The Michigan Joint Task Force on Jail and Pretrial Incarceration was established by Executive Order No. 2019-10. The Task Force acts in an advisory capacity with the goal of developing ambitious, innovative, and thorough recommendations for changes in state law, policy, and appropriations to expand alternatives to jail, safely reduce jail admissions and length of stay, and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Michigan’s justice systems.
Statute
Current Members:
Amanda Alexander,?Detroit
Represents community corrections or pretrial services
Term expires 9/30/20
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Jerry Clayton, Ann Arbor
Represents a county sheriff or county jail administrator from a county with a population of 200,000 or more according to the most recent decennial census from a list of two or more nominees submitted by the Michigan Sheriffs’ Association
Term expires 9/30/20
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Craig?DeRoche, Novi
Represents an individual recognized as a faith leader or a community leader appointed from a list of one or more nominees submitted by the Speaker of the House of Representatives
Term expires 9/30/20
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William?Gutzwiller, Sr., Essexville
Represents a police chief appointed from a list of one or more nominees submitted by the Michigan Association of Police Chiefs
Term expires 9/30/20
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Dale “DJ”?Hilson, Muskegon
Represents a county prosecutor appointed from a list of one or more nominees submitted by the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan
Term expires 9/30/20
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Monica?Jahner, Lansing
Represents an individual who is a formerly incarcerated?person appointed from a list of one or more nominees submitted by the Michigan State Appellate Defender Office
Term expires 9/30/20
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Sheryl Kubiak,?Ph.D.,?Milford
Represents a community member who is a crime survivor or victim advocate
Term expires 9/30/20
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Jim Miller, Allegan
Represents a county sheriff or jail administrator from a county with a population less than 200,000 according to the most recent decennial census from a list of two or more nominees submitted by the Michigan Sheriffs’ Association
Term expires 9/30/20
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Takura?Nyamfukudza,?Lansing
Represents an individual who is a public defender or a criminal defense attorney for indigent clients appointed from a list of one or more nominees submitted by the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission
Term expires 9/30/20
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Bill Peterson, Alpena
Represents a member of a board of county commissioners from a county with a population of less than 200,000 according to the most recent decennial census from a list of two or more nominees submitted by the Michigan Association of Counties
Term expires 9/30/20
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James R.?Talen,?Grand Rapids
Represents a member of a board of county commissioners from a county with a population of 200,000 or more according to the most recent decennial census from a list of two or more nominees submitted by the Michigan Association of Counties
Term expires 9/30/20
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Robert?VerHeulen, Walker
Represents an individual recognized as a community leader or a business leader appointed from a list of one or more nominees submitted by the Majority Leader of the Michigan Senate
Term expires 9/30/20
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Representatives of the executive, legislative, and judicial?branches?of state government:
Lieutenant Governor Garlin?Gilchrist?II - Co-Chair
Represents the executive branch of state government
Attorney General Dana?Nessel
Represents the executive branch of state government
Chief Justice Bridget?McCormack, Michigan Supreme Court - Co-Chair
Represents the judicial branch of state government?
Judge Prentis?Edwards, Jr., 3rd?Circuit Court of Wayne County
Designated by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Judge Thomas P.?Boyd?, 55th?District Court of?Ingham County
Designated by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Senator Jim?Runestad, 15th Senate District?
Designated by the Senate Majority Leader
Senator Sylvia?Santana, 3rd Senate District
Designated by the Senate Minority Leader?
Representative Mike?Mueller, 51st House District?
Designated by the Speaker of the House of Representatives?
Representative Tenisha?Yancey, 1st House District?
Designated by the House Minority Leader
