Sentencing and Corrections Oversight Commission
MEMBERS:
1. Senator Bob Dixon (District 30)
Chair of Senate Judiciary Committee
MISSOURI SENATE
COMMISSION CO-CHAIR
2. Representative Marsha Haefner (District 95)
Chair of the Appropriations-Public Safety and Corrections Committee
MISSOURI HOUSE
COMMISSION CO-CHAIR
3. Senator Jolie Justus (District 10)
Ranking Minority Member of Senate Judiciary Committee
MISSOURI SENATE
4. Representative Brandon Ellington (District 22)
Ranking Minority Member of the House Appropriations-Public Safety and Corrections Committee
MISSOURI HOUSE
5. Mrs. Kathleen Tofall
Executive Director, Victims’ Services Unit
St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office
VICTIM ADVOCATE (Gubernatorial Appointee)
6. Vacant Slot (Gubernatorial Appointee)
MISSOURI SHERIFF’S ASSOCIATION
7. Vacant Slot (Gubernatorial Appointee)
MISSOURI ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES
8. Mr. George A. Lombardi
Director of the Department of Corrections
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS—DIRECTOR OR DESIGNEE
9. Ms. Cathy R. Kelly
Director of the Missouri Public Defender System
MISSOURI PUBLIC DEFENDER SYSTEM—DIRECTOR OR DESIGNEE
10. Mr. Ellis McSwain
Chairman of the Board of Probation and Parole
BOARD OF PROBATION AND PAROLE—CHAIRMAN OR DESIGNEE
11. The Honorable Mary Rhodes Russell
Chief Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court
MISSOURI SUPREME COURT—CHIEF JUSTICE OR DESIGNEE
Betsy Aubuchon will be serving as Judge Russell’s designee.
12. The Honorable David A. Dolan
33rd Judicial Circuit
CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE APPOINTED BY THE MISSOURI SUPREME COURT
13. Mr. Jason Lamb
Director of Missouri Office of Prosecution Services
MISSOURI OFFICE OF PROSECUTION SERVICES—DIRECTOR OR DESIGNEE
Established pursuant to 217.147, RSMo.
The duties of the commission shall include:
(1) Monitoring and assisting the implementation of sections 217.703, 217.718, and subsection 4 of section 559.036, and evaluating recidivism reductions, cost savings, and other effects resulting from the implementation;
(2) Determining ways to reinvest any cost savings to pay for the continued implementation of the sections listed in subdivision (1) of this subsection and other evidence-based practices for reducing recidivism; and
(3) Examining the issue of restitution for crime victims, including the amount ordered and collected annually, methods and costs of collection, and restitution's order of priority in official procedures and documents.
The commission shall issue a report to the speaker of the house of representatives, senate president pro tempore, chief justice of the Missouri supreme court, and governor on December 31, 2013, and annually thereafter, detailing the effects of the sections listed in subdivision (1) of subsection 4 and providing the data and analysis demonstrating those effects. The report may also recommend ways to reinvest any cost savings into evidence-based practices to reduce recidivism and possible changes to sentencing and corrections policies and statutes.
The commission shall automatically expire on August 28, 2018.