Maine
Maine Initiatives
In partnership with Maine state leaders, the CSG Justice Center is working on several key criminal justice initiatives to increase public safety, including Stepping Up and Justice Reinvestment.

The latest COVID-19 developments and resources for governments officials.
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We break down how governors across the country talked about criminal justice…
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The conference, which was hosted by United States attorneys of the six…
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Highlighting the role of police departments in advancing these approaches, BJA announced…
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“It’s about showing up and having people’s back … and I believe…
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County leaders and local policymakers representing 50 jurisdictions in 37 states are…
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31 Days, 31 Stories, a series released during National Mental Health Awareness…
Read MoreOn October 12, 2022, the Iowa Oversight Committee on Justice Reinvestment met for the third and final time…
Read MoreThe Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP), administered by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice…
Read MoreThe Stepping Up partners have released a new resource, the Set, Measure, Achieve Progress Survey, for counties interested…
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On October 12, 2022, the Iowa Oversight Committee on Justice Reinvestment met for the third and final time to review the results and data-driven recommendations from a comprehensive supervision assessment.
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The Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP), administered by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance with technical assistance from the CSG Justice Center, facilitates collaboration among the criminal justice, juvenile justice, and mental health and substance use treatment systems to better serve people with mental illnesses and increase public safety.
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The Stepping Up partners have released a new resource, the Set, Measure, Achieve Progress Survey, for counties interested in tracking and sharing progress toward their goals for Set, Measure, Achieve, the Stepping Up initiative’s latest call to action.
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After launching a bipartisan, interbranch effort to improve domestic violence responses earlier this year, Rhode Island’s first meeting of the Governor’s Domestic Violence Executive Working Group occurred on October 24, 2022. CSG Justice Center staff presented findings from an analysis of community service responses to domestic violence.
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While crime and incarceration rates in New Hampshire are low, a large portion of the incarcerated population has an identified mental illness or substance use disorder, and behavioral health needs are a driver of jail incarceration and supervision revocations to prison.
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