The first presentation to the New Mexico Justice Reinvestment Working Group summarizes findings related to crime and victimization, behavioral health challenges that pertain to people in New Mexico’s criminal justice system, and probation policies and practices in the...
By The Council of State Governments Justice Center Staff On December 7, Missouri became the fifteenth and final state this year to host a state forum on public safety and continue the discussions begun at the 50-State Summit on Public Safety in November 2017 in...
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=9dCc_2oD8zg?showinfo=0] Download a PDF of the presentation. Featuring Becki Ney...
Office of U.S. Senator Rob Portman U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) announced that their bipartisan Second Chance Reauthorization Act, has been incorporated into the First Step Act, bipartisan legislation to reform America’s criminal justice...
By The Council of State Governments Justice Center Staff This is the sixth in a series of posts on aspects of successful reentry. Each post will include curated resources related to the featured reentry topic. A large proportion of people in the criminal justice...
