The Obama Administration's Domestic Policy Council and the U.S. Department of Justice released the Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable Toolkit to raise a...
Within the last two decades, a growing body of research has found that evidence-based interventions, which effectively combine the principles of Risk-...
The United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, with some 7.2 million Americans under correctional supervision. During 2013, leg...
This report from the Vera Institute of Justice summarizes state-level mandatory sentencing reforms since 2000, discusses their impact, and offers reco...
This report by The Pew Charitable Trusts examines state spending on inmate health care and the factors driving costs higher. Nationwide, spending on h...
CantonRepBy Ed BalintShannon Ballas flashed a bright smile when she appeared before the judge in re-entry court.She was given a certificate for comply...
In this article in Issues in Science and Technology, Stefan F. LoBuglio and Anne Morrison Piehl explore the challenges that local jurisdictions face i...
This publication from the Illinois Sentencing Policy Advisory Council (SPAC) examines data on recidivism in the state of Illinois. The brief updates t...
Any comprehensive program to change American prison policy must focus to a significant degree on prison-release discretion, where it exists, and its r...