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CSG West and NCSL brief Management Council; LSO details regular use of services for training, research and staffing
Summary
Representatives from CSG West and NCSL described regional and national services to Wyoming lawmakers and staff; LSO leaders documented frequent use for research, training, recruitment and crisis support, citing a 20% reduction in prison admissions tied to justice-reinvestment work as an example of measurable value.
Council heard separate presentations from the Council of State Governments West (CSG West) and the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) on how those organizations support state lawmakers and staff.
Edgar Rees, director of CSG West, described regional programming aimed at states in the West — water management, wildfire preparedness, energy modernization, staff leadership programs — and highlighted justice-reinvestment work that the CSG Justice Center conducted with Wyoming. Rees presented data tying targeted reforms to a roughly 20% decline in…
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