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Background: Over the last two decades, the forfeiture process in Utah has gone through various procedural changes along with changes to how funding is to be allocated and used. During the 2015 Utah General Legislative Session, Senate Bill 52 was passed creating additional reporting requirements for state and federal forfeitures. During the 2017 Utah General Legislative Session, Senate Bill 70

How might we use spatial tools to better understand where to support youth and the challenges they face in their communities? How can we use these tools to work with the communities? We are using geospatial data and analysis tools to build a compass 🧭 for juvenile justice policy. We believe spatial data can be used as a community asset.

Overview: This report evaluates the characteristics and outcomes of individuals under AP&P supervision that are classified as habitual offenders, as defined by SB213. Senate Bill 213 (SB213) classifies individuals with six or more felony convictions within the past five years as habitual offenders. This report examines the characteristics and outcomes of habitual offenders under AP&P supervision using data from the

The Utah Prison Projection Project (UPPP) is a collaborative effort between the Utah Department of Corrections (UDC) and the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice (CCJJ). This initiative aims to develop a Utah-specific prison population forecasting tool to support criminal justice resource planning and analyze the impact of new legislation and policy on prison populations.

Background: This report provides a summary of the progress made over the past three years in the design and implementation of the Public Safety Portal (PSP), including its creation, configuration, and collection of required data. The PSP project initiated in response to HB 403 (2022), which directs the Commission on Criminal & Juvenile Justice (CCJJ) and Division of Technology Services

This ninth annual report provides an update on juvenile justice policies that were passed in 2017 and subsequent years. Previous years’ reporting were in the fiscal year. The data represented in this report reflects Calendar Year (CY) 2024.▸Highlights from this year’s report: Youth are being referred to Utah’s juvenile court at a rate of 3.28 per 100 youths in CY

Background: Establishing the Utah Victim Services Commission (VSC) in 2023 marks a significant step forward in addressing the needs of crime victims within the state. The Commission is dedicated to fostering unity and collaboration to mitigate the impact of crime on victims. We strive to implement a comprehensive, evidence-based approach to prevention, supportive services, and trauma-informed justice, ensuring every victim

Background: Passed in 2014, Senate Bill 185 directs all Law Enforcement Agencies to document and report anytime a forcible entry is made while serving a warrant or anytime a Tactical Group is deployed to a situation that may lead to forcible entry (with or without a warrant) even if the team is not used or a forcible entry is not required, and any time

Background: The 23rd Annual DUI Report to the Utah Legislature was prepared in accordance with §41-6a-511 of the Utah Code. The statute requires the Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice to prepare an annual report of DUI related data, including the following: Data collected by the state courts to allow sentencing and enhancement decisions to be made in accordance

Background: The criminal justice reforms that Utah passed in 2015 through H.B. 348 were the result of an extensive planning and analysis process bringing together stakeholders across the system in 2014, in consultation with the Pew Charitable Trusts’ Public Safety Performance Project and other partners through the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI). The format of this report changed with the 2023