Among other things, the grant will help fund several positions within Missoula’s criminal justice system, including a licensed social worker and two staff members to provide pretrial defendants with support and referrals
In addition to hiring staff, the county plans to expand on the current jail population dashboard by gathering more data to help identify and analyze racial and ethnic disparities
Recently visited California prisons to review programs designed to help train inmates for work in fields in which employers can't attract enough qualified staff
A group of national experts, funded by a private foundation and the federal government, will be crunching the data to analyze what’s behind Montana’s inmate population growth and recommend some potential policy changes