Research and Analysis
Criminal Justice System Assessment
Client
Jackson County, MO
Amounts and Funding Sources
NA
Project
Under contract with HDR, Inc. and working in close partnership with Urban Institute, FTW conducted a high-level review and analysis of the Jackson County criminal justice system to identify system drivers affecting jail use; conducted a comprehensive jail population analysis to understand per capita rates of incarceration, lengths of stay and referring arrestable charges for people held pre-trial and post-conviction, and other pertinent data to illuminate opportunities to reduce both bookings and average daily jailed population; developed more than two-dozen specific recommendations to improve the justice system and reduce arrest and incarceration; and served as principal author of the final report.
