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The absence of uniform reporting and standardization requirements for criminal justice data makes meaningful transparency into court, jail, prison, and law enforcement practices nearly impossible. This panel will highlight legislative efforts to collect comprehensive criminal justice data for reform, including recent legislative efforts in Colorado, Connecticut, and Virginia, pertaining to pretrial, prosecutorial and policing data collection.
NACDL's 19th Annual State Criminal Justice Network Conference August 17-19, 2020 | Held Virtually
NACDL worked with partners in Virginia to foster the passage of comprehensive pretrial data collection legislation.
Coalition letter to the Virginia General Assembly encouraging reform in the pretrial system.
Coalition comments to Deputy Director of the Virginia State Crime Commission Colin Drabert regarding the Pretrial Data Project's proposed legislation to allow for public access to their data.
Coalition letter to Executive Director of the Virginia State Crime Commission Kristen Howard regarding questions and concerns with the Commission's Pretrial Data Project report.
Letter from the Pretrial Justice Coalition to Virginia legislative leadership in their capacity as chair and vice-chair of the Virginia State Crime Commission regarding the need to release the data used in the Commission's Pretrial Data Project so the public can best assess the report and the state's pretrial system.
