1. Reducing Racial Disparities in Local Jurisdictions

2. DEAD HORSE Native American Wisdom: When you discover you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. Bureaucratic Wisdom: The Horse Is Dead—So Let’s--- --BUY A STRONGER WHIP --CHANGE RIDERS --Say “THIS IS THE WAY WE HAVE ALWAYS RIDDEN THIS HORSE.” --APPOINT A COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE HORSE. --DECLARE “NO HORSE IS TOO DEAD TO BEAT”.

3. A Couple of Terms... Disproportionate Minority Confinement (DMC): A racial/ethnic group’s representation in confinement exceeds their representation in the general population Disparity: Different treatment of individuals who are similarly situated or who have common characteristics

4. BI Philosophy Detention facilities are harmful System stakeholders + Community = new opportunities to develop sustainable alternatives to incarceration Need System Maturity

5. Beyond Mere Talk Intentional Unapologetic The work to achieve tangible DMC reduction results will not succeed unless its champions are:

6. Process Truths W. Hayward Burns Institute: DMC Training Institute 2006 Process is not NOT SEAMLESS Process is not NOT QUICK Agency mandates and agendas are inconsistent Leadership Changes Public Will Changes Values must be learned and embraced over time Cultural shifts do not manifest immediately

7. DMC Work Truths Kick-Start by a roll of the.… ata-driven ntentional onsensus-Based ngagement Focus DICEDICEDICEDICE

8. DATA-DRIVEN 1.Avoid becoming attached to early DMC assumptions or prematurely drawing conclusions 2.Let the numbers tell the story Because if you don’t...

9. The Global Discussion: DMC is caused by: – Racism – Poverty – Levels of Criminality

10. The Blame Game... It’s the fault of: the kids, the families, the community, the parents, society at large, music videos, television, the police, judges, the mayor, the governor, the President, racism, subtle discrimination, overt discrimination, the “system,” drugs, guns, poor education, inadequate housing, the schools, the kids, the families, the community...

11. Being Intentional Always apply the race lens Identify who will do the leg work Look for opportunities for new/expanded programs that can impact the DMC population

12. What Are You Trying to Do? Raise Awareness Data Collection Change Policies Actual Reduction Change Attitudes

13. The Approach to Reducing Disproportionality Demographic Analysis Crimes By Race/Location/Time Community Profile Detention Process – Case Processing Issues – Objective Decision-Making

14. What This Process Is: Strategic Cooperative Voluntary Data Driven Opportunities for Intervention

15. Who is at the Table? Community Groups/Youth Judges Politicians Law Enforcement Advocates Detention and Probation

16. Consensus-Building Process of building agreement never ends Don’t let politeness masquerade as consensus Don’t jump into strategy before assessing and unifying will

17. Data Gathering and Community Profile Detention Data Disaggregated by: Race/Offense/Time/Location Community Profile – Quantitative – Qualitative

18. Community Profile What is this? And Why Do It? A) Quantitative – Physical mapping of target – Identify community resources/programs for youth in target area B) Qualitative Focus Groups, Interviews, Surveys

19. Why Community Engagement? Protection Accountability Urgency Insight

20. The Louisville Experience

21. Secure Detention Data Findings (2004)

24. * This chart represents the total number of charges, not the number of juveniles.

25. Reason the bench warrant was issued  44 of the 68 warrants were issued for a Failure to Appear at a court hearing;

26. Detention Criteria/ Detained or Released  58 of the 68 warrants, did not meet detention criteria on the original charges.

27. Louisville Identified Strategies to Reduce DMC Developed subcommittees to take an in-depth look at the current policies and procedures regarding juvenile bench warrants, and to develop recommendations to enhance the current process. Juvenile Bench Warrant Subcommittee: Reviewed policies and procedures used for: court notification issuing warrants executing warrants application of detention criteria

28. Strategies to implement the recommendation:  Implemented - The CDW office will verify mailing addresses for any notices returned through the mail for a bad address, including contacting JCPS and notifying the juvenile court clerk (if the case is going to juvenile court).  Implemented - Request contact information from Jefferson County Public Schools.  Pending - Establish a process where the system makes contact with youth to remind and/or notify youth and parents/guardians of scheduled court dates.  Pending - Develop a “Contact Sheet” Form for all youth to complete while in Juvenile Court. The form shall be placed in the court file, so that the latest contact information is available for notification purposes. Enhance the Current Notification Process Continued:

29. Key Lessons Learned