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This DNA Evidence Analysis is a supplemental document for CCE's School Jury Education Project (SJEP).

On March 4, 2021 CCE Board leader and Youth Justice Committee Co-Chair Paul Lee testified before the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety of the Council of the District of Columbia at the Performance Oversight hearing for the Office of the Attorney General.

The Task Force conducted a survey of D.C. residents incarcerated in the BOP as a part of its Phase II work. This document contains an analysis of those survey results.

On February 11, 2021, CCE's Executive Director Misty Thomas testified before the Committee on the Judiciary and Pubic Safety of the Council of the District of Columbia at the Performance Oversight Hearing for the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC).

This document is a summary of the 80 recommendations made by the District Task Force on Jails & Justice in their Phase II report.

This report details the Phase II findings of the District Task Force on Jails & Justice's Committee on Local Control.

Published on February 11, 2021, the Phase II report includes implementation plans for the District Task Force on Jails & Justice's 80 recommendations aimed at reducing the District's reliance on incarceration, investing in the community, regaining local control over parts of DC's criminal justice system, and creating a safe, dignified facility for DC's incarcerated residents. The Task Force is convened by the Council for Court Excellence and partner the National Reentry Network for Returning Citizens.

Feedback from community engagement sessions conducted by The National Reentry Network for Returning Citizens during Phase II of the Task Force's work.

On December 2, 2020, CCE submitted comments to the DC HIstoric Preservation Board regarding the instant historic landmark designation application filed for the site of CORE DC's new men's halfway house. CCE urged the Board to reject the application so CORE DC can move forward with construction, and the District can open a new halfway house for men. The comments was prepared with Pillsbury LLP's generous pro bono support.

This memo describes CCE’s projection of the District of Columbia’s correctional population in Fiscal Year 2030 for the District Task Force on Jails & Justice. It identifies a starting incarcerated population number, based on data from the D.C. Department of Corrections (DOC) and the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), and then explains how we estimated the ways in which that population might change over the next decade if policies recommended by the Task Force’s four committees are implemented.

This report details the Phase IIfindings of the District Task Force on Jails & Justice's Committee on Community Investments &Alternatives to the Criminal Justice System.

This report details the Phase II findings of the District Task Force on Jails & Justice's Committee on Decarceration.