Locked Out: Improving Educational and Vocational Outcomes for Incarcerated Youth
To understand the extent to which states provide incarcerated youth with access to educational and vocational services; track and use student outcome data, and support school reenrollment for these youth, the CSG Justice Center and the Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators surveyed juvenile correctional agencies in all 50 states. This issue brief highlights the key findings of the survey and provides state and local policymakers with policy and practice recommendations to improve college and career readiness for incarcerated youth. Examples are provided in the brief of how select states have translated these recommendations into policy and practice.
Coalition urges U.S. Small Business Administration to remove restrictions that prohibit people with criminal records from accessing emergency…
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Many reentry operations reported concerns about keeping their doors open, reporting cash-flow challenges and some layoffs. The situation…
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Apply for two Bureau of Justice Assistance grants: one to address opioid and substance use issues, the other…
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Joint Statement on COVID-19 Small Business Loans: End Criminal Records Restrictions
Coalition urges U.S. Small Business Administration to remove restrictions that prohibit people with criminal records from accessing emergency loans.
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Survey Shows Reentry Services Halting Across U.S.
Many reentry operations reported concerns about keeping their doors open, reporting cash-flow challenges and some layoffs. The situation is leaving a growing number of people in the midst of reentry without the critical services they need to succeed.
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Funding Spotlight: Supporting Collaborative Approaches to Community Issues
Apply for two Bureau of Justice Assistance grants: one to address opioid and substance use issues, the other to improve school safety.
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'It's Causing A Lot of Stress': How Reentry Professionals are Navigating the Pandemic
From her time in prison to her years helping others reenter society in Pennsylvania, Marsha Banks has experienced the criminal justice system in a lot of different ways.
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Congress Expresses Bipartisan Support for Key Justice Programs
Bipartisan support for three key criminal justice programs shows Congressional commitment to increasing public safety and reducing recidivism.
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New Analysis Shows Surge of COVID-19 Cases and Deaths Inside State Prisons
Conservative estimates show that rates of COVID-19 cases among people incarcerated in state prisons and prison staff are more than three-and-a-half times higher than that of the general public, according to a new analysis by The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center.
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