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Three Things to Know About Implementing Telehealth in Correctional Facilities

This article shares three considerations for corrections agencies as they continue to expand their use of telehealth in jails and prisons to help prov...

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...

Troubleshooting Training: How Three Programs Prepare Volunteers to Mentor People Leaving Prison and Jail

By Katy Albis, CSG Justice Center Staff at the CSG Justice Center talked to three reentry programs with promising training practices about their ex...

Tennessee Woman Finds Support, Hope in 'Work Family' after Returning Home from Jail

By Ashleigh Fryer, CSG Justice CenterHaley George’s family life has taught her a lot over the last 12 years.When she was 16, she learned about the val...

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...

Federal Communications Commission Prioritizes Prison Telephone Reform

By Angela Tolosa, Deputy Director for Constituent Relations, Reentry On July 10, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) held a daylong worksh...

Second Chance Act Spotlight: Grant Awards Help Iowa Corrections Officers Focus Efforts to Improve Reentry Outcomes

By CSG Justice Center Staff When change came to the Iowa Department of Corrections (DOC), then corrections officer Ernie Galbreath was on the groun...

Employment of State and Federal Prisoners Prior to Incarceration, 2016

In this online article, the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics shares key fin...

How can inmates best transition from life behind bars? Options addressed at Birmingham summit

AL.com by Kelsey SteinAs Alabama's prisons burst at the seams housing twice their capacity of inmates, many involved in the criminal justice system a...

From Jailhouse to Coffeehouse, SCA-Funded Program Supports People in Omaha During and After Incarceration

By Ashleigh Fryer, CSG Justice CenterSeveral days after Cortney was arrested on drug charges in October 2016, she called her mother from Nebraska’s Do...

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