Bill > H3564

This bill aims to improve the clarity and consistency of the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board's data collection and reporting requirements. The key provisions are: 1. It establishes standards for criminal justice agencies and the trial court to collect and report data, including unique identifiers for each individual in the system, details on offenses, demographics, risk/needs assessments, and program participation. This data will be made available to the public through an application programming interface. 2. It requires the collection and reporting of recidivism data, including rates of rearraignment, reconviction, and reincarceration, categorized by race, ethnicity, gender, and age, to be published quarterly. 3. It mandates the standardization of race and ethnicity data reporting across criminal justice agencies to facilitate assessment of the racial and ethnic composition of the criminal justice population. 4. It tasks the Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board with reviewing the compliance of agencies in meeting these data collection and reporting requirements, as well as ensuring the accuracy of data across racial, ethnic, and gender classifications. The overall goal of the bill is to enhance transparency and accountability in the criminal justice system by improving the quality and accessibility of data related to key justice reinvestment policies and outcomes.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H3564