021 Repealer section Statement of Legislative Commissioners:

In Section 2, "development" was replaced with "develop" for accuracy and in Section 3(c), Subdiv.

(4) was moved for accuracy.

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485 The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose.

In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge.

Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.

OFA Fiscal Note State Impact:

None Municipal Impact:

None Explanation The bill makes several changes to the reporting requirements of the CriminalJustice Policy andPlanning DivisionwithintheOffice ofPolice and Management.

This has no fiscal impact, as it is anticipated the agency can meet these requirements with existing resources.

The Out Years State Impact:

None Municipal Impact:

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485 OLR Bill Analysis sSB 889 AN ACT CONCERNING THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY AND PLANNING DIVISION AND THE PUBLICATION OF REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS BY THE OFFICE OF POLICY AND MANAGEMENT.

SUMMARY This bill makes various changes and updates to reporting requirements of the Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division (CJPPD) within the Office of Policy Management (OPM).

Principally, the bill:

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eliminates the requirement for CJPPD to develop a plan to promote a more effective and cohesive state criminal justice system and biennially update the Governor and the Appropriations and Judiciary committees on the plan (§ 1);

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requires CJPPD to annually track, in its trends and outcomes reporting system, the recidivism of offenders who received earned risk reduction credits (§ 3);

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eliminates a requirement for the CJPPD reporting system to define outcomes for major programs and annually report them (§ 3);

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requiresCJPPDto conduct adataanalysisof state criminaljustice system trends and annually report the data and analysis to the Governor and the Judiciary Committee (§ 4);

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repeals the CJPPD annual report and presentation requirement on promoting an effective and cohesive criminal justice system (§ 4);

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narrows the Criminal Justice Policy Advisory Commission’s (CJPAC’s) duties by eliminating certain reporting and presentation requirements and the commission’s full-day review of the state’s criminal justice system required under current law (§ 5);

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requires OPM to make any CJPPD report or presentation availableontheoffice’swebsite,includingcertainspecificreports (§§ 1-4, 6 & 7).

It also makes technical changes and repeals the OPM urban violence reduction grant program and certain CJPPD reporting requirements (§§ & 9).

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October 1, 2021 § 3 — TRENDS AND OUTCOMES REPORTING SYSTEM Annual Connecticut Recidivism Study Existing law requires CJPPD to develop a reporting system that trackstrendsandoutcomesrelatedto policiesdesignedto reduce prison overcrowding, improve rehabilitation efforts, and enhance reentry strategies for offenders released from prison.

Current law requires this reporting system to annually track the recidivism of offenders (1) released from prison;

(2) on probation;

and (3) participating in programs designed to reduce prison overcrowding, improve rehabilitation efforts and enhance reentry strategies for offenders released from prison.

The bill requires the system to also annually track the recidivism of offenders who received earned risk reduction credits.

Major Program Outcomes The bill also eliminates a requirement for the reporting system to define and annually report outcomes for major programs and delineate strategies to measure outcomes when information needed to measure a program’s effectiveness is not yet available.

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485 § 4 — TRENDS IN CONNECTICUT’S CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM REPORT The bill requires CJPPD, by October 15 each year, to submit a report to the Governor and the Judiciary Committee analyzing data on state criminal justice system trends, including, if available, the number of reported crimes and arrests and the size of the populations on probation, parole, special parole, and in prison.

It repeals a requirement under current law for CJPPD to annually submit a report and make a presentation to the Governor and the Judiciary and Appropriations committees on the actions needed to promote an effective and cohesive criminal justice system.

§ 5 — CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY ADVISORY COMMISSION (CJPAC) The bill narrows CJPAC’s duties by eliminating requirements for the commission to (1) develop a guide on best practices for providing reentry services and (2) develop and annually update a plan to ensure the availability of reentry services, including establishing community reentry centers.

The bill eliminates a requirement that CJPAC report annually to the governor and the legislature on outcomes achieved under the state’s reentry strategy and the coordination of information technology systems used by criminal justice agencies.

ItalsoeliminatesarequirementthatCJPACsponsorafull-dayreview of the criminal justice system in the state for all members of the criminal justice community, facilitated by the CJPPD undersecretary.

§§ 1-4, 6 & 7 — REPORTS AVAILABLE ON OPM’S WEBSITE The bill requires OPM to make any CJPPD report or presentation available on the office’s website, including the division’s:

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annual report on the correctional system population projections for planning purposes (§ 2), 2.

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new annual report containing data analysis of state criminal justice system trends (§ 4), 4.

annual report on the chief public defender’s pilot program to provide representation at parole revocation hearings (§ 6), and 5.

annual report on the prevalence and disposition of traffic stops and reported complaints (§ 7).

§ 9 — REPEALER The bill repeals a requirement for OPM, within available appropriations, to administer an urban violence reduction grant program.

It also repeals requirements for CJPPD to:

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notify municipalities monthly of outstanding arrest and rearrest warrants for probation violations;

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track, analyze, and annually report to the Judiciary Committee on recidivism rates for children;

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report to the legislature quarterly on the use of earned risk reduction credits.

COMMITTEE ACTION Judiciary Committee Joint Favorable Yea 36 Nay 0 (03/29/2021) sSB889 / File No.

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