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DOC's response to expanding 6-A releases
1:32:47
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Deputy Commissioner James Boyd responds to the suggestion of expanding the 6-A program, explaining the differences between the current situation and March 2020, and the department's considerations for potential expansion.
- The department is willing to consider expanding the team that reviews 6-A applications
- The current jail population's offense makeup differs significantly from March 2020
- March 2020 releases were influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, with many released individuals likely sheltering in place
- The department is committed to exploring ways to create a more systematic review of 6-A applications
- Council Member Nurse requests statistical data to support the DOC's claims about the differences in the jail population
James Boyd
1:32:47
So council member, just to add, we're happy to look into possibly expanding what the team looks like that review these six applications, but also just to put it on a record, like March 2020 looks very different than May 2025, and so did our population.
1:33:00
So to the FTC's point, the people who are sentenced now, the makeup of their offenses look very different than the people who were in our in our population in March of twenty twenty.
1:33:10
And just to underscore like March 2020 that was COVID, right.
1:33:13
So people were released and most of them probably sheltered in place, right?
1:33:16
And these were people who had lower offenses, but we are definitely and we've had conversation and committed to looking into possibly figuring out how we can expand the unit to create a more systematic review of those applications, but I know it's something that has definitely been a priority for the FTC and D.
1:33:31
C.
1:33:31
McCarty as well as the commissioner.
Sandy Nurse
1:33:32
Yeah.
1:33:32
It would be great if you could provide that statistical data to back up what you're saying in terms of what the top charge of folks were that were released because what we're seeing is, you know, only two people rearrested, and it's not even clear if there was a conviction on any violent top charge.
1:33:50
Okay.
1:33:52
That was it.
1:33:53
Thank you.
Justin Brannan
1:33:53
Great.
1:33:54
Thank you all very much.