Montana’s Justice Reinvestment Approach: Curbing State Prison Population Growth and Reinvesting in Local Public Safety Strategies
In Montana, a justice reinvestment approach produced a comprehensive package of legislation that will reserve prison space for people who pose the greatest risk to public safety, alleviate jail overcrowding, and help ensure communities are safer. Included in the legislation are policies to create a professional parole board, develop new pretrial service programs, create or expand deferred prosecution programs, and create local grant programs to help provide housing opportunities for people leaving prison and jail. This publication presents a full summary of the justice reinvestment process and legislation.
A new training program will help law enforcement agencies transform their juvenile probation programs to adopt more developmentally…
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Last year, Massachusetts passed legislation representing the most significant changes to the state’s criminal justice system in decades.…
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The Restitution Resource Center will help states improve the quality of their restitution systems by providing a central…
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Seven Sites Selected for Intensive Training to Transform Juvenile Probation
A new training program will help law enforcement agencies transform their juvenile probation programs to adopt more developmentally appropriate practices.
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Massachusetts Expands Investments to Reduce Recidivism
Last year, Massachusetts passed legislation representing the most significant changes to the state’s criminal justice system in decades. This legislation took concrete steps to incentivize good behavior in prison, divert people to treatment and programming as an alternative to incarceration, and strengthen community supervision.
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New Restitution Resource Center Will Help States Improve Services for Crime Victims
The Restitution Resource Center will help states improve the quality of their restitution systems by providing a central source for best practices and successful innovations in the field as well as facilitating peer networks and information exchange.
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“Purpose, Necessity, and Impact”: Reflections from the Transforming Juvenile Probation Certificate Program
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Career Training for Incarcerated Youth: Q&A with Scott Stump
A conversation with U.S. Department of Education Assistant Secretary Scott Stump explores the critical important of workforce development training for students in the juvenile justice system.
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