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Committee members press for data on recidivism, behavioral health and substance-use links
Summary
Members asked the CJCC to gather data that would show what drives recidivism locally — including potential links to mental health and substance-use disorders — and suggested subcommittees examine where in the system those needs are identified.
Members of the CJCC pressed for data to explain what actually drives recidivism in Washington County and for measures the subcommittees can use to evaluate program effects. A member (S3) said programs such as the jail GE program appear to reduce returns, but the council needs data to determine which interventions are having an effect and why.
"I'd be really curious about what what actually is impacting that recidivism," S3 said, urging the council to drill into causes rather than only measuring rates. Attorney Stern (S6) and other members discussed whether behavioral-health conditions and AODA (drugs and alcohol) are principal drivers and agreed that subcommittees should identify where such issues are recorded across dispatch, law enforcement, prosecution, defense and correctional health records.
