This report by The Pew Charitable Trusts examines state spending on inmate health care and the factors driving costs higher. Nationwide, spending on h...
The 2009 Recovery Act included the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. The HITECH Act incentivizes hospitals ...
Many people released from prison have a substantial amount of debt to repay, and child support is often a significant part of these financial obligati...
By Matthew Schwarzfeld, Public Affairs Manager, Council of State Governments Justice CenterIn his successful 2010 campaign for the governor’s office o...
This study, by the National Institute of Justice, found that electronic monitoring reduces offenders’ risk of failing to meet the terms of their proba...
Misplaced Priorities tracks the steady shift of state funds away from education and toward the criminal justice system. Researchers have found that ov...
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...
Any comprehensive program to change American prison policy must focus to a significant degree on prison-release discretion, where it exists, and its r...
This checklist, developed by the Corrections and Community Engagement Technical Assistance Center (CCETAC) at the American Institutes for Research (AI...