The Institute
Conducting Criminal Justice Research for Effective Policy Making
Established industry experts in prison and jail analytics, assessment, reform initiatives, and forecasting.
Prison & Local Jail Assessment Studies
Assessment studies are analyses of jail systems, conducted by objective, outside experts hired by a county to analyze the operations of the current jail system and make recommendations for improvements. Assessments can be comprehensive or specific in scope.
Prison & Local Jail classification studies
The JFA Institute designs, re-designs, and validates classification instruments and assesses classification systems with reliability studies and reviews of policies and procedures.
Prison & Local Jail Population Projections
The JFA Institute uses our proprietary software The Wizard Simulation to build models of prison and jail systems and forecast their populations.
Jail stress tests
Jail assessments can be focused on analysis of specific areas of reform a locality is interested in and then developing strategies to successfully integrate these reforms into the existing jail system.
Statewide & Local Jail Risk Assessment Instruments (Design, Re-design, and Validation)
The JFA Institute designs, re-designs, and validates risk assessment instruments for parole, probation and local jail systems.
Our Clients
Foundations
State Entities
Delaware Department of CorrectionsGeorgia Department of CorrectionsIndiana Department of CorrectionsIowa Department of CorrectionsKansas Sentencing CommissionKentucky Parole BoardMaine Department of CorrectionsMaryland Department of CorrectionsMaryland Executive DepartmentMaryland Parole CommissionMichigan Department of CorrectionsMississippi Department of Corrections
Nebraska Dept. of Correctional ServicesNevada Board of ParoleNevada Department of CorrectionsNew Jersey Department of CorrectionsOhio Department of Rehab & CorrectionsRhode Island Department of CorrectionsSouth Carolina Department of CorrectionsState of South DakotaWest Virginia Department of CorrectionsWisconsin Department of CorrectionsWyoming Department of Correction
Local Jurisdictions
Ada County, IDAllegheny County, PAAnne Arundel County, MDBuncombe County, NCCharleston County, SCCity of Denver, COCity of Detroit Detention CenterCity of New OrleansCook County, ILDane County, WIEast Baton Rouge Parish, LAFresno County, CAHarris County, TXJackson County, MOLancaster County, PALucas County, OHMaricopa County, AZMarin County, CAMecklenburg County, NCMilwaukee County, MOMinnehaha County, SD
Missoula County, MT
Montgomery County, MDMultnomah County, OROrleans Parish, LAPalm Beach County, FLPennington County, SDPima County, AZPulaski County, ARSacramento County, CASan Diego & Imperial CountiesSan Francisco Department of Adult ProbationSan Luis Obispo County, CASanta Barbara County, CASanta Clara County, CASanta Cruz County, CAShelby County, TNSonoma County, CASpokane County, WASt. Louis County, MOSt. Mary's County, MDTravis County, TXWake County, NC