Child support programs and courts across the country are connecting noncustodial parents to job services as an alternative to jail. At a relatively lo...
On April 24, 2013, the Council of State Governments Justice Center (CSG Justice Center) and the National Association of Counties sponsored a congressi...
According to new statistics from the Bureau of Justice Statistics on trends in admissions to prison and releases, the majority of states reduced both ...
States spend $50 billion a year on corrections, yet four out of ten prisoners wind up back behind bars within three years of release. In this short vi...
A broad menu of reforms, which some localities have deemed “fair-chance” laws, incorporate “ban the box” policies, which delay inquiry into a criminal...
Approximately half of all the inmates put on parole in the U.S. end up violating the terms of their release and are sent back to prison. But across th...