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Social Impact Bonds Gain Momentum in the Criminal Justice Field

By Mai P. Tran, Program Associate As publicly-funded programs and services across the country are experiencing budgetary constraints, many are begi...

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...

Paving the Path to Healthier Reentry: How New Medicaid Policies Can Improve Mental Health and Substance Use Support as People Return to Communities

According to this brief from The Health and Reentry Project (HARP), new Medicaid policies have great potential to benefit people with mental health co...

Reentry Spotlight: Voting Rights for Individuals Involved in the Criminal Legal System

Beyond the nearly 2 million people in the U.S. who are incarcerated, tens of millions more (1 in 3 Americans) are dealing with the collateral conseque...

At the Intersection of Reentry and Public Safety: Using the Reentry Toolkit to Promote Safer Communities

More than 400,000 individuals reenter communities from state prisons and nearly 10 million people cycle into and out of local jails each year. When st...

Second Chance Act Reentry Education and Employment Factsheet

This factsheet from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) provides information on the following three current Second Chance Act (SCA) investme...

Voting Rights in the Era of Mass Incarceration: A Primer

This brief from The Sentencing Project details that, in 2020, 5.2 million Americans were prohibited from voting due to laws that disenfranchise citize...
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Expunging Juvenile Records: Misconceptions, Collateral Consequences, and Emerging Practices

This bulletin discusses common misconceptions surrounding expungement. It also provides information about the collateral consequences of juvenile reco...

Building Capacity to Advance Local System Change for People with Behavioral Health Needs: A Snapshot of State-Led Solutions

As discussed in this brief from The Council of State Governments Justice Center, state and local jurisdictions are taking new approaches to ...

Changing Systems, Changing Behavior: Five Ways Corrections Agencies Can Work to Reduce Recidivism

This brief highlights five emerging strategies that state corrections agencies have employed to implement an evidence-based approach to reducing recid...

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