Criminal Justice Planner
Schedule 2025
The Community Criminal Justice Board (CCJB) meetings are typically held on the 2nd Wednesday in January, April, July, and October, unless otherwise noted below. Minutes (protocols) from previous meetings are available for review.
Next meeting:
January 14, 2026
4:00 pm to 5:30 pm: Location: OAR Conference Room (1218 Harris St. Charlottesville)
Contact CJ Planner Matt Vitale at mvitale@oar-jacc.org for more information
Agenda:
The Community Criminal Justice Board
The CCJB’s mission is to enable participating localities to work together to develop community-based pretrial court services and post-conviction alternatives to incarceration for misdemeanants and certain nonviolent felons.
The participating localities include Albemarle, Charlottesville, Fluvanna, Goochland, Greene, Louisa, Madison, Nelson, and Orange County. The Board meetings happen quarterly to discuss trends in crime and incarceration, and to consider proven alternatives to incarceration that enhance long-term public safety goals.
Evidence Based Decision Making Team (EBDM)
Charlottesville and Albemarle County, beginning in 2010, were selected by the National Institute of Corrections as one of seven national pilot sites for implementing an evidence-based decision-making framework to coordinate the work of all criminal justice agencies.
Membership on the EBDM Team includes city and county leaders in law enforcement, prosecution, public defense, pretrial and probation supervision, victim/witness services, the courts, the jail, the chief magistrate, and behavioral health providers.
The Planner convenes the EBDM Team on a bi-monthly basis, provides the Team with an analysis of local criminal justice data, and coordinates the work of a number of project teams.
Latest Reports
Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail Annual Report
A comprehensive analysis of ten-year jail trends, including bookings, recidivism, charge origination, average daily population, and other key criminal justice indicators.
Author: Matthew S. Vitale
Date: June 2025
Drug Cases Submitted to the Virginia Department of Forensic Science (DFS)
The frequency with which specific drugs are identified through DFS testing provides insight into the relative availability of those substances within the community—and how that availability has shifted over time.
Author: Matthew S. Vitale
Date: December 2024
Central Virginia Regional Jail Annual Report
Over the past ten years, this report tracks key jail trends—bookings, recidivism, charge sources, and average daily population—to inform decisions across the criminal justice system.
Author: Matthew S. Vitale
Date: June 2025
Capstone and the Board report.pptx
High Utilizers of the Albemarle and Charlottesville Criminal Justice System
Authors: Zakaria Afi, Sudarshan Atmavilas, Sarah Bedal, Olivia Bernard, Mohini Gupta, and Caroline Lee, Loreto Alonzi, Michael Smith, K. Preston White, Jr. Senior Member, Matthew S. Vitale
Date: April 2025
2015-2024 Annual Jail Utilization Reports by County: Local Data
Time series data of booking and release trends specific to counties within the Jefferson Area CCJB.
Intake trends by age, race, and gender
Recidivism rates
Top charge categories
Average daily population and length of stay
Bed days expended
Author: Matthew S. Vitale
Date: December 2025
Comparative Overview: ACRJ and National Jail Statistics
This narrative report examines how local trends at the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail compare to national patterns in incarceration, including demographics, offense characteristics, and length of stay.
Author: Matthew S. Vitale
Date: May 2025
Additional Reports
The Board regularly publishes new criminal justice reports, with more than 35 currently available. These reports are intended to support professionals in learning best practices and making data-informed decisions.
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Virginia State Police Annual Report - 2023
Virginia State Police Annual Report - 2022
Virginia State Police Annual Report - 2021
Virginia State Police Annual Report - 2020
Virginia State Police Annual Report - 2019
Virginia State Police Annual Report - 2018
Virginia State Police Annual Report - 2017
Virginia State Police Annual Report - 2016
Virginia State Police Annual Report - 2015
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Health care utilization by previously incarcerated individuals.pptx
Author: Eugenie Hughes, MD,
Date: June 2022
CCJB Authorized Reports:
High Utilizers of the Albemarle and Charlottesville Criminal Justice System (2025)
Optimizing Local Police Practices with a Data Visualization Dashboard (2025)
Analyzing Candidates for Home Electronic Incarceration on Return-to-Custody Rates for Inmates (2024)
Effects of Access to Mental Health Services Following Release from Custody (2021)
Evidence-Based Practice for Characterizing the Mentally-Ill Inmate Population (2019)
Evidence-based Practice for Managing the Mentally Ill Inmate Population (2018)
Evidence-Based Decision Support for Managing the Mentally Ill Inmate Population (2017)
Evidence-Based Analysis of Mentally Ill Individuals in the Criminal Justice System (2016)
Video resources
Updated 8/20/2025