Goals

Throughout the project, the WSU research team is conducting mixed-method, community-engaged research in partnership with several rural jurisdictions in order to:

• Fill knowledge gaps about pathways and drivers of rural jail population growth. We aim to:
  • Identify and understand common pathways into and out of jail
  • Characterize and explain jail recidivism
  • Describe and explain patterns and trends in rural jail populations
  • Assess effects of changing policies/practices on rural jail populations
• Build and maintain a data repository with standard information across rural jurisdictions to allow individual-level, jail-level, and regional analyses
• Engage local stakeholders in data-driven collaborations to address identified issues and promote systemic change through strategic planning