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Behavioral Health Framework
On September 27, 2012, the CSG Justice Center released Adults with Behavioral Health Needs under Correctional Supervision: A Shared Framework for Reducing Recidivism and Promoting Recovery. The report is written for policymakers, administrators, and service providers committed to improving outcomes for the [...] -
PA Justice Reinvestment Bill Signing
Governor Tom Corbett signs Pennsylvania’s Justice Reinvestment Bill. -
A Ten-Step Guide to Transforming Probation Departments to Reduce Recidivism
This guide draws extensively on the experience of a multi-year effort in Travis County, Texas (Austin), to implement each of the four recidivism reduction practices. -
The Impact of Probation and Parole Populations on Arrest in Four California Cities
Scroll down for the full press conference video On January 22, 2013 the Council of State Governments Justice Center released The Impact of Probation and Parole Populations on Arrests in Four California Cities. The unprecedented study answers one question [...] -
Developing a Mental Health Court: An Interdisciplinary Curriculum
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School Discipline Consensus Project
African-American students and children with particular educational disabilities who qualify for special education were suspended and expelled at especially high rates.
Behavioral Health Framework
Announcements
2013 National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI) National Convention
On June 27-30, the City of San Antonio will host the 2013 National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) National Convention, which will bring together nearly 2,000 attendees to discuss mental health issues, network, and gain inspiration. There are over 75 [...]
Two Second Chance Act Solicitations Released
Bureau of Justice Assistance Releases Second Chance Act Comprehensive Statewide Adult Recidivism Reduction Planning Program Grant Solicitation The U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance recently released the solicitation for the Second Chance Act Comprehensive Statewide Adult Recidivism Reduction [...]
Webinars
Use of Incentives and Sanctions to Promote Compliance with Supervision Conditions during Reentry: An Implementation Strategy
Hosted by the National Reentry Resource Center This webinar focussed on the use of incentives and sanctions with individuals under community supervision, particularly those returning to their communities from prison. It included an overview of current practices, policy, and research [...]
NRRC Webinar Innovations in Substance Abuse Treatment
Presenters review how adopting a “continuing care model” to treat substance use disorders can improve outcomes for individuals who are justice involved. Presenters also provide an overview of medications for the treatment of alcohol and opioid addiction, including how specific [...]
Creating a Strong Foundation for Effective Connections to Community Substance Abuse Treatment
This webinar was the first in a webinar series titled Best Practices for Engaging and Retaining Formerly Incarcerated Individuals in Community Substance Abuse Treatment. The webinar discussed how jurisdictions can create strong foundations for effective connections to community treatment through a [...]
Work Release Centers, Day Reporting Centers, and Halfway Houses: What Impact do They Have on Public Safety
This webinar will provide a general overview of work release centers, day reporting centers, and halfway houses. The presenter will discuss the specific target groups for which these sanctions are designed and how various jurisdictions identify and assign offenders to [...]
Mental Health Courts Research Roundup: Applying Research to Practice
This webinar, held on March 26th, 2013, provided an overview of emerging research about mental health courts and discussed its implications for mental health court practitioners and policymakers. During the webinar, mental health court researchers shared their findings and facilitated [...]
Publications
Raised on the Registry: The Irreparable Harm of Placing Children on Sex Offender Registries in the U.S.
This report, published by Human Rights Watch, details the harm public registration laws cause for youth sex offenders. The laws require placing offenders’ personal information on online registries—for decades or even a lifetime—often making them targets for harassment, humiliation, and [...]
Pay for Success Financing
Social impact bonds have become a global phenomenon and are now being tested in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and more recently in New York, Massachusetts, and Ohio. The April 2013 issue of the Community Development Investment Review, published by [...]
Out of School & Off Track: The Overuse of Suspensions in American Middle and High Schools
This report, published by the Civil Rights Project’s Center for Civil Rights Remedies, examines data from more than 26,000 U.S. secondary schools and concludes that more than two million students were suspended during the 2009-2010 academic year, with the overwhelming [...]
Innovative City and State Funding Approaches to Supporting Subsidized Employment and Transitional Jobs
The National Transitional Jobs Network (NTJN), in collaboration with the Center for Law and Social Policy,has produced this new report, published by the University of California, Berkeley’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment as part of its Big Ideas for Jobs series. The paper highlights a [...]
Juvenile Justice Reform in Connecticut: How Collaboration and Commitment Have Improved Public Safety and Outcomes for Youth
This Justice Policy Institute report highlights the past two decades of Connecticut’s successful efforts to improve responses to youth who engage in delinquent behavior and to reduce the number of youth placed in detention centers, correctional training schools, and other [...]
Recent Headlines
House backs Mental Health Jail Diversion Program
The Texas Tribune By Brandi Grissome The House tentatively approved a bill Monday that would allow Harris County Jail to start a pilot program that officials hope would become a model for reducing mental illness in local lockups across Texas. [...]
McDowell opens 16th juvenile drug court in W.Va.
Associated Press WELCH, W.Va. (AP) – Supreme Court Chief Justice Brent Benjamin is in McDowell County to mark the opening of a new Juvenile Drug Court. The ceremony Monday afternoon in Welch also includes Circuit Judge Rudolph Murensky. The state’s [...]
Conn. lawmakers announce mental health proposal
Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Relatives of the victims of the Newtown school shooting are calling on lawmakers to pass a child mental health bill before the legislative session ends in a little more than two weeks. Nelba Marquez-Greene, whose 6-year [...]
Jail fills mental health need, for better or worse
The Pantagraph By Edith Brady-Lunny The McLean County jail’s de facto role as Bloomington-Normal’s largest provider of residential mental health services fits a trend seen across the country — a troubling and unsatisfactory solution to the problem of helping those [...]
Officers train for dealing with the mentally ill
The Chicago Tribune By Dan Brannan Law enforcement officers frequently are thrust into crisis situations involving people affected by mental disorders. This week in Fairview Heights, area law enforcement officers received 40-hour Crisis Intervention Team training by a group led [...]