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Commission finalizes 2023 annual report, reports 98% statewide sentence reporting and expands resentencing outreach and training
Summary
Commission staff finalized the 2023 annual report for imminent posting, reported an increase in statewide sentencing reporting to 98% for 2024, launched an outreach project to improve resentencing reporting, and previewed education and compendium materials.
Commission staff said June 11 that the 2023 annual report is finalized and will be emailed to members and posted on the commission’s website next week; staff also reported strong statewide reporting rates for 2024 sentencing data and new efforts to improve reporting of resentencings.
Ryan Myers, Senior Deputy Director for Administration and Outreach, said statewide case reporting for 2024 reached 98% of sentences submitted to the commission—an increase of about two percentage points over the prior year—and that no counties fall below the commission’s 85% reporting threshold; all counties are at 90% or higher. He said 62 counties are at 95% or higher and 49 counties are at 98% or higher. Myers said staff will post county‑level reporting percentages on the commission website and continue to notify counties directly.
On resentencing data, Bobby (Education & Outreach) said he sent messages to each county chief probation officer and, as of the meeting, had spoken to representatives from 34 of 67 counties to inventory resentencing reporting practices and barriers. Staff said some counties track resentencings consistently while others do not and that the 2025 effort is intended to create a clearer resentencing percentage metric in the future.
Staff also previewed education and outreach initiatives: expanded e‑learning and new summer courses on offense gravity scores and sentencing enhancements, continued MOUs with Penn State and Duquesne Law School for classroom instruction, and ongoing user acceptance testing for the new case exchange (KCER). Bobby described the commission’s compendium project as an updated, modular replacement for the old implementation manual; staff are drafting offense‑specific handbooks and judicial proceeding consideration materials and seeking member feedback.
Staff cautioned about early analyses of the eighth edition guidelines: the commission has received an increasing share of eighth edition cases during 2024 (rising from under 1% in January to roughly half of cases received in December), but those early cases overrepresent less complex matters (fast dispositions). The research unit recommended waiting another six months of data to produce a robust analysis of eighth edition impacts before publishing conclusions.
Ending: Staff will post the 2023 annual report and county reporting tables, continue the resentencing outreach, finalize compendium drafts for member feedback, and extend the eighth edition analysis window to gain a less biased sample.
