Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 886 - Division of Criminal Justice
Section 51-286j. - Collection of disaggregated, case level prosecutorial data.

(a) The Division of Criminal Justice, in consultation with the Judicial Branch, the Department of Correction and the Criminal Justice Information System Governing Board, established under section 54-142, shall collect for the purposes of section 4-68ff disaggregated, case level data by docket number pertaining to defendants who are eighteen years of age or older at the time of the commission of an alleged offense under each of the categories described in subdivisions (1) to (13), inclusive, of this subsection, as follows:

(1) Arrests, including data on citations, summonses, custody arrests, warrants and on-site arrests;
(2) Arraignments of individuals in custody;
(3) Continuances;
(4) Diversionary programs, including data on program applications, program diversions, successful completions by defendants of such programs, failures by defendants to complete such programs and people in diversion on the first of the month;
(5) Contact between victims and prosecutorial officials, including data on cases involving victims;
(6) Dispositions, including data on pending cases and cases disposed of;
(7) Nonjudicial sanctions, including data on nonjudicial sanctions applied, successful completion of nonjudicial sanctions, failure of nonjudicial sanctions and persons on nonjudicial sanction status on the first of the month;
(8) Plea agreements, including data on total plea agreements, agreements involving probation, agreements involving prison, other agreements and prosecutor's last best offer;
(9) Cases going to trial, including data on cases added per month, pending trial cases, plea offers accepted by the court per month, plea offers rejected by the court per month, disposition by trial, disposition involving probation, disposition involving prison and other dispositions;
(10) Demographics, including data on race, sex, ethnicity and age;
(11) Court fees or fines, including those imposed by the court at the disposition of the defendant's case and any outstanding balance the defendant may have on such fees or fines;
(12) Restitution amounts ordered pursuant to subsection (c) of section 53a-28, including any amount collected by the court and any amount paid to a victim; and
(13) The zip code of the defendant's primary residence.
(b) No information collected under this section that personally identifies a victim may be disclosed under section 4-68ff.
(P.A. 19-59, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 19-59 effective July 1, 2019.

Structure Connecticut General Statutes

Connecticut General Statutes

Title 51 - Courts

Chapter 886 - Division of Criminal Justice

Section 51-275. - Definitions.

Section 51-275a. - Criminal Justice Commission established. Meetings.

Section 51-276. - Division established.

Section 51-277. - Powers and duties of division. Representation of the state by Chief State's Attorney.

Section 51-277a. - Investigation and prosecution of the use of physical force by a peace officer, the death of a person in custody or failure of a peace officer to intervene in or report an incident. Reporting upon conclusion of investigation.

Section 51-277b. - Investigation of judge or employee of Judicial Department; notice to Chief State's Attorney and appropriate state's attorney.

Section 51-277c. - Investigation and prosecution of crimes involving physical violence and possession of firearm.

Section 51-277d. - Complaint re failure to prosecute in death case. Response.

Section 51-277e. - Office of the Inspector General established. Appointment of Inspector General. Powers and duties of office.

Section 51-278. (Formerly Sec. 51-175). - Appointment, salaries and removal of prosecutorial officials.

Section 51-278a. - Qualifications of prosecutorial officials. Full-time duties.

Section 51-278b. - Reprimand, suspension or removal of prosecutorial officials. Procedure.

Section 51-278c. - Term of office of Chief State's Attorney incumbent on June 3, 1985.

Section 51-279. - Duties of Chief State's Attorney. Budget.

Section 51-279a. - Division of Criminal Justice Advisory Board. Members. Duties.

Section 51-279b. - Racketeering unit. Bond forfeiture unit. Standards for compromise and settlement of forfeited bonds.

Section 51-279c. - Training program for prosecuting attorneys.

Section 51-279d. - Hate Crimes Advisory Committee.

Section 51-279e. - Report on monetary recoveries achieved as a result of fraud investigations of medical assistance programs administered by the Department of Social Services.

Section 51-279f. - State-Wide Hate Crimes Advisory Council.

Section 51-280. - Performance rating of state's attorneys.

Section 51-281. - Jurisdiction of prosecutorial officials.

Section 51-282 to 51-284. - Prosecuting attorneys; assistants. Term of office of prosecuting attorneys and assistant prosecuting attorneys. Prosecutors and assistants qualified to act in other counties and district.

Section 51-285. - Special prosecutors, special inspectors and special federal prosecutors.

Section 51-285a. - Prosecutorial officials handling juvenile matters.

Section 51-286. - Chief inspectors. Inspectors. Assistance of state and local police.

Section 51-286a. (Formerly Sec. 51-164a). - Duties and powers of prosecutorial officials.

Section 51-286b. - Duties re housing matters.

Section 51-286c. (Formerly Sec. 54-76). - Employment of detectives for special investigation.

Section 51-286d. - Notification to families of certain victims of court proceedings.

Section 51-286e. - Notification of victims re judicial proceedings.

Section 51-286f. - Transcript of certain sentencing hearings to be requested by prosecuting official and provided to Board of Pardons and Paroles.

Section 51-286g. (Formerly Sec. 54-227a). - Transcript of criminal proceeding to be provided to victim upon request.

Section 51-286h. - Reports re human trafficking.

Section 51-286i. - Pilot program to identify and track homeless, addicted and mentally ill persons entering criminal justice system.

Section 51-286j. - Collection of disaggregated, case level prosecutorial data.

Section 51-286k. - Tracking and reporting of use of testimony by jailhouse witnesses.

Section 51-286l. - Training program on a uniform process for seeking juvenile detention orders.

Section 51-286n. - Notification of Department of Public Health of conviction of licensed professionals of certain offenses relating to actual or suspected abuse of elderly, blind or disabled person or person with intellectual disability.

Section 51-287. (Formerly Sec. 51-175a). - Retirement of state's attorneys. Retirement salary. Credit for prior service. Return of contributions.

Section 51-287a. - Longevity payments to Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's attorney and state's attorney.

Section 51-287b. - Deductions from longevity payment deposited in State's Attorneys' Retirement Fund.

Section 51-288. (Formerly Sec. 51-175b). - Pension for widow of state's attorney.