Chief Mack Jenkins
Chief Mack Jenkins (ret.) career in the justice system spanned more than 40 years. He retired as the chief probation officer for San Diego County. Over the course of his career Chief Jenkins developed expertise in the use of evidenced-basedpractices for community correction, re-entry and juvenile justice. Additionally he has more than 25 years of experience working in drug courts and collaborative justice programs. He has served on a number of national boards including the National Association of Drug Court Professionals, and Council of State Governments (CSG)/ Justice Center.
Chief Jenkins is a past President of the Chief Probation Officers of California and former Vice President of the American Probation and Parole Association. Chief Jenkins sits as a gubernatorial appointee to California’s Council on Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health (CCJBH) which advises the Governor’s office and state legislature on the intersection between the criminal justice system and behavioral health. He is also a legislative appointee to the California Prison Industry Authority (CALPIA), which oversees more than 100 businesses employing 4,000 incarcerated persons in California’s correctional system.
Chief Jenkins is an adjunct instructor in criminal justice and holds a Bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from the University of California, Irvine along with a Master's degree in criminal justice from California State University, Long Beach.
- Leadership
- Probation Executive Management
- Probation Services
- Probation-Community Relations
- Community Corrections
- Corrections
- Criminal Justice- Behavioral Health Collaboration
- Evidenced Based Practices in Community Corrections
- Treatment Courts ( Drug, DUI, Mental Health, Veterans)
- Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health Partnerships: Results of san Diego’s Inter-professional Collaborative Practice Learning Academy and Curriculum for Mental Health Providers Working with the Justice Involved, California Forensic Mental Health Conference (FMC) / San Diego California/ April 2022.
- “Applying Risk Need and Responsivity in a Community Supervision Behavioral Health Collaboration,” University of California at Irvine (UCI) / Irvine California/April 2022.
- “Reimagining the Behavioral Heath Workforce: Promoting Health Equity Through Access to Care,”California Council of Community Behavioral Health Agencies (CCCBHA) Winter Policy Forum/Virtual/January 2022.
- “Addressing Risk and the Bight Eight in Recovery Court,” Tennessee Association of recovery Court Professionals ( TARCP) Conference/Nashville Tenn./December 2021.
- “Collaborative Case Management in Veterans Treatment Courts,” National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP) annual conference/Washington DC/August 2021.
- “Collaborative Intervention in Recovery Courts,”Tennessee Association of Recovery Court Professionals ( TARCP) Conference/Nashville Tenn./December 2021.
- “Supervising Recovery Court Participants and the Risk Need Responsivity Model,”Tennessee Association of recovery Court Professionals ( TARCP) Conference/Nashville Tenn./April 2021.
- “Community Supervision Promoting Public Safety and Ensuring Accountability While Supporting Recovery Using Virtual and in Person Strategies.” National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP) Annual conference/Virtual /August 2020.
- "The Foundation and Practice Application of Risk Need Responsivity,”American Probation and Probation and Parole (APPA) Summer Institute/ Virtual/ July 2020.
- “Going Beyond Compliance: Community Supervision In the Drug Court Model,"National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP) Annual conference/Washington ,DC /August 2016.
- “Medicaid Administrative Claiming and Targeted Case Management: Opportunities for Public Safety,” National Institute of Corrections (NIC) webinar/May 2015.
- Chapter P.68 “To Be Fair: Conversations About Procedural Justice” 2017 Center for Court Innovation: 520 8th 18th Floor, New York, NY 10018
- “ Use of Engagement Skills in Community Corrections for High Risk Offenders” by Natalie Pearl, Karyn Milligan, Michael Hall, Mack Jenkins: Federal Probation December 2013
- Walter Dunbar Memorial Award, American Probation and Parole Association, 2019
- Los Angeles County Probation Reform and Implementation Team (2018-Present)
- President, American Probation and Parole Association (7/2013-7/2015)
- President, Chief Probation Officers of California Association (1-2013-12-2013)
- Secretary, National Association of Probation Executives
- Board of Directors, National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP) 2013-2017
- Board of Directors, Council of State Governments Justice Center, 2013-2016.
- Member, American Probation and Parole Association (APPA), 2005-Present.
- Board of Directors, Roberts Enterprise Development Fund (REDF), 2012-Present
- Board of Directors, National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws (NAMSDL) 2014-Present
- Member, California Council on Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health (CCJBH) 2015-Present
- Board of Directors, California Prison Industry Authority (CALPIA) 2016-Present
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