Using Spatial Analysis to Provide Appropriate Resources in Community Supervised Release

• In Event: Lightning Talk: Key Considerations in Community Supervision

Abstract

New York City’s pretrial Supervised Release Program (SRP) is a community-based alternative to bail and pretrial detention. Run by nonprofit organizations, the program combines regular check-ins with voluntary referrals to supportive services. In partnership with two of the NYC SRP agencies, Brooklyn Justice Initiatives and Staten Island Justice Center, researchers from the Center for Justice Innovation analyzed socioeconomic data, with the goal of providing programmatic options to leadership to help participants reach compliance. With a new program location proposed in an outlying neighborhood of Brooklyn, researchers at the Center for Justice analyzed data on existing participants, as well as data from public sources on neighborhood characteristics. This data illustrated unique needs that this location could address, that are not provided by the program in other locations, that could increase rates of program compliance, and provide services to address underlying conditions. Furthermore, the data helps inform executive staff on expected workload and approximate inflow of participants, to ensure adequate staffing at new sites. This talk invites the audience to consider the benefits spatial-based analysis can have on serving vulnerable populations.

Authors

• Bernard Langer, Center for Justice Innovation

• Daniel L. O'Brien, Center for Justice Innovation

• Hillary Gao, Center for Justice Innovation