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New Analysis Shows How Parole and Probation Violations Significantly Impact States’ Prison Populations and Budgets
New data reveals the startling extent to which probation and parole violations contribute to states’ high prison admissions and populations, as well as the subsequent cost to taxpayers. -
Face to Face: Connecting Policymakers to People Involved with the Correctional System
This collection of stories highlights participation in Face to Face by a number of governors and features the voices of those who stand to benefit from criminal justice policy that is developed with personal experiences in mind. -
National Reentry Resource Center Launches Clean Slate Clearinghouse
The online resource provides information, including interactive maps, on juvenile and adult record clearance in all states and U.S. territories. -
Self-Assessment for Employment-Focused Reentry Programs
This self-assessment from the National Reentry Resource Center helps programs gauge their capacity to provide integrated reentry and employment interventions, including work readiness, to people with varying risks and needs.
New Analysis Shows How Parole and Probation Violations Significantly Impact States’ Prison Populations and Budgets
Recent CSG Justice Center Posts
New Analysis Shows How Parole and Probation Violations Significantly Impact States’ Prison Populations and Budgets
New data released today by The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center, with support from Arnold Ventures, reveals the startling extent to which probation and parole violations contribute to states’ high prison admissions and populations, as well as the subsequent cost to taxpayers.
Connecticut and Sonoma County, California Kick off Data-Driven Effort to Overhaul Juvenile Justice Systems
The endeavors are part of the Improving Outcomes for Youth (IOYouth) initiative, an effort by the National Reentry Resource Center to answer the call of state and local jurisdictions struggling to ensure that resources are being efficiently used to help young people who interact with the juvenile justice system succeed.
Colorado Passes Juvenile Justice Reform Bill
Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed the Juvenile Justice Reform Act (Senate Bill 108) on May 28—a crucial step toward aligning the state’s juvenile justice system with what research shows works to improve outcomes for youth, strengthen public safety, and efficiently use resources.
U.S. House Appropriations Committee Approves Commerce-Justice-Science Funding Bill
Last week the House Appropriations Committee passed a Commerce-Justice-Science bill that includes funding for three programs in FY2020—the Second Chance Act, the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act, and the Justice Reinvestment Initiative—aimed at increasing public safety and reducing recidivism at the local and state levels.
Pennsylvania Poised to Reform Probation and Parole
Three Justice Reinvestment Initiative bills that passed the Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee earlier this month could change the probation and parole landscape in the state.
U.S. Senators Express Support for Key Justice Programs
Senate leaders in April took strong bipartisan action in support of three programs in FY 2020—the Second Chance Act, the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act (MIOTCRA), and the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI)—aimed at increasing public safety and reducing recidivism at the local and state levels.
Highlights
- [Apply Now] Transforming Juvenile Probation Certificate Program
- [Apply Now] Innovations in Supervision Initiative: Building Capacity to Create Safer Communities
- [Apply Now] Innovative Reentry Initiatives: Building System Capacity & Testing Strategies to Reduce Recidivism
- [Apply Now] Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program
- White House Proclamation on Second Chance Month, 2019
Announcements
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[Apply Now] Enhancing Community Responses to the Opioid Crisis: Serving Our Youngest Crime Victims
The program aims to address an urgent gap in crime victim services related to the opioid epidemic and to expand upon existing or establish new programs to provide services to children and youth who are victimized as the result of the opioid crisis.
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[Apply Now] Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities (WORC): A Grant Initiative for the Appalachian and Delta Regions
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration, in partnership with the Appalachian Regional Commission and the Delta Regional Authority, recently announced the availability of up to $29.2 million to fund dislocated worker demonstration projects. This Workforce Opportunity for […]
WEBINARS
Facts and Myths: Health Care Employment Opportunities for People with Criminal Records
Health care is one of the fastest-growing employment sectors in the country, with the demand for qualified workers greatly exceeding supply in many areas. But people who have criminal records are often unable to enter or advance within this relatively high-paying sector due to a complex web of legal barriers that make jobs and licenses difficult or impossible to obtain. This webinar separates the myths from the facts about these barriers in order to develop a better understanding of the true scope and impact of employment-related collateral consequences in the health care sector.
Innovative Programming for Veterans in the Criminal Justice System
This webinar focusses on the programming developed specifically for veterans in two jurisdictions—the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office in Massachusetts and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department in California—and explains how these jurisdictions developed partnerships with their Veterans Affairs resources and other entities in their criminal justice systems.
