Section 4-68o - Reporting system to track criminal justice system trends and outcomes(a) The Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division within the Office of Policy and Management shall develop a reporting system that is able to track trends and outcomes related to policies designed to reduce prison overcrowding, improve rehabilitation efforts and enhance reentry strategies for offenders released from prison.(b) The reporting system shall, at a minimum, track on a monthly basis: (1) The number of admissions to prison (A) directly from courts, (B) on account of parole revocation, and (C) on account of probation revocation,(2) the number of releases on parole and to other forms of community supervision and facilities,(3) the rate of granting parole,(4) the number of probation placements and placements to probation facilities,(5) the prison population, and(6) the projected prison population.(c) The reporting system shall, at a minimum, track on an annual basis: (1) Recidivism of offenders released from prison,(2) recidivism of offenders on probation,(3) recidivism of offenders participating in programs designed to reduce prison overcrowding, improve rehabilitation efforts and enhance reentry strategies for offenders released from prison, and(4) recidivism of offenders who received earned risk reduction credits pursuant to section 18-98e. The division shall measure recidivism in accordance with a nationally-accepted methodology.(d) The division shall monthly report the reporting system's tracking pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. The Office of Policy and Management shall make such report publicly available on the office's Internet web site.(e) The division shall publish an annual outcome report not later than February fifteenth of each year thereafter. The Office of Policy and Management shall make such report publicly available on the office's Internet web site. Such report may be included as part of the report submitted under section 4-68p.( P.A. 05-249, S. 3; P.A. 07-217, S. 199; P.A. 10-32, S. 8.)
Amended by P.A. 21-0097,S. 3 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2021 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2021.Amended by P.A. 10-0032, S. 8 of the February 2010 Regular Session, eff. 5/10/2010.