Justice Reinvestment in Alabama: Analysis and Policy Framework
This report summarizes comprehensive analyses of sentencing, corrections, probation, and parole data presented to Alabama’s Prison Reform Task Force. It outlines strategies and policy options to reduce the prison population and recidivism in the state by strengthening community-based supervision and treatment, prioritizing prison space for violent and dangerous offenders, and providing supervision to every person released from prison. The report also offers strategies for supporting victims of crime through improved victim notification. If implemented, the report’s suggested policies would reinvest $26 million in recidivism reduction strategies in FY2016 and avert $407 million in prison construction and operations costs by FY2021.
A package of criminal justice bills aiming to keep people with substance use disorders out of prison and…
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Not only is treatment a more cost-effective use of taxpayer dollars than prison, but it works.
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After authorizing $10.6 million to help people with behavioral health issues get treatment and avoid costly stays in…
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Justice Reinvestment Bills in Kansas Aim to Reduce Recidivism
A package of criminal justice bills aiming to keep people with substance use disorders out of prison and improve community supervision and reentry supports has been introduced in the Kansas legislature for the 2021 session.
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Prioritizing Prison over Substance Use Treatment Costs Kansans Safety and Money
Not only is treatment a more cost-effective use of taxpayer dollars than prison, but it works.
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Justice Reinvestment in Action: Oregon Invests $10 Million Locally to Improve Criminal Justice, Behavioral Health Outcomes
After authorizing $10.6 million to help people with behavioral health issues get treatment and avoid costly stays in emergency rooms and local jails, Oregon officials are putting that money to work.
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Investments to Reduce Recidivism Help Young Adults in Massachusetts
UTEC, a Lowell-based organization that focuses on reentry, has received nearly $2 million in funding over the past two years to create a transitional employment program for young people at a high risk of reoffending.
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Missouri Governor Parson Visits Community Treatment Program
Missouri Governor Mike Parson visited the Improving Community Treatment Success program which provides comprehensive community-based services for people on probation and parole who have behavioral health needs.
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Explainer: The Significance of Kansas’s Justice Reinvestment Legislation
The Kansas legislature recently enacted a package of bipartisan criminal justice bills designed to increase public safety and improve community supervision.
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