This publication outlines criminal justice trends in Wyoming—including crime trends, increases in drug arrests, prison population growth and resulting costs, and revocations from probation or parole—and summarizes the stages involved in using a Justice Reinvestment...
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...
The Urban Institute has released a brief highlighting ways in which states have reinvested savings gained through participation in the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI) since 2010. Although JRI enables states to allocate resources according to individual state...
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...
By CSG Justice Center Staff Alabama state leaders have appropriated $26.5 million in the FY2019 budget to support justice reinvestment legislation enacted in 2015. This includes $18.5 million to hire probation and parole officers and staff and expand behavioral health...
