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Data Trends: Utah Criminal Justice Reform

This report from The Pew Charitable Trusts examines data on prison populations and crime in Utah since changes to policies and practices took place in...

Opinion: How Federal Investments Make Us Smarter about Reducing Recidivism

By Michael Thompson Director, The Council of State Governments Justice Center Criminologists routinely lament politicians who, responding to headli...

Criminal Justice Reform in 2015: Year End Review

Huffington Post Criminal justice reform continued to build momentum this year within the inner sanctum of the Beltway and across the nation in a h...

The Elected Official's Toolkit for Jail Reentry

Nine million individuals are released from local jails each year, many struggling with mental illness, homelessness, and substance abuse. Jail reentry...

Life After ‘17 to Life’

The New York Times By Joseph Rodriguez and Nell Bernstein In California, known for decades as one of the nation’s most avid jailers, the traject...

Top Trends in State Criminal Justice Reform, 2018

This policy brief from the Sentencing Project describes key state legislation and reforms from 2018 that were designed to reduce the scale of incarcer...

City Program Guides Those Released from Prison

Miami Herald By Shahid Abdul-Karim, New Haven Register When city residents are released from prison, Earl Bloodworth is often there to pick them...

Hawaii Prison Population Drops 5 Percent

Honolulu Civil Beat By Chad Blair Hawaii's prison population has dropped 5 percent since July 2012, a figure that includes a 12 percent reductio...

Kentucky Jail Signs up Exiting Inmates for Health Insurance

USA Today By Chris Kenning LOUISVILLE — After three months in jail on a theft charge, Vincent Garcia had prepared last week to collect his ...

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