Criminal Justice Coordinating Council

The CJCC operates a pre-trial diversion and recovery program through funding from the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge. The goal of this program is to provide safer, more effective alternatives to incarceration.The CJCC also operates various social reform initiatives including a Rapid Case Assessment Team (RCAT). This program is a collaborative partnership among key justice stakeholders who focus on case review, service connection and identifying racial, ethnic and socioeconomic disparities for newly arrested individuals charged with nonviolent misdemeanor and/or low-level felony offenses to ultimately reducethe average prison population and length of stay.