Kansas
COVID-19 Assistance for the Justice Community
The ever-changing nature of the COVID-19 pandemic requires policymakers and criminal justice practitioners to rapidly adapt their day-to-day operations to the situation at hand. While the pace and scale of the crisis can be overwhelming, the CSG Justice Center is committed more than ever to supporting its members—state and local officials working in all three branches of government in criminal and juvenile justice, behavioral health, housing, and labor.
Kansas Initiatives
In partnership with Kansas state leaders, the CSG Justice Center is working on several key criminal justice initiatives to increase public safety, including Stepping Up and Justice Reinvestment.

Face to Face creates meaningful interactions between policymakers and people who have…
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The Kansas legislature is considering recommendations that would help people recover from…
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Some states have started engaging landlords as partners to expand housing options…
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The Kansas legislature recently enacted a package of bipartisan criminal justice bills…
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Each year, roughly two million people with serious mental illnesses are admitted…
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Local leaders in Wichita wanted to find opportunities to strengthen supervision and…
Read MoreArkansas policymakers have long expressed concerns about the state’s high recidivism rate. Over the past 10 years, an…
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Arkansas policymakers have long expressed concerns about the state’s high recidivism rate. Over the past 10 years, an estimated 72 percent of prison admissions in the state involved people who were revoked from supervision, with unmet substance use and mental health challenges playing a significant role in these failures.
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