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Hosted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and Policy Research Associates Date: Wednesday, September 12 Time: 11 a.m.—1 p.m. ET This webinar will explore the myths, realities, and best practices related to treating justice- …

The Columbus Dispatch By Marc Kovac One half of Rachael Cook’s artwork was labeled Secrets. That’s the stuff that keeps the 26-year-old Linden-area woman hooked on drugs. The other half was labeled Depression, another of Cook’s struggles and one that o …

The Press of Atlantic City By The Press of Atlantic City Staff Prisons are an important front line in the war on the opioid crisis. Nationwide, half of state prisoners and two-thirds of jail inmates meet the clinical criteria for drug dependence or abu …

Politico Magazine By Erick Trickey By the time police caught Paul Roussell with heroin last summer, the 58-year-old lobster fisherman had been addicted to the drug for almost 10 years. He’d gone from sniffing two bags of heroin a day to 10, then as man …

The Tribal Probation Academy (TPA), hosted by the Bureau of Justice Assistance and the American Probation and Parole Association, will offer training sessions that will take place over three separate weeks from October 15–19, November 12–16, and Decemb …

The Sentinel Echo By The Sentinel Echo Staff Staying out of jail may be as easy as having a steady job for some former Kentucky inmates. Former inmates who stay employed for one year are about 35 percent less likely to return to jail than those who don …

Vox By German Lopez The opioid epidemic is the deadliest drug overdose crisis in US history — on track to kill more people over the next decade than currently live in entire American cities like Miami or Baltimore. A new study, published in the America …

Governing By Anna Gorman At a time when the U.S. government is trying to deal with a nationwide opioid epidemic, many jails across the country are only now rolling out medicines to help inmates overcome addiction. And most of those jails dispense only …

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=7p_Avqw4n …

Hosted by the Social Security Administration Date: Wednesday, August 22 Time: 3:00–4:30 p.m. ET During this month’s Work Incentive Seminar Events (WISE) webinar, Ticket to Work experts will present information for individuals and organizations that ser …

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 Date: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 Time: 2:00 – 3: …

Hosted by Philadelphia Fight Community Health Centers, Beyond the Walls brings together the communities that are affected by the crises of mass imprisonment. With a focus on community-led responses to the crisis in the criminal justice system, workshop …

Hosted by the Urban Institute and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance and National Institute of Corrections Date: Tuesday, Aug. 28 Time: 1–2 p.m. ET The Urban Institute has collaborated with the National Institute of Correctio …

By CSG Justice Center Staff This is the fifth in a series of posts on aspects of successful reentry. Each post will include curated resources related to the featured reentry topic. Corrections officers meet with Gov. John Hickenlooper at a women’ …

After receiving training this summer, four CSG Justice Center staff members are now able to provide technical assistance to jurisdictions interested in using the Public Safety Assessment (PSA), a pretrial risk assessment that provides judges with infor …

By CSG Justice Center Staff [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16u0cO8tfJ0] Governor Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas became the latest governor to participate in Face to Face (#MeetFacetoFace), an initiative that encourages policymakers to connect wit …

The Atlantic By Alia Wong The nonprofit organization behind the Common Application, a single form that students can fill out to apply to any college that uses it, announced this week that, starting next year, it will no longer ask students about their …

This webinar is part of Occupational Licensing: Assessing State Policy and Practice, a project of the National Conference of State Legislatures, the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, and The Council of State Governments. [youtub …

For people in the midst of a mental health crisis, the criminal justice system and jail are all too often the first or only available response—but not necessarily the best. Today, a person who is experiencing a mental health crisis is more likely to en …

This brief from the National Reentry Resource Center outlines the role that corrections, probation, and parole officers can play in informing victims of the supports to which they are entitled and how they can pursue restitution, compensation, or other …