Justice Reinvestment in Rhode Island: Analysis and Policy Framework

The Kansas Criminal Justice Reform Commission voted on final policy recommendations to help maintain public safety while being responsive to the state’s budget deficit. They approved all but one recommendation.

State and local justice systems faced unprecedented challenges in 2020. We look back at our year of creating successes in the midst of hardship and building consensus despite conflict.

Congress recently approved a $1.4 trillion omnibus spending package for 2021 and a $900 billion COVID-19 relief package.

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.

Not only is treatment a more cost-effective use of taxpayer dollars than prison, but it works.

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.