What’s Data Got To Do With It

Description: Data analytics can bring depth and precision to strategic planning and deliver on the promise of accountability to the public. Today’s constraints on human and fiscal resources demand that organizations evolve and respond deftly to a changing landscape. In Massachusetts, the Criminal Justice Reform Act of 2018 mandated a level of public transparency in correctional metrics never before attempted. You will learn how sharing current data on admissions, releases, facility counts, demographics, program involvement, and recidivism advance the mission of excellence and service to the community. This workshop will share with you how one county’s in-house doctoral level Research Department has provided direction for more than two decades and now helps the Commonwealth envision and integrate a public dashboard for all 14 counties and the DOC