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Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board

The Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board was established in Chapter 515 to be housed within the Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention. The Board’s mission is to ensure the continued success of the Justice Reinvestment Act and its associated reforms. The Oversight Board is charged with:

  • Monitoring progress and compliance with the implementation of the recommendations of the [JRCC]
  • Considering the recommendations of the local government justice reinvestment commission and any legislation, regulations, rules, budgetary changes, or other actions taken to implement the recommendations of the [JRCC];
  • Making additional legislative and budgetary recommendations for future data–driven, fiscally sound criminal justice policy changes;
  • Collecting and analyze data submitted under § 9–3208 of this subtitle regarding pretrial detainees;
  • In collaboration with DPSCS, the MPC, the AOC, and the Sentencing Commission, creating performance measures to track and assess the outcomes of the laws related to the recommendations of the justice reinvestment coordinating council;
  • In collaboration with the MPC, monitoring administrative release under § 7–301.1 of the correctional services article and determine whether to adjust eligibility considering the effectiveness of administrative release and evidence–based practices;
  • Creating performance measures to assess the effectiveness of the grants administered under § 9–3209 of this subtitle;
  • Consulting and coordinating with:
    • the local government justice reinvestment commission;
    • other units of the state and local jurisdictions concerning justice reinvestment issues.
  • In collaboration with the DPSCS, the board shall determine the annual savings from the implementation of the recommendations of the [JRCC]
  • Awarding savings through the Performance Incentive Grant

Membership

Members are appointed to staggered four-year terms, and meet quarterly to review JRA progress.

Judge Daniel M. Long Board Chairman
V. Glenn Fueston Jr.

Vice Chairman
Executive Director,
Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention
Senator Michael Hough District 4
Delegate Kathleen Dumais District 15
Secretary Robert Green Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
John Smack Maryland Parole Commission
Major Roland Butler Maryland State Police
David Eppler Office of the Attorney General
Paul DeWolfe Office of the Public Defender
Secretary David Brinkley Department of Budget and Management
John Robison Maryland Department of Health
Council President Corey Pack Local Government Commission, Chair
Maj. T.D. Reece Calvert County Detention Center
Gail Watts Baltimore County Department of Corrections
Chief Judge John Morrissey District Court of Maryland
Judge Kathleen Gallogly Cox Baltimore County Circuit Court
James E. Rzepkowski Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation
Sheriff Jim Dewees Carroll County
Scott Shellenberger State’s Attorney, Baltimore County
Calvin Ball County Executive, Howard County
Russell Butler Maryland Crime Victims’ Resource Center
Perthean Toins-Banks

Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation
– Direct Experience Teaching Inmates
Lori Brewster Wicomico County Health Department
Dr. Travis Gayles Montgomery County Health Department
Washington County Sheriff
Doug Mullendore		 Representative of Law Enforcement

Meetings and Documents

Next meeting: 

April 22, 2021 at 1 p.m. Via Google Meet:
http://meet.google.com/jri-fmzx-izw

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2021 Meetings

January 7, 2021

2020 Meetings

October 20, 2020

July 24, 2020

January 14, 2020

2019 Meetings

November 13, 2019

July 16, 2019

April 18, 2019

January 25, 2019

2018 Meetings

November 20, 2018

July 26, 2018

April 20, 2018

January 29, 2018

2017 Meetings

November 15, 2017

August 28, 2017

April 24, 2017

January 4, 2017