Infographic: The Importance of Implementing Risk and Needs Assessments Successfully

Risk and needs assessments are critical tools that corrections and community supervision agencies can use to help them accomplish their goals of reducing recidivism and using resources efficiently. The results of these assessments can help agencies estimate risk of...

2018 Second Chance Act Orientation for the Innovations in Reentry Initiative Grant Program

Hosted by the National Reentry Resource Center, with funding support from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mk0jLZiOeo?showinfo=0] Download a PDF of the presentation. During this webinar,...

Out of Prison & Out of Work: Unemployment Among Formerly Incarcerated People

Using a nationally representative dataset, this report from the Prison Policy Initiative provides the first ever estimate of unemployment among the 5 million formerly incarcerated people living in the United States. The analysis shows that formerly incarcerated people...

2018 Second Chance Act Orientation for Reentry for Adults with Co-Occurring Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Grant Program

Hosted by the National Reentry Resource Center (NRRC), with funding support from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kdZEM0AWBw?showinfo=0] Download a PDF of the presentation. In this...

State Looks at How Courts Deal with Mentally Ill, Substance Abuse

KTVZ21 By KTVZ21 SALEM, Ore. – The state of Oregon began work Wednesday on a data-driven approach to address challenges in how the state responds to people in the criminal justice system who have mental illnesses and substance addictions. Oregon’s Behavioral...