By The Council of State Governments Justice Center Staff Megan Quattlebaum speaks to an audience of bipartisan legislators at a Second Chance Act anniversary reception in April 2018. The U.S. Senate voted yesterday to approve the landmark, bipartisan First Step Act,...
Office of U.S. Senator Rob Portman U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) announced that their bipartisan Second Chance Reauthorization Act, has been incorporated into the First Step Act, bipartisan legislation to reform America’s criminal justice...
Funding bill provides greater investment in programs that increase public safety and reduce recidivism. By CSG Justice Center Staff The Senate Appropriations Committee recently approved the fiscal year 2019 Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Appropriations bill, which...
Funding bill provides greater investment in programs that increase public safety and reduce recidivism. By CSG Justice Center Staff The House Appropriations Committee recently approved the fiscal year 2019 Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Appropriations bill on a vote...
By CSG Justice Center Staff Senators in April took strong bipartisan action in support of three programs for FY2019—the Second Chance Act, the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act (MIOTCRA), and the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI)—aimed at...
