The principal of the firm has served as director of a community corrections center in Chicago, IL.; executive director of a non-profit corrections agency in Michigan City, IN, operating 10 Restorative Justice Programs; administrator for nine Community Corrections Programs for the State of Virginia, corrections planner and trainer for the Virginia Department of Corrections.

Significant jail and corrections planning projects include:

Arizona

• Maricopa County: Criminal Justice Needs Assessment and Master Plan for the Maricopa County Board to help reduce jail crowding and implement alternatives to jail

California

• San Bernardino County: Adult Detention Needs Assessment and Master Plan for the San Bernardino County Jail
• San Mateo County: Women Offender Needs Assessment and Master Plan for the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office to reduce crowding in the women’s jail, expand treatment services to women, alternatives to jail and to increase use of pre-trial supervision
• San Mateo County: Male Offender Needs Assessment and Master Plan for the San Mateo Sheriff’s Office to reduce crowding in the men’s facilities, expand treatment services and expand reentry programs
• Santa Clara County: Program Evaluation of the County Department of Correction Inmate Programs in collaboration with the University of Cincinnati.  Implement evidence-based programs and conduct a recidivism study to track re-arrest, reconviction and re-incarceration of persons who participated in programs compared to those who did not participate in DOC programs

Delaware

• State of Delaware: Women Offender Needs Assessment and Master Plan for the Delaware Department of Corrections
• State of Delaware:  Male Offender Needs Assessment and Master Plan for the Delaware Department of Corrections

Hawaii

• State of Hawaii: System-wide Assessment of Women’s Facilities and Programs for the Hawaii Department of Public Safety
• State of Hawaii: Intermediate Sanctions Needs Assessment Study for the Hawaii Department of Public Safety

Idaho

• Idaho Department of Corrections: Women Offender Needs Assessment, Facility and Programs Master Plan for the Idaho Department of Correction
• Idaho Department of Corrections: Evaluation of Core Treatment Programs and Release Strategies to Reduce Crowding for the Idaho Department of Correction

Illinois

• Cook County Judicial Advisory Council: Development of mission, vision and core principles for the Justice Advisory Council.
• Cook County Department of Corrections: System-wide Criminal Justice Needs Assessment for the Cook County Department of Correction
• Cook County Department of Corrections: Three-Year Strategic Plan for the Cook County Department of Corrections
• Winnebago County: Criminal Justice Needs Assessment and Master Plan for the Winnebago County Board
• State of Illinois: Operational Performance Review of State Prisons for the Illinois Department of Corrections
• State of Illinois: Statewide Community Corrections Master Plan for the Illinois Department of Corrections
• State of Illinois: Community Corrections Act Implementation Plan for the Illinois Department of Corrections

Indiana

• Hamilton County: Criminal Justice Needs Assessment and Master Plan for the Hamilton County Board
• La Porte County: Criminal Justice Needs Assessment and Master Plan for the La Porte County Board

Iowa

• Woodbury County: Criminal Justice Needs Assessment and Master Plan for the Woodbury County Board
• Woodbury County: Justice Center Space Planning and Master Plan for the Woodbury County Board
• Scott County: Criminal Justice Needs Assessment and Master Plan for the Scott County Board
• Scott County:  Jail Programming and Staffing Plan for the Scott County Jail
• State of Iowa: Program Evaluation of Treatment Programs offered to state inmates served by the Iowa Department of Corrections and its Judicial Districts
• Iowa Department of Corrections: Executive Staff Planning Retreat for the executive staff of the Iowa Department of Corrections
• Iowa Department of Corrections: Three Year Master Plan for the Iowa Department of Corrections

Kansas

• State of Kansas: Adult Corrections Master Plan for the Kansas Department of Corrections

Louisiana

• State of Louisiana: Medical and Mental Health Operational Programming for the Louisiana Department of Public Safety

Maryland

• Baltimore and Harford Counties: Regional Corrections Needs Assessment and Facility Programming for the Baltimore County Department of Corrections

Michigan

• Wayne County Jail: Expert Witness on Jail Crowding for the Wayne County Corporation Counsel
• Wayne County Jail: Technical Assistance to the Wayne County Jail to help comply with the Consent Decree
• Wayne County Jail: Jail Needs Assessment and Regional Justice Center Feasibility Study for the Wayne County Commission
• State of Michigan Department of Corrections: Management Audit of the Office of Community Corrections
• State of Michigan Department of Corrections: Community Corrections Act Rules and Regulations for the Office of Community Corrections

Missouri

• State of Missouri Office of State Court Administrators: Regional Justice Center Feasibility Study for the Missouri Administrator of the Courts

New Jersey

• Gloucester County: Operational Assessment of the Gloucester County Jail
• Essex County: System-wide Needs Assessment for the Essex County Board of Freeholders

New York

• Chautauqua County: Criminal Justice System-wide Study and Criminal Justice Master Plan for the Chautauqua County Board
• Niagara County: System-wide Corrections Needs Assessment for the Niagara County Board

Ohio

• Summit County: Program and Financial Audit and Needs Assessment of the County’s Community Corrections System for the Summit County Executive Office
• Montgomery: Booking and Release Process Operational Needs Assessment and Recommendations for the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office

Pennsylvania

• Luzerne County: Jail Needs Assessment and Day Reporting Program Development for the Luzerne County Commission
• Westmoreland County: System-wide Needs Assessment for the Westmoreland County Commission
• Erie County: System-wide Needs Assessment for the Erie County Commission
• Erie County: Jail Staffing Plan for the Erie County Jail
• Centre County: Criminal Justice Needs Assessment for the Centre County Commission
• State of Pennsylvania: Adult Boot Camp Facility Needs Assessment for the Department of Corrections
• State of Pennsylvania: Intermediate Punishment Act Rules and Regulations for the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency

Tennessee

• State of Tennessee: Development and implementation of a public education campaign to win support for community corrections
• State of Tennessee: Statewide Assessment and Master Plan for Community Corrections for the Tennessee Department of Corrections
• State of Tennessee: Development of Community Corrections Act Rules and Regulations for the Tennessee Department of Corrections and review of community corrections grants

Texas

• Dallas County Jail:  Jail Needs Assessment and Master Plan for the Dallas County Council
• State of Texas Department of Criminal Justice Services: Statewide Facility and Community Corrections Master Plan for the Department of Criminal Justice Services
• Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles: Statewide review of reentry services and development of contracting procedures for the Board

Utah

• Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office: Efficiency and Redesign Study for the District Attorney’s Office reducing redundancy of procedures by 27 percent
• Salt Lake County Criminal Justice Advisory Council: Selected as a Criminal Justice Consultant by the Salt Lake County Criminal Justice Advisory Council on a series of evidence-based program and criminal justice process improvement initiatives for three years

Virginia

• Southwest Virginia Regional Jail Authority: Regional Criminal Justice Needs Assessment and Development of the Authority’s Community Based Corrections Plan
• State of Virginia: System-wide Assessment and Development of Statewide Offender Management Plan for the Department of Corrections

Washington

• State of Washington Department of Corrections: Development of the Statewide Law and Justice Plan for the Department of Corrections and the Washington State Law and Justice Council

Detailed information about these projects is available upon request.