Montana Commission on Sentencing: Behavioral Health Programming and Treatment in Corrections

Corrections leaders balance the complex priorities of maintaining public safety, operating secure facilities, providing needed care and services to the incarcerated population, and coordinating with other agencies.

Today, Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Representatives Carol Miller (D-WV) and Danny K. Davis (D-IL) introduced the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2025 in both the Senate and U.S. House of Representatives.

A bipartisan group of 66 lawmakers, led by Congressmen Don Bacon (R-NE) and Bobby Scott (D-VA), wrote a letter calling for continued funding for the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) in the Fiscal Year 2026 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations bill.

A bipartisan group of 33 members of Congress, lawmakers, led by Congresswomen Carol Miller (R-WV) and Lucy McBath (D-GA), wrote a letter calling for continued funding for the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI) in the Fiscal Year 2026 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill.

Alabama is taking action to achieve its Reentry 2030 goals and positioning itself as a leader in reentry.  

On May 30, 2025, the White House released the budget request for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026.