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September 27, 2021

National Institute of Justice Releases White Papers Addressing Important Challenges in Reentry

The U.S. Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has kicked off a series of white papers that address important challenges ...

June 23, 2021

On June 23, 2021, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law Senate Bill 1202, restoring the right to vote to as many as 4,000 pe...

The Marshall Project By Eli Hager Growing up in public housing in North Charleston, S.C., in the 1970s, David Hayward was familiar with poverty,...

Governing By Charles Chieppo There's no doubt that privatization can save money and provide other benefits. But it can just as easily turn into ...

Casper Star Tribune By Joan Barron About 18 month ago, the state launched its participation in the federal Justice Reinvestment Initiative. ...

NJTV News By Erin Delmore “When a fellow coming out of prison gets a job, it helps everyone,” said Sen. Cory Booker. A million dollar federal...

WLRN By Shawn Mulcahy Florida prisoners will have new education opportunities under a law signed by Gov. Rick Scott. In an overinflated job m...

The Reporter By Melissa Murphy "I am accepting the new me." "The new me is not scared or afraid of taking on new challenges," said Ashland Ti...

The Crime Report By Vincent Schiraldi As U.S. policy makers look to dismantle mass incarceration, a pair of New Zealand programs that involve th...

Missoulian By Vince Devlin POLSON – Michael Batista, the director of the Montana Department of Corrections, likes the story, even if it wasn...