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Plenary: Increasing Success on Probation through Action-oriented Research: Models and Lessons from the Reducing Revocations Challenge
SESSION INFO
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
4:30PM - 6:00PM
Session Type: Plenary
Revocations are an issue that community corrections leaders absolutely must confront, and understanding why they happen is critical to tackling them effectively. Like every aspect of the justice system, now more than ever before, probation and parole departments are under a microscope from both internal and external stakeholders. As such, it is imperative that the issue of revocations be front and center in the crucial conversations taking place among community corrections practitioners at every level.
Drawing on the work of the Reducing Revocations Challenge (RRC) – a national initiative funded by Arnold Ventures, this plenary session will provide attendees with an approach for identifying the biggest drivers of revocations in their jurisdictions, guidance for developing and implementing bold, yet feasible, policy and practice solutions to address them, and suggestions for monitoring and measuring impact of those implemented solutions.
Speakers will highlight the work of up to three probation agencies participating in the RRC and how they used the valuable data collected to identify key drivers of revocations in their contexts. They will also talk about how they have selected and developed unique strategies to reduce revocations. Without a doubt, their findings and focused approaches will benefit countless agencies that look to enhance their current efforts to increase success stories.
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SESSION PRESENTERS
Reagan Daly
Research Director, CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance
Reagan Daly is the Research Director at the CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance, where she oversees a broad portfolio of research projects in criminal justice and other public policy areas, including data and performance measurement work for more than 25 sites participating in the MacArthur Foundation’s Safety and Justice Challenge, and ISLG’s work on Arnold Ventures’ Reducing Revocations Challenge. Prior to joining the Institute, Reagan served as the Assistant Commissioner for Research and Planning at the New York City Department of Probation (DOP), where she helped advance data-driven decision-making by providing research and analytic support to departments and units across the agency. During her time at DOP she oversaw the implementation of new risk-needs assessment instruments, including the development of a monitoring and validation plan; and, together with partners from the Center for Court Innovation, designed a quasi-experimental evaluation of DOP’s neighborhood-based model of probation supervision, called the Neighborhood Opportunity Network (NeON), that was funded by the National Institute of Justice. Prior to DOP Reagan was an Associate Director at the Vera Institute of Justice. She received her Ph.D. in criminology from the University of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Troy Hatfield
Deputy Chief Probation Officer, Monroe Circuit Court Probation Department
Troy Hatfield is the Deputy Chief Probation Officer in Monroe County, Indiana. He has over 23 years of experience in community supervision and currently oversees adult and juvenile probation and the court alcohol and drug program. Troy also serves as the president of the Probation Officers Professional Association of Indiana.
Corey Hazelton
Assistant Deputy Director, Ramsey County Community Corrections
Corey Hazelton has been serving the Ramsey County Community Corrections department for 25 years. Corey is currently an Assistant Deputy Director in the Adult Services Division where he oversees nine field offices that include high risk, supervised release, domestic abuse, and young adult units. Prior to that he served for five years as a supervisor in the Domestic Abuse Unit and a Program Manager in the Ramsey County Correctional Facility. He began his career as an assistant probation officer and a probation officer with the department. This year Corey was a graduate of the American Probation and Parole Association Leadership Institute. He received his BA in Sociology from the University of Minnesota.
Cara Singer
Division Director, Pima County Adult Probation
Cara Singer is the Field Services Division Director for the Adult Probation Department of Arizona Superior Court in Pima County. Cara began her probation career in 1998 with Pima County Juvenile Court as a probation officer and later worked in the foster care system in Arizona. She joined Adult Probation in 2010 as a probation officer where the department had embraced and implemented evidence-based practices. In 2013, Cara was promoted to unit supervisor for pre-sentence investigations. In 2017, she moved to Flagstaff and worked as the Probation Division Manager for Coconino County Juvenile Court. She returned to Tucson in 2018 and was promoted to Division Director of Field Services in 2020 for Pima County Adult Probation.
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