Highly motivated and adaptable individual with extensive experience in the criminal justice field, including working with a diverse group of individuals from differing socioeconomic backgrounds and of varying mental and physical ability. Experienced in interagency collaborations with the ability to work in face paced environment.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Pretrial Associate
New York City Criminal Justice Agency
New York, NY
05.2017 - Current
Thoroughly and compassionately interviews recently arrested individuals in Central Booking to complete a release assessment.
Analyze court and police documents of a client's instant matter and criminal history
Conducts telephone verifications of the information the individuals provide.
Explain bail payment procedures and assist sureties with bail payment process.
Determine release recommendation for individuals using CJA’s standardized release assessment, which combines criminal history factors and community ties information.
Participate in various interdepartmental programs, such as Bail Expediting Program, which involves identifying eligible cases and making follow up phone calls to their sureties to expedite bail payment at the courts
Interact respectfully with other agencies and court players, such as NYPD, DOC, NYS Court Officers, Supervised Release programs, Court Clerks, and Legal Aid in order to effectively facilitate court procedures.
Observe and monitor arraignment outcomes and assist individuals who have bail imposed.
Research Assistant
The Black Institute
New York, NY
07.2015 - 02.2017
Validated incoming data to check information accuracy and integrity while independently locating and correcting concerns.
Gathered, arranged and corrected research data to create representative graphs and charts highlighting results for presentations.
Demonstrated strong writing skills to generate original correspondence and reports.
Developed fact sheets, graphs and tables to analyze and summarize survey data.
Supported design and implementation of survey instruments such as telephone questionnaires to obtain study information.
Performed statistical, qualitative and quantitative analysis.
Associate Director of Housing-Based Support Services at Coalition for Responsible Community DevelopmentAssociate Director of Housing-Based Support Services at Coalition for Responsible Community Development