After using a Justice Reinvestment approach, Rhode Island passed legislation that will modernize probation and parole policies and practices, create more opportunities for community-based treatment for people with substance addictions and mental illnesses, and expand...
Hosted by The Council of State Governments Justice Center with funding support from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance Date: Thursday, Dec. 13 Time: 2–3:30 p.m. ET This webinar will cover system-level strategies to maximize outcomes for...
This overview outlines several criminal justice challenges in New Mexico, including high crime rates and overdose death rates, a growing prison population, and an increase in the reincarceration rate, and provides a summary of the stages of the Justice Reinvestment...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette By Stephen Simpson Luther Miller, a student at Shorter College in North Little Rock, talked to his fellow general psychology classmates on Wednesday about self-defense mechanisms and the theories of Sigmund Freud as part of their final exam...
Hosted by the National Sheriffs’ Association This webinar will discuss how the nation’s jails are experiencing a crisis in managing and treating people with mental illnesses. Topics covered will include legal requirements related to the Duty to Protect as well as the...
