Idaho
COVID-19 Assistance for the Justice Community
The ever-changing nature of the COVID-19 pandemic requires policymakers and criminal justice practitioners to rapidly adapt their day-to-day operations to the situation at hand. While the pace and scale of the crisis can be overwhelming, the CSG Justice Center is committed more than ever to supporting its members—state and local officials working in all three branches of government in criminal and juvenile justice, behavioral health, housing, and labor.
Idaho Initiatives
In partnership with Idaho state leaders, the CSG Justice Center is working on several key criminal justice initiatives to increase public safety, including Stepping Up and Justice Reinvestment.

Face to Face creates meaningful interactions between policymakers and people who have…
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The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center and the American Psychiatric…
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In April, Idaho Governor Brad Little toured the newly-opened Connection and Intervention…
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We break down how governors across the country talked about criminal justice…
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In 2019, a historic number of governors took office for the first…
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We break down how governors across the country talked about criminal justice…
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While visiting the East Boise Community Reentry Center, a minimum-security women’s facility…
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These speeches come against a backdrop of national criminal justice reform. In…
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The U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has announced…
Read MoreOn March 9, 2024, President Joe Biden signed a $460 billion spending package for Fiscal Year 2024, allocating…
Read MoreArkansas policymakers have long expressed concerns about the state’s high recidivism rate. Over the past 10 years, an…
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On March 9, 2024, President Joe Biden signed a $460 billion spending package for Fiscal Year 2024, allocating funding for multiple state and local justice system grant programs within the Department of Justice.
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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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