Presentations

Our research team has partnered with several rural Washington county sheriffs’ offices to examine data on jail bookings between January 2015 and the present to understand jail incarceration trends. Click to download full-length fact sheets. Below are additional resources regarding our research, such as posters and presentations. These resources can be used to learn more about local jail incarceration and talk about potential options for changes in policy and local communities.

JTA Presentation Jan 2025 (.pdf)

Presentation entitled The Washington Rural Jails Project: Lessons From Rural Places and People

Drug Decriminalization and Jail Admissions (.pdf)

Pdf of the Blake Decision Conference Paper

Whatcom County Progress Report (.pdf)

Whatman County Progress Report

Rethinking Rural Recidivism Deason Center (.pdf)

Presentation on YouTube

Presentation entitled Rethinking Rural Recidivism

Rural Washington Jails Analysis 2015-2021 (.pdf)

Presentation entitled Rural Washington Jail Analysis

Eastern Washington Rural Jails Network (.pdf)

Presentation entitled Eastern Washington Rural Jails Research and Policy Network