Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
Criminal Justice Council - Pre-Trial Services Subcommittee  
Consider:  
Who benefits? Who is burdened?  
Who does not have a voice at the table?  
How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?  
Wednesday, December 1, 2021  
12:15 PM  
Virtual Zoom Meeting: See top of agenda for  
instructions on how to join the webinar or call in by  
phone.  
A. Call To Order  
Staff present: Sarah Jensen, Isabel Anadon  
The meeting was called to order by Chair McNamara at 12:17 p.m.  
6 -  
Present  
COLLEEN CLARK-BERNHARDT, CATHERINE DORL, TROY ENGER, CARLO  
ESQUEDA, JEFF KOSTELIC, and NICK MCNAMARA  
2 - ISMAEL OZANNE, and KERRY PORTER  
Excused  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER 29, 2021 CRIMINAL JUSTICE COUNCIL -  
PRE-TRIAL SERVICES SUBCOMMITTEE  
1. 2021  
MIN-465  
Attachments: 2021 MIN-465  
A motion was made by CLARK-BERNHARDT, seconded by ESQUEDA, that the  
Minutes be approved. The motion carried by a voice vote.  
D. Action Items  
C. Presentations  
None  
1. Dane County Jail Population Manager  
Presented by Michelle DeForest  
Introduction to jail population manager. Main roles include: data collection, liaison to  
different stakeholders, examination of DCSO practices with an emphasis on  
evidence-based decision-making. Also collaborated and improved website to make it  
more transparent and accessible to community members. Jail population manager also  
reports monthly to several branches on pretrial holds, then work with the DA to make  
sure that they get to initial appearance. In the future, the jail population manager will  
collaborate with the CJC R&I team to collaborate on dashboards and on starting a jail  
population review team.  
Discussion ensues. Importance of collaboration with different stakeholders. Jail  
population review team can be a relatively small, deliberate work group. JFA Institute has  
experience implementing these nationally and will assist DeForest and Dane County  
stakeholders.  
E. Reports to Committee  
1. Public Safety Assessment (PSA) Quarterly Report  
Presented by Isabel Anadon  
Review of report of PSA data from 7/1/17 – 9/30/21. The statistics are relatively  
consistent with past data.  
Discussion ensues regarding past randomization. Final data transfer to Access to  
Justice Lab (A2J) at Harvard Law School will occur in early 2022, and they will present  
their final report in 2022.  
3RD QUARTER PUBLIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT (PSA) REPORT TO  
THE PRETRIAL SUBCOMMITTEE  
a. 2021  
PRES-190  
2. 2022 Dane County Budget Items Related to CJC-PT Work  
Discussion by Subcommittee Members  
Pretrial Services will become its own department with an office in September 2022, and it  
will be hiring a new director. This initiative is planned to be funded annually. PSA  
assessors are also continuing.  
3. Cash Bail Analysis Follow-Up Questions  
Presented by Sarah Jensen  
Presentation regarding bail schedule assessment. Focus on nonviolent misdemeanants.  
This presentation does not address commissioner assessed cash bail.  
Discussion ensues regarding data sources and records of reimbursed bail schedule  
amount.  
CASH BAIL ANALYSIS FOLLOW-UP  
a. 2021  
PRES-191  
Attachments: 2021 PRES-191  
4. Discussion of Timing of Technical Assistance and Release Condition Matrix (RCM)  
Discussion facilitated by Clark-Bernhardt  
There is an opportunity to apply for technical assistance in implementing a Release  
Condition Matrix (RCM) assessment through APPR. Discussion as to whether now is the  
best time to apply, with the new pretrial services department and director. Subcommittee  
members decide to contact APPR and inquire for additional information about the  
timeline and if there are future cohorts.  
F. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
Next meeting: January 26, 2022 at 12:15pm  
Agenda items: The APPR TA opportunity will be discussed in further detail at the  
January meeting.  
TENTATIVE 2022 CRIMINAL JUSTICE COUNCIL - PRE-TRIAL SERVICES  
SUBCOMMITTEE SCHEDULE  
1. 2021  
RPT-658  
G. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
None  
H. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
None  
I. Adjourn  
A motion was made by CLARK-BERNHARDT, seconded by ENGER, that the  
Meeting be adjourned. The motion carried unanimously.  
The meeting adjourned at 1:24 pm.  
Respectfully submitted by Sarah Jensen, pending subcommittee approval