On August 24, district attorneys and other public safety officials from counties around the Bay Area met in San Francisco for a regional summit focused on realignment. Approved in April and slated to go into effect on October 1, the "realignment" of corrections is a groundbreaking effort in California that will give counties - rather than the state - responsibility for managing low-level, non-violent offenders.
Approximately 80 people participated in the summit, convened by San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon in partnership with San Francisco’s Chief of Adult Probation and held at Hastings College of the Law. All nine Bay Area counties sent top-level delegations and staff from key county departments responsible for realignment planning and implementation. At a news conference before the gathering, District Attorney Gascon said "we are in the midst of a major transformation" and the goal of the meeting was the "sharing of information so we can learn from one another" on how to best prepare for the changes.
The summit, funded in part by the Rosenberg Foundation, focused on pre-trial detention and jail population management, evidence-based sentencing, and probation/parole supervision and reentry. Read more.
Information from the Bay Area Regional Realignment Summit (please click the links below to download the documents):
Agenda; Felony sentencing following enactment of realignment; "From theories to practice - What works in reducing recidivism"; "What science says about designing effective prisoner reentry programs"; "What are criminogenic needs and why are they important?"; "Beyond correctional quakery - professionalism and the possibility of effective treatment"; "Awarding conduct credits after October 1"; California Association of Pretrial Services - Release Standards and Recommended Procedures