Maryland
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.

As local leaders seek funding for programs and initiatives that reduce criminal…
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Many reentry operations reported concerns about keeping their doors open, reporting cash-flow…
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We break down how governors across the country talked about criminal justice…
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The Baltimore County, Maryland, county executive recently released a report that provides…
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The CSG Justice Center staff spoke with board member Michael Pinard—the Francis…
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In a first step toward creating a national community of practice through…
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From Attorney General Eric Holder to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a…
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“[These] actions represent further steps to expand access to treatment, prevent overdose…
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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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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Counties have increasingly prioritized addressing and eliminating inequities in the criminal justice and behavioral health systems in recent years. But these pervasive inequities can be complex to understand and overwhelming to counties that are just starting to confront them.
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