Texas Justice Reinvestment and Probation: Accomplishments and Challenges
This presentation addresses how Texas's Justice Reinvestment and probation policies are guiding national efforts. But the challenge is to increase and sustain effectiveness of probation and treatment policies. To do this, the Texas House Corrections Committe should explore certain key areas to promote effectiveness of probation.
Arkansas policymakers have long expressed concerns about the state’s high recidivism rate. Over the past 10 years, an…
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Explainer: Key Findings and Options from Arkansas’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative
Arkansas policymakers have long expressed concerns about the state’s high recidivism rate. Over the past 10 years, an estimated 72 percent of prison admissions in the state involved people who were revoked from supervision, with unmet substance use and mental health challenges playing a significant role in these failures.
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