Law and Justice Meeting Materials

April 19-20, 2012

• Agenda - April 19 --Audio - Video
• Agenda - April 20 --Audio - Video
• Minutes
• Chart of preliminary bill draft requests from February meeting

Day 1 - April 19, 2012

• Item 5.a.LClj5A - Restorative justice sentencing alternative (MacDonald)
• Item 5.a. LClj5B - Restorative justice grant program under MBCC (MacDonald)
• Item 5.a. LClj5C - Victim impact panels for state inmates (MacDonald)
• Item 5.a. LClj5D - Multiagency re-entry pilot project (MacDonald)
• Item 6.a. Eminent Domain memorandum, LClj11 (MacDonald)
  • * See LClj11 as revised
• Item 8. LClj04 - Revise emergency detention standards (Menahan)
• Item 9.a.i. Overview of 2011 DUI bills
• Item 9.a.ii. Memorandum on drivers with medical marijuana cards
• Item 9.a.ii. Medical Marijuana Dispensary States v. Caregiver States
• Item 9.a.ii. Medical Marijuana Variations Among State Laws
• Item 9.c. Per Se DUI drug impairment and HB 33 - 2011 Session (Peterson)
• Item 10.a. Research Responses On Sexual Offenses
• Item 10.a. Analysis of Montana Supreme Court Opinion in State v. Cook

Day 2 - April 20, 2012

• Item 3. "A New Era", The Montana Lawyer, February 2012 - article
• Item 4.a.i. LClj1A - Jail suicide prevention pilot program (MacDonald)
• Item 4.a.ii. LClj2A - Jail suicide prevention statewide program (MacDonald)
• Item 4.a.iii.LClj03 - Jail suicide prevention under MBCC (More)
• Item 5.a. LClj10 - DPHHS reporting in child abuse or neglect cases - (Menahan)
• Item 7.a. "Misguided brotherhood", Flathead Beacon, Nov. 23, 2011
• Item 7.a. "Above the law", Missoula Independent, Dec. 1, 2011
• Item 7.a. "Lake County investigations meet resistence, Flathead Beacon, Dec. 7, 2011
• Item 8.a. Administrative Rule Review Memo, April 6, 2012

February 23-24, 2012

• Agenda - Feb. 23 as of 2/22 - Audio - Video
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• Agenda - Feb. 24 as of 2/22 - Audio - Video
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• Draft Minutes

Day 1 - Feb. 23 - Materials By Agenda Item

• Item 5. - Pre-Meeting Legal Memo on SORNA
• Item 5.a. - Legislative Audit Report: Sex and Violent Offender Registry
• Item 5.c. Attorney General Letter: Response to Audit Report
• Item 6.a. Dr. Mark Umbreit, Ph.D., Presenation Materials
  • Notable Programs - PowerPoint
  • RJ For Communities, Victims, and Offenders - PowerPoint
  • Evidence-Based Practice
  • Pitfalls and Opportunities
• Item 7.a. Concealed Weapons Background Packet
• Item 7.b.i. Gary Marbut Letter
• Item 8.a. Staff Report on Department of Justice (advisory councils and reports)
• Item 8.b. Staff Report on Montana Board of Crime Control
• Item 9. - Staff Report on Re-entry and Department of Corrections
  • UM Student Policy Brief - Focus on Mental Illness
  • Report of the Re-Entry Policy Council
  • HB 446, HB 395, and SB 76, 2011 Session
• Item 10. - DPHHS Statement of Current Process For Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect

Day 2 - Feb. 24 - Materials by Agenda Item

• Item 3. Changes made by SB 423 - medical marijuana
• Item 3. SB 423 Implementation Update
• Item 3. Registry Statistics
• Item 3.c.v. Ron Alsbury, Dept. of Corrections, Probation & Parole
• Item 4.a. Staff Report - HB 20 Research Memo - Social Host Ordinances
• Item 6. General Public Comment and Follow-up
  • Staff Summary of Inmate Harriman's Medical/Legal History
  • Legal Memo on Jurisdiction Question Arising From Lake County Issues
• Item 7.a Staff Memo by Sonia Nowakowski - Overview
• Item 7.b. Staff Memo by Helen Thigpen - HB 198 litigation
• Item 8.a. Juvenile Detention Alternatives research from LJIC 2007-08
• Item 8.b. Youth Justice Council White Paper
• Item 8.b. Annual Progress Report to Annie E. Casey Foundation
• Item 8.b. Trend Analysis
• Item 8.c. Bob Peake - Juvenile Probation and JDIA
• Item 9.a. Legal Memo on Need to Amend Previous Motion

December 15-16, 2011

• Agenda - Dec. 15 - Day 1 - Minutes - Audio - Video
• Agenda - Dec. 16 - Day 2 - Minutes - Audio - Video
• Preliminary summary of actions