Connecting the Dots: Lessons Learned from a Comprehensive Juvenile Justice Systems Improvement Initiative
This webinar explains the research and track record of reform efforts underpinning the IOYouth approach as well as discusses why conducting a comprehensive review of system-wide policies and expenditures is critical to protecting public safety and efficient resource allocation.
Responding to the 2019 Second Chance Act Reentry for Adults with Co-occurring Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Solicitation
In this webinar, representatives from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance and the National Reentry Resource Center review the FY19 Improving Reentry for Adults with Co-occurring Substance Abuse and Mental Illness application process.
Responding to the 2019 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program Solicitation
In this webinar, representatives from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance and The Council of State Governments Justice Center review the FY2019 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program application process.
PUBLICATIONS
In Focus: Conducting a Comprehensive Process Analysis
This brief from the Stepping Up partners presents counties with steps for examining how people who have serious mental illnesses move through a county’s criminal justice and behavioral health systems, it is one of a series of companion products designed to provide counties with further guidance on how to apply the Stepping Up framework “Reducing the Number of People with Mental Illnesses in Jail: Six Questions County Leaders Need to Ask.”
Justice Reinvestment in Wyoming: Policy Framework
The final report outlines policy recommendations developed in collaboration with Wyoming’s Joint Judiciary Committee that were reflected in a package of legislation signed into law in February 2019.
Officer Wellness and Retention: Promising Practices from Community Supervision Administrators
In 2018, the American Probation and Parole Association (APPA) and the National Reentry Resource Center partnered to better understand challenges facing the community supervision workforce and identify ways to address them. APPA spoke with community supervision leaders from 15 states in interviews that focused on front-line staff recruitment, training, retention, and performance evaluation. This brief summarizes APPA’s findings and presents promising practices from the field.
The Strategy Lab
The Strategy Lab is a new interactive tool that features over a hundred examples from jurisdictions across the country of people working to reduce the number of people with serious mental illnesses in their jails.
Face to Face: Connecting Policymakers to People Involved with the Correctional System
This collection of stories highlights participation in Face to Face by a number of governors and features the voices of those who stand to benefit from criminal justice policy that is developed with personal experiences in mind.
JUSTICE CENTER IN THE NEWS
Nevada Passes Justice Reinvestment Bill Aimed at Addressing Behavioral Health Needs and Reducing Recidivism
In June, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak signed Assembly Bill 236, a Justice Reinvestment bill that aims to rebalance the use of criminal justice resources and invest in strategies that reduce recidivism, support law enforcement, and expand access to behavioral health services. The legislation will avert an estimated 63 percent of projected growth in the prison population over the next decade, saving taxpayers $543 million.
‘Social Workers of Last Resort': Police Adopt New Training Techniques
By early June, Washington state leaders need to create a new set of rules for training officers statewide on de-escalation techniques, mandated by a state ballot initiative and legislation that passed by wide margins in the past six months.
Pushed out and Punished: One Woman’s Story Shows How Systems Are Failing Black Girls
Black girls are being criminalized at alarming rates. They are hobbled by negative societal stereotypes that stretch back to slavery. By educators, counselors, caseworkers and judges who fail to address their trauma and emotional needs. By school discipline policies that push black girls out of school and punish them more often and more harshly than their white peers.
Marion County Participates in Stepping up Month of Action for Mental Health
The Region is among the 475 counties participating in the Stepping Up Initiative and is comprised of Ringgold, Decatur, Wayne, Clarke, Lucas, Monroe, and Marion counties in Iowa.
Sonoma County Launches In-Depth Review of its Juvenile Justice System
The Sonoma County Probation Department recently launched a comprehensive review of its juvenile justice system to determine how well department policies and practices align with what research shows works to improve outcomes for youth while using resources efficiently.
[Opinion] Colorado’s Youth Deserve a Better Juvenile Justice System
Colorado has made remarkable improvements to its juvenile justice system resulting in safer communities and fewer youth unnecessarily incarcerated. Due to bipartisan policy solutions, juvenile arrests declined 18 percent and filings to juvenile district court decreased 9 percent between 2012 and 2016; new commitments to the Division of Youth Services have decreased 22 percent since 2013.