By Lisa Thompson, Project Manager and Mary DePrez, Executive Director | Indiana Office of Court Technology Deploying the Supervised Release System One of the largest undertakings of the Indiana Supreme Court is to implement a single case management system for use in every court in the state. Odyssey is replacing more than 23 different court case management systems. These systems did not share uniform standards, used … [Read more...] about Benefits of Replacing Multiple Systems with One
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Trial Court Video Streaming Initiative
By Mary DePrez, Executive Director | Office of Court Technology Article 1 of the Indiana Constitution proclaims that “all courts shall be open,” that “in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall have the right to a public trial” and that victims of crime have the right to be “present during public hearings.” How does a court accommodate the rights bestowed by our Constitution during a public health emergency? On M … [Read more...] about Trial Court Video Streaming Initiative
Senior Judge Portal: Leveraging and Connecting with Judicial Experience
By Mary L. DePrez, Executive Director | Indiana Office of Court Technology The Indiana Courts Information Technology Extranet is a platform for secure data-sharing applications hosted by the Supreme Court. The newest INcite application—the Senior Judge Portal—was released in early June of this year. One of the goals of this application is to connect senior judges with trial court judges to facilitate the use of sen … [Read more...] about Senior Judge Portal: Leveraging and Connecting with Judicial Experience
Change for the Better: Protection Orders & Electronic Filing
By Mary L. DePrez, Director & Counsel | Trial Court Technology Standardized forms Indiana courts and clerks have focused their attention on improving and clarifying the laws as well as the actual process utilized to obtain an order of protection. Between 2002 and 2006, the Indiana Judicial Conference Protection Order Committee worked to standardize the forms used by victims and judges in a protection order c … [Read more...] about Change for the Better: Protection Orders & Electronic Filing
Multi-Agency Help for Veterans
Mary L. DePrez, Director & Counsel | Trial Court Technology Department of Veterans Affairs Too many veterans do not utilize the benefits and services available to them through the Department of Veterans Affairs. One goal of Indiana’s veterans courts is to connect veterans with the services they have earned by serving our country. For years, a handful of jails in Indiana have been voluntarily sending inmate dat … [Read more...] about Multi-Agency Help for Veterans