By The Council of State Governments Justice Center Staff Pennsylvania has the highest rate of people on parole in the country and a ballooning probation population, but three Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI) bills that passed the Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary...
The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (CJJR) and The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center, in partnership with the Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF), are seeking applications from up to seven state and local jurisdictions to participate in the new...
The Strategy Lab is a new interactive tool that features over a hundred examples from jurisdictions across the country of people working to reduce the number of people with serious mental illnesses in their jails. The tool was created for Stepping Up project...
Hosted by The Council of State Governments Justice Center with funding support from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gQkRoey2_Y] In this webinar, representatives from the U.S. Department of...
Hosted by the Judges’ and Psychiatrists’ Leadership Initiative, in collaboration with the American Bar Association [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjRUMgyn5X8] Approximately 2 million times each year, people who have serious mental illnesses are...
