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Commission lays out annual reporting schedule, research partnerships and new data snapshot showing 25-year sentencing trends

2741363 · March 21, 2025
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Staff described timelines for annual reporting and judge verification, highlighted research partnerships with Penn State and Allegheny County, previewed a data snapshot on 25 years of state-sentencing trends and outlined work on simulation models for policy impact analysis.

Commission staff outlined the calendar and workflow for the commission—s annual reporting, judge-verification process and related research projects, and previewed a data snapshot analyzing 25 years of state confinement sentencing trends.

Deputy Director Ryan Myers walked members through the annual reporting and verification timeline. Staff said AOPC data and the commission—s SGS Web submissions are reconciled each year in the January–April period; counties are asked to submit any missing sentencing records in April. Staff said they generally seek an 85% or higher county reporting rate and that last year—s statewide reporting rate had risen to the mid- to high-90s (staff did not quote an exact statewide percentage during the meeting). The commission has posted its 2022 annual report; staff said they expect to finalize and post the 2023 annual report by June and the 2024 report by…

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