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

Justice Reinvestment is a data-driven approach to improve public safety, reduce corrections…
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When people return to their communities after incarceration, they often face multiple…
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Many community members are seeking to stop the cycle of arrest and…
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A first-of-its-kind analysis from the CSG Justice Center examines education- and employment-related…
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From her time in prison to her years helping others reenter society…
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Many reentry operations reported concerns about keeping their doors open, reporting cash-flow…
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Former inmates need jobs and employers are looking for workers. So where's…
Read MoreWhile crime and incarceration rates in New Hampshire are low, a large portion of the incarcerated population has…
Read MoreOn November 3, 2022, the New Hampshire Governor’s Commission on Mental Illness and the Correction System met for…
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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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On November 3, 2022, the New Hampshire Governor’s Commission on Mental Illness and the Correction System met for the third time to review preliminary findings from the county jail data analysis conducted by CSG Justice Center staff.
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On December 29, 2022, President Joe Biden signed a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package for Fiscal Year 2023. Among other administration priorities, the omnibus spending bill funds various state and local justice system grant programs within the U.S. Department of Justice.
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The new initiative will place data analysts in residence at state departments of corrections. The analysts will help those agencies develop their data analysis capacity and increase the utility of data for decision-making while also building the corrections analyst workforce.
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