This free training is available again due to popular demand.
Advancing Pretrial Policy and Research (APPR) is pleased to offer a free virtual training about coordinating supportive services for people in the pretrial phase. The course takes place on Thursday, May 26, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. ET.
About the Training
Justice system and community partners increasingly recognize that most people released pretrial appear for their court hearings and remain law-abiding. Accordingly, many pretrial services agencies have wisely shifted their supervision model to prioritize and focus on supportive services rather than surveillance. This training will provide pretrial services staff (directors, supervisors, officers) with evidence-based and practical ways to support people with need-based services.
Space in this training is limited. Prospective participants must complete a training registration application by Friday, May 13, and be selected to attend.
Learning Objectives
Participants can expect the following by the end of the training:
- Be familiar with the legal and evidence-based principles governing pretrial supervision and how supportive services differ from conditions of release.
- Understand how to gather information about a person’s needs.
- Understand the best practices for referring people for services to community-based resources.
- Understand how several jurisdictions have implemented innovative programs designed to support people on pretrial release.
- Be familiar with APPR resources, including advancingpretrial.org and the APPR Community.
Training Faculty
The trainers for this session are people who have many years of experience with pretrial justice, especially in pretrial supervision.
Dr. Kelvin L. Banks, senior manager, Center for Effective Public Policy
Dr. Banks has over 20 years of justice system experience, with almost the last 10 years in pretrial justice. He was previously the director for Harris County Pretrial Services and the Third Circuit Court of Michigan’s Pretrial Services.
Jessica Ireland, senior manager, Center for Effective Public Policy
Jessica Ireland has over 20 years of justice system experience at both the state and local levels. She previously served as the program manager for Mecklenburg County Pretrial Services.
Training Panelist
The panelists for this session are practitioners who have many years of experience with pretrial justice, especially in providing supportive services.
Cristina Barron, chief program officer, San Francisco Pretrial Diversion Project (CA)
Cristina has supported the launch of several new initiatives at the San Francisco Pretrial Diversion Project. She reconfigured programmatic infrastructure, and participated in the Buffin 24/7 launch of the Own Recognizance (OR) team, as well as lead the crisis management and planning for being fully operational during Covid-19 and under Zero Bail in conjunction with CEO David Mauroff.
Liz Hassett, grant manager, Pennington County (SD)
Liz oversees the MacArthur Foundation’s Safety and Justice Challenge and the Bureau of Justice Administration’s Innovations in Reentry Initiative. Prior to this role she was the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) Coordinator at both the local level for Pennington County and statewide for South Dakota. She continues to provide coordination support to the JDAI efforts in Pennington County. Preceding this work, Liz worked at the Department of Social Services, the Department of Corrections, and a substance abuse residential treatment program.
Jacqueline “Jackie” Hunt, pretrial supervisor, DeKalb County Court Services (IL)
Jackie began her career in 2010 with DeKalb County Court Services as a Community Services Coordinator in the Probation Department. In 2014, the probation department was asked to develop pretrial services to assess problems with jail crowding. She and a colleague were asked to develop and operate the new pretrial services program. In, 2019, Jackie was part of the team that led DeKalb County Pretrial Services to be accredited by the National Association of Pretrial Service Agencies (NAPSA). At the time, Dekalb was the first in Illinois and one of four agencies nationally to receive the NAPSA distinction. Jackie was promoted to Pretrial Supervisor in 2019 and continues to promote best practices in her department.
De’Anna LaVigne-Lawson, director of pretrial services, Orleans Parish Criminal District Court (LA)
De’Anna LaVigne-Lawson has served in several different roles at New Orleans Pretrial Services and was promoted to director in December 2017. She believes pretrial intervention is the first step in decreasing mass incarceration and is passionate about serving people. Earlier in her career De’Anna cultivated her skills as a juvenile probation officer supervising court-involved youth. She used and trained others in the use of risk assessments and became proficient in motivational interviewing while supervising youth classified as “high risk” for the Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth (SAVRY). De’Anna is a member of APPR’s Pretrial Practitioner Network.
Application Process
If you are interested in attending the training session on May 26, complete this training registration application. You must submit your application by Friday, May 13.
Participation is limited and priority consideration will go to pretrial services staff and pretrial practitioners. Space is also available for national technical assistance providers.
APPR will make selection decisions immediately after the May 13 registration deadline. Confirmed participants will receive additional information about the training, including how to attend the sessions and access related resources.
Please direct questions to JB Brackett, program associate at the Center for Effective Public Policy, at JBrackett@cepp.com.