Safely Reducing Supervision Revocations Through Evidence-Based Decision-Making

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Colby Dawley has over a decade of experience supporting justice reform efforts in states across the country. Colby has led and managed CJI’s long standing Justice Reinvestment Initiative project. In her current role, Colby serves as a member of CJI’s leadership team and oversees CJI’s adult policy work, including work on community supervision revocation trends.

Caitlin Flood started her career as a public defender and has provided training and technical assistance to different jurisdictions working towards criminal justice reform through treatment courts, pretrial interventions, and community supervision reform. Caitlin leads CJI’s community supervision revocation reform work, assisting states with data-driven, evidence-based strategies to improve supervision outcomes.

Valerie Meade has worked in criminal justice for over 20 years, with expertise in the areas of cognitive behavioral interventions, case management, model fidelity, and continuous quality improvement. Valerie has extensive experience with adult and juvenile populations on community supervision, in correctional facilities, and in substance abuse treatment. In her current role, Valerie helps states implement, sustain, and assess evidence-based policies.

Maja Vlajnic works primarily with adult corrections and community supervision. She brings to the role an extensive background in scholarly research on criminal justice, as well as interdisciplinary experience in analytical work. Maja has analyzed qualitative and quantitative community supervision data across agencies and contributed to revocation analyses that outlined findings and recommendations.