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Whatcom County committee narrows recidivism metrics to start Justice Project data work
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Members of the Incarceration Prevention and Reduction Task Force's Legal and Justice Systems Committee on April 8 agreed to begin with measurable jail-based recidivism metrics while pursuing broader, longer-term definitions and data linkages.
Members of the Whatcom County Incarceration Prevention and Reduction Task Force's Legal and Justice Systems Committee on April 8 discussed and narrowed the initial metrics the county will use to evaluate the Justice Project Implementation Plan, focusing on data that local systems can measure now.
Bertie (IPRTF staff/data coordinator) told the committee that VillageReach consultant Julia Garrett had recommended four outcome measures: "the number of jail bookings, the average length of jail stay, the number of people on release from jail that are connected to care in some fashion," and "the fourth is…
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