River City Correctional Facility has launched a new program designed to break the cycle of repeat offenders by educating ...
Williamson County’s Transformative Justice Program launched in 2020 with a goal of reducing recidivism, specifically ...
The measure would allow incarcerated people nearing release to apply for SNAP, and allow those convicted of a felony drug ...
The Nebraska Judicial Branch announced that expanding the state's Problem-Solving Courts could lead to significant long-term ...
The former director of the state Dept. of Corrections’ Office of Programs and Re-entry and a retired detective write that the Legislature should fund prison ministries proven to reduce ...
The move impacts drug, veterans and DWI courts.
The Kyoto Model Strategies are a United Nations soft law instrument providing guidance to Member States on reducing ...
The Prison Policy Initiative has found that specialty courts, while intended to reduce jail and prison populations and ...
Reducing Milwaukee's homicide rate was dealt a frustrating blow when a promising community leader was forced to step down at ...
The program addresses a basic but critical need for people leaving prison. Without proper identification, formerly ...
Not having parole in the state of Maine costs taxpayers money, increases danger and simply does not make sense.
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa House Judiciary Subcommittee advanced a bill on Thursday that would extend the mandatory minimum prison sentence for some repeat offenders. The bill, House Study Bill 666, ...