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By CSG Justice Center Staff North Dakota Lieutenant Governor Brent Sanford spoke at the state’s forum on public safety. At a North Dakota Justice Reinvestment Oversight Committee meeting last month, CSG Justice Center staff highlighted recent decreases …

Idaho Press By Betsy Z Russell Ada County Sheriff Stephen Bartlett told state lawmakers Monday that his county jail is being overrun with state prisoners including parole violators, and he blames the state’s justice reinvestment initiative. But state o …

By CSG Justice Center Staff Source: vectorfusionart/Shutterstock.com CSG Justice Center staff spoke with four Second Chance Act (SCA) Innovations in Reentry Initiative grantees—New York City’s Harlem Reentry Court; the Executive Office of the Governor …

KBIA By Janet Saidi A three-county pilot program that seeks to improve community services for former prisoners is rolling out in Missouri. Offering an array of so-called “wraparound” community services, the initial $5 million dollar pilot program focus …

By CSG Justice Center Staff “When I got out, my kids were my number one priority.” Darius Dennis couldn’t have predicted how intertwined his path to reentry and the well-being of his young family would be when he left jail in 2017. Today, more than a y …

The Volunteer Law Enforcement Officer Alliance (VLEOA) Conference, hosted by the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, DC, will include sessions on topics such as implicit bias training, race in policing, and recruitment and retention. The MPD …

The 20th Global Youth Justice Training will offer information on teen, peer, youth, student, court, and peer jury diversion programs, which are volunteer-driven youth justice and juvenile justice diversion programs that harness positive peer pressure i …

Star Tribune By Stephen Montemayor The usual faces met her gaze inside the same federal courtroom in St. Paul where she pleaded guilty to fraud and drug charges just four years ago. There was the judge who sentenced her, cloaked in his black robe. The …

Hosted by the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Strategies for Policing Innovation (SPI) The webinar will review the practices, principles, approaches, and challenges related to implementing sustainable, innovative policing programs. Participants will gai …

By CSG Justice Center Staff [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg_nEAGEpc0] In his four decades in law enforcement Kirk Puckett, director of community relations for the Alamance County, North Carolina Sheriff’s Department, has seen a sea change i …

The Crime Report  By TCR Staff Bipartisan collaboration and consistent funding of evidence-based reforms helped slash prison populations in five states with dramatically different demographics and political leanings, according to a study by The Sentenc …

Hosted by the Clean Slate Clearinghouse with funding support from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rsNyZ4H6 …

Associated Press  By Max Bryan FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — A state initiative to reduce recidivism in the Fort Smith region has yielded positive results in its first year, one official said. Paul Chapman, executive director of Restore Hope Arkansas, said i …

The Bismarck Tribune The Bismarck Tribune has supported justice reforms for some time and believes last week’s report showing the penitentiary population declined 6.5 percent is a sign of improvement. An awareness of criminal justice reforms and not ov …

News Tribune  By Joe Gamm A speaker told listeners Wednesday night at Lincoln University that Missouri is one of eight states whose prison populations have continued to grow in recent years, putting pressure on state revenue and resources. Other states …

Mother Jones By Samantha Michaels By the time he turned 15, Jesus G. was hearing voices and having suicidal thoughts. It was early 2013, and he’d been living at the Central Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles for more than a year, though he’d never been tried …

The 2018 National Tribal Judicial and Court Personnel conference, hosted by the National American Indian Court Judges Association, will provide quality culturally-appropriate continuing legal education to more than 200 tribal judges, peacemakers, and c …

The 2018 California Crisis Intervention Training Association (CACITA) conference is designed to promote collaboration and provide training for law enforcement and behavioral health professionals throughout California. CACITA works to raise public and s …

The 2018 International Association of Law Enforcement Planners Annual Conference is focused on bridging borders between the community and law enforcement agencies by providing law enforcement planners from around the globe with a multitude of speakers …

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is seeking applications for the FY 2018 Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Grants (Short Title: ROTA). The purpose of this program is to develop and disseminate training and technical assista …