Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
Criminal Justice Council  
Consider:  
Who benefits? Who is burdened?  
Who does not have a voice at the table?  
How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?  
Thursday, September 22, 2022  
12:15 PM  
Virtual Zoom Meeting: See top of agenda for  
instructions  
A. Call To Order  
Staff: Colleen Clark-Bernhardt, Lindsay Menard, Isabel Anadon, Sarah Jensen  
Meeting called to order by ESQUEDA at 12:20 pm.  
Judge Hyland attending on behalf of Judge Remington.  
PARISI JOINED AT 12:23PM.  
PARISI LEFT AT 1:10PM.  
OZANNE LEFT AT 1:10PM  
Advisory Members Present: RICHELLE ANDRAE,TROY ENGER, BRENT PLISCH,  
and JOHN PATTERSON  
Advisory Members Excused: CATHERINE DORL, TODD MEURER, and SATYA  
RHODES-CONWAY  
6 -  
Present  
KALVIN BARRETT, CARLO ESQUEDA, JOHN HYLAND, PATRICK MILES,  
ISMAEL OZANNE, and JOE PARISI  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
2022  
MIN-284  
MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 25, 2022 CRIMINAL JUSTICE COUNCIL  
MEETING  
Attachments: 2022 MIN-284  
8.25.22 CJC Registration Forms  
A motion was made by OZANNE, seconded by BARRETT, that the Minutes be  
approved. The motion carried by a voice vote.  
C. Presentations  
None  
D. Reports to Committee  
1. Probation and Parole Holds: Department of Correction, Hearings, and Appeals  
Presented by Troy Enger and Rachel Pings, Department of Corrections  
Review of first presentation. There are currently over 9,000 people on supervision from  
Dane County. In 2022 in Dane County, the average length of stay of a person who is  
incarcerated with a DOC P&P hold is 18.3 days. In previous years, the average stay was  
over 30 days.  
Review of second presentation. There are 50 days between the time that hearings are  
requested and hearings are scheduled. 60% of hearings are ultimately cancelled, and  
75% of hearings that are not cancelled are rescheduled for a variety of reasons. There  
are 10 reasons that revocation hearings can be rescheduled (see attached presentation).  
Requests for revocation hearings in Dane County have decreased significantly.  
Discussion ensued regarding opportunities for programming to increase releases rather  
than sending people to jail/revocation; about the role of police reports in investigating  
potential violations; and about the number of people who are on supervised release  
versus how many people are revoked. Additional research should examine who is  
incarcerated in the Dane County Jail on an out-of-county warrant.  
REVOCATION HEARINGS  
2022  
PRES-129  
Attachments: 2022 PRES-129  
2. OA Regarding the Criminal Justice Council  
The Criminal Justice Council (CJC) reviewed and discussed 2022 OA-028; the ordinance  
amendment would change the membership of the CJC. Discussion ensued regarding the  
proposal. There was discussion adding community members at subcommittee  
meetings, rather than at executive-level council meeting and the role of voting members  
versus advisory members. Discussion between lived experience of incarceration, versus  
as a victim also occurred. If this proposal proceeds, importance of incorporating  
organizations that work with victims directly. However, this poses challenges with Marcy’s  
law on sharing victim information.  
CJC members are potentially interested in creating a unified statement in response to the  
ordinance as an action item at a future meeting.  
2022 OA-028  
AMENDING CHAPTER 15 OF THE DANE COUNTY CODE OF  
ORDINANCES, REGARDING THE NAME AND MEMBERSHIP OF  
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COUNCIL  
Sponsors: HUELSEMANN, BARE, WRIGHT, WEGLEITNER, GLAZER, PELLEBON, GRAY,  
COLLINS, CHAWLA, DOYLE, JOERS, SMITH and RATCLIFF  
Attachments: 2022 OA-028  
2022 OA-028 SUB of Chair Miles 09-12-2022  
2022 OA-028 SUB of Sup. Huelsemann 09-13-2022  
2022 OA-028 SUB of Sup. Pellebon  
2022 OA-028 As Amended by PPJ 09-28-2022  
2022 OA-028 Fiscal Note  
3. Familiar Faces Initiative –Technical Advisor Availability  
Presented by Clark-Bernhardt  
Through participation in the Familiar Faces cohort, Dane County can meet with national  
technical assistance providers. CJC members should attend the calls/meetings that are  
pertinent to their work.  
2022  
PRES-115  
Ongoing Training and Collaboration as a part of the Familiar Faces  
National Network  
Attachments: 2022 PRES-115  
E. Action Items  
1. Potential Action on Dashboard Vision for Future  
Presented by Clark-Bernhardt and Cornelius  
Discussion of the development of CJC data accessibility, sharing, and mission occurred.  
Discussion of data that is currently available on the CJC website, followed by discussion  
of what could be included. Discussion of creating a phased-in approach to build  
dashboards. Discussion about importance of incorporating community feedback into  
what metrics should be included on the dashboards.  
A motion was made by ESQUEDA, seconded by MILES, that the phased-in  
workplan to build data dashboards be approved. The motion carried  
unanimously.  
CJC DASHBOARD  
2022  
PRES-126  
Attachments: 2022 PRES-126  
F. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
Next meeting will be on November 10th at 12:15pm. This is rescheduled from October  
27th at 12:15pm.  
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 OZANNE, seconded by ESQUEDA, that the meeting be  
adjourned. The motion carried unanimously.  
Meeting adjourned at 1:58PM.  
Minutes respectfully submitted by Sarah Jensen, pending subcommittee approval