A product of the CSOSA/DC Public Safety Radio and Television programming, a segment regarding criminal justice information sharing was taped in November 2014.
This program dealt with state information exchanges regarding offenders on parole and probation and other issues vital to public safety.
Leaders from Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia have been working to share information on offenders who move freely across jurisdictional boundaries. To this end, these four jurisdictions have formed the Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Sharing (MARIS) Consortium to establish a secure inter-state justice information system that builds upon, leverages and enhances existing state portals and uses proven national standards and tools. These four jurisdictions, as well as Virginia and New York now exchange arrest information to identify those offenders on parole or probation who are arrested outside of their jurisdiction.
Those interviewed include: Tammy Woodhams, Senior Staff Associate, National Criminal Justice Association; Mannone Butler, Executive Director, DC Criminal Justice Coordinating Council and Ed Parker, Deputy Director of Operations, MD Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention.
The program was produced by Bethany Broida, Director of Communications, National Criminal Justice Association.
The website for the National Criminal Justice Association is www.ncja.org.