January 22, 2024: Dane County CJC Learns Results of Multi-Year Justice Study
August 25, 2023: Dane County Selected For National Cohort on Alternative 911 Emergency Response
June 23, 2022: Dane County Selected for National Training and Technical Assistance from Advancing Pretrial Policy and Research
October 10, 2022: Dane County Criminal Justice Council to Receive $600,000 Grant for Community Court
December 5, 2022: Dane County Accepted into National Association of Counties’ County Officials advancing Racial Equity (CORE) in Justice Network
December 7, 2022: Dane County Accepted into National Network of Coordinating Criminal Justice Councils
March 24, 2021: Dane County Criminal Justice Council to Hear from Johnson County, Kansas on Data-Driven Justice
May 13, 2021: Dane County Contracts with National Experts to Conduct Community Justice Center Needs Assessment
May 27, 2021: Dane County Criminal Justice Council Hears Presentation on Dane County Race and Ethnicity Disparity Analysis
June 10, 2021: National Leader in Behavioral Health Crisis Care Selected to Plan Dane County Mental Health Triage and Restoration Center
June 23, 2021: Criminal Justice Council to Hear Preliminary Findings from Community Justice Center Needs Assessment
January 10, 2020: Dane County to Participate in County Justice Peer Learning Network
February 17, 2020: County Committees hear results of Report on Identifying New Opportunities for Jail Deflection and Diversion Programs
March 19, 2020: Dane County Criminal Justice Council Responds to COVID-19 Crisis
May 26, 2020: Criminal Justice Council to Provide Updates on Efforts in Response to COVID-19
June 3, 2020: Criminal Justice Council to Partner with UW-Madison Expert
June 9, 2020: County Board Outlines Actions to Continue Work on Racial Equity and Criminal Justice Reform
June 23, 2020: Dane County Criminal Justice Council Partners with National Expert on Mental Health
July 16, 2020: Dane County Announces Partnership to Investigate Mental Health First Responders
July 24, 2020: Dane County Criminal Justice Council Changes Leadership, Hears Report on Impact of Jail Population Reduction on COVID-19 Incidence
August 20, 2020: County Board Introduces Resolution Creating Strong Alternatives to Incarceration
August 26, 2020: Community Presentation to Be Held on Triage Centers and Crisis-Care-Continuum
September 24, 2020: County Executive, Board Chair Announce Plans to Pursue Development of Mental Health Triage and Restoration Center
October 14, 2020: Criminal Justice Reform, Climate Action Plan, and County Board Size to Be Considered by County Board
October 23, 2020: Community Virtual Town Hall to Be Held on Community Justice Centers
December 11, 2020: Criminal Justice Council-Behavioral Health Subcommittee Wants to Hear from Public on Triage-Restoration Center
December 21, 2020: Dane County Joins Initiative to Continue Pretrial Research
January 24, 2019: Dane County Is a State Leader on Front End Justice Research
May 23, 2019: Dane County Launches New Effort to Address Mental Health; County, School Collaborative Reaches 500 Kid Milestone
August 22, 2019: Analysis of Dane County Jail Population Released
January 24, 2018: Dane County to Review Jail Diversion Effort
May 14, 2018: Dane County Remains Focused on the Intersection of Mental Health Challenges and Criminal Justice Involvement
May 15, 2018: Dane County Executive Parisi, District Attorney Ozanne Announce New Domestic Violence Efforts
June 21, 2018: Criminal Justice System Improvements Presented to Dane County Board
September 28, 2018: Dane County Awarded MacArthur/Urban Institute Grant
October 18, 2018: MacArthur Foundation Partners with Dane County for Criminal Justice Improvement
January 6, 2017: Dane County Board Touts Progress in 2016
January 31, 2017: Dane County Criminal Justice Council to Unveil Details on Expansion of Community Restorative Court
February 1, 2017: Dane County Joins the Safety and Justice Challenge to Create a Fairer, More Effective Local Justice System and Model Reforms for the Nation
November 2, 2017: County 911 Dispatchers to Receive Mental Health Training
December 11, 2017: Ending Racial Bias Is Workshop Focus
October 13, 2016: Dane County joins White House effort to reform criminal justice system
October 21, 2016: Dane County Board Moves to Reform Criminal Justice System
September 18, 2015: Report: Criminal Justice Overhaul Begins with Data
October 20, 2014: County Officials Announce Community Court
April 4, 2013: Dane County Receives Funds to Support Opiate Diversion Program
May 23, 2013: County Receives National Grant to Reduce Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System
November 14, 2013: County Takes Racial Disparity Head On: Budget Items Take Aim at the “Great Embarrassment” of Racial Disparities
April 8, 2011: Dane County Hosts National Expert on Racial Disparities
April 15, 2011: Dane County Receives Grant to Reduce Racial Disparities
November 15, 2011: County Board Approves 2012 Budget
November 17, 2011: County Executive Joe Parisi Signs 2012 Budget
