Building Bridges: From Conviction to Employment
A Proposal to Reinvest Corrections Savings in an Employment Initiative
Following analyses of Connecticut’s criminal justice data and stakeholder engagement across the criminal justice system, policy options designed to improve employment rates among people released from prison and jail were presented to Connecticut state leaders.
On April 6, 2023, the New Hampshire Governor’s Advisory Commission on Mental Illness and the Corrections System met to review final data analysis and policy recommendations presented by staff from the CSG Justice Center as part of the state’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI).
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