Dec. 15 - Agenda Item Materials

• Item 5.a. Administrative rule review memo
• Item 5.b. Legal memo on Rules of Civil Procedure
• Item 5.b. Supreme Court Order and Geotz Letter
• Item 6.a. Staff report: HB 142 - advisory councils and reports
• Item 9.a. ACLU report on public defender system
• Item 10.a. Kalispell - Flathead County Center for Restorative Youth Justice - fact sheet
• Item 10.b. Flathead Youth Probation - letter
• Item 10.b. Flathead Youth Court - leadership agenda
• Item 10.d. Missoula Community Restorative Justice Program
• Item 13.a. Staff Overview of Board of Pardons and Parole (BPP)
• Item 13.b. Fern Osler - Executive Director, BOPP - Charts
• Item 14.a. DOC policies and procedures:
• Legislative staff research memorandum
  • DOC inmate greivance policy
  • DOC visitation policy
  • DOC probation & parole complaints
  • DOC probation & parole offender grievance
• Item 16. Legislative Audit Division recommendation on audit of Shelby private prison (CCC)
• Item 16. Letter to CCC on Inmate Welfare Fund audit by DOC
• Item 17. Public Comment on Corrections Issues (*Posted comments were submitted prior to Dec. 7. Public comment is open to all, based on time available, whether or not comments were submitted prior to the meeting. Written comments submitted at the meeting will be posted as part of the meeting mintues.)
  • Donna Wilson
  • Kendra Sherwood
  • Rudy Stock - Nov. 17, 2011, letter to Sen. Shockley
  • Rudy Stock - Dec. 7, 2011, letter to Sen. Shockley
  • Joy Wellington
  • Andrew Kinlock
  • Ruben McKinney
  • Robert Rose - MSP inmate
• Item 19. Legislative Fiscal Division - Performance Measures
• Item 20. NCSL Fall Forum - staff summary

Dec. 16 - Agenda Item Materials

• Item 2.a. Kentucky Jail Mental Health Crisis Network - PPT - Connie Milligan and Ray Sabbatine
• Item 2.d. Terry Jessee - mental health staff, Yellowstone Co. Detention Center
• Item 2.d. Terry Jessee - calculating the jail suicide rate
• Item 3.a. Kevin Olson - Suicide Prevention training at Montana Law Enforcement Academy
• Item 3.c. Dennis McCave - Montana Sheriffs and Peace Officers on Jail Suicide Prevention
• Item 3.e. Montana Board of Crime Control jail suicide data - Jimmy Steyee
• Item 3.e. Detention Data Information System 2008 &2009 Report - Montana Board of Crime Control
• Item 6. Legislative Background Brief: Emergency Detention Standards: HB 365
  • Attachment A - HB 365 and fiscal notes
  • Attachment B - Relevant 2011 MCA sections
  • Attachment C - Legal Memo
  • Attachment D - Hospital Admissions Data
• Item 9. Legislative Background Brief: Preservation of Biological Evidence
  • Attachment A - SB 58 and fiscal notes
  • Attachment B - Extract from LJIC 2009-10 Final Report on DNA Study
  • American Law Review Article - Proponent Perspective
• Item 12.b. County Treasurers' letter on MERLIN

September 9, 2011

• Final Agenda
• Minutes - Audio - Video

SJR 29 - Restorative Justice Study

• DVD - "Restorative Justice: For Victims, Communities, and Offenders" by the Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking.
• Various Video Clips on Restorative Justice Programs - gathered by staff and provided on a disc to committee members
• Panel #1 - Gallatin County's restorative justice program
  • Overview - staff brief
  • Ms. Barbara Rainy - PowerPoint - brochure
    
    
• Panel #2 - State restorative justice programs
  • Dept. of Justice program
  • Dept. of Corrections programs
  • Ms. Sally Hilander
  • Mr. Greg Budd - handout #1 - handout #2
  • Mr. Dan Burden
  • Ms. Mardi Elford

Other Issues

• Panel #3 - Jail suicide prevention
  • Jail Suicide Prevention: Review of previous work
    • Attachment A - Constitutional requirements
    • Attachment B - Kentucky crisis network - attachments
    • Attachment C - HB 60
  • Mr. Karl Rosston - Jail Suicide Facts & Recommendations
  • Mr. Dennis McCave - core standards - misc screening forms - Butte-Silver Bow form - Yellowstone County form
  
  
• Panel #4 - Involuntary commitment standards
  • Standards for Emergency Detention and Involuntary Commitment
  • MCA sections
  • HB 365 and fiscal note, 2011 session
  • Letter from Montana Association of Counties

Statutory Duties

• Rule review memo - DOC community corrections facilities - DOJ 24/7 sobriety program

Work Session

• Proposed Interim Work Plan

June 21, 2011

• Agenda - updated 6/20/11
• Summary of meeting decisions
• Minutes - Audio - Video
• Welcome, orientation, and work plan decisions, staff paper
• Rules and Procedures of Interim Committees, Legislative Council
• Department of Corrections At a Glance, Dept. of Corrections
• Overview of Department of Corrections, staff paper
• Overview of Department of Justice, staff paper
• Overview of Board of Crime Control, staff paper
• Overview of Judicial Branch, staff paper
• Overview of Office of State Public Defender, staff paper
• SJR 29: What is Restorative Justice?, Legislative Background Brief