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U.S. News By Hannah Rappleye and Emily R. Siegel One night in 2006, rain fell as Lt. Ed Rediske slumped in a chair in his backyard, a gun balanced on his knees. It was easier for him to imagine ending his life than it was to ask for help. “I didn …

Salisbury Daily Times By Kaisha Young Over the last two decades, states across the U.S. — including Maryland — have shifted their approach to juvenile justice. In 2018, the total number of juvenile detention admissions on the lower Eastern Shore droppe …

AP By Kristen de Groot Ezra has been locked up for about 45 years. In that time, he’s taken the opportunities he’s been given in prison, grown from them and feels like he’s turned his life around. He heard about a program at the Chester State Correctio …

The National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs annual conference, co-hosted with Regional One Health, is an opportunity for innovators and advocates for healthcare delivery reform from across the country, both pioneers and newcomers, to meet, …

Hosted by the Stepping Up initiative and the Data-Driven Justice initiative  Counties across the country are building collaborative partnerships to reduce the number of people with mental illnesses in their jails. Despite the progress that counties hav …

The John Jay College of Criminal Justice, the Center for American Progress, and the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation will host the Smart on Crime Innovations Conference, an event bringing together community leaders, criminal justice practitioners, ele …

The American Probation and Parole Association (APPA) is now accepting applications for its APPA Leadership Institute program for community corrections professionals, offering a 12 month multi-disciplinary curriculum that is a blend of on-site and dista …

This snapshot from the National Juvenile Defender Center is based on statutory analysis and interviews with juvenile defenders in every state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. It examines how state laws governing money bail in delinquency pro …

Hosted by the National Reentry Resource Center with funding support from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0EFs8vJNjY] Download a PDF of the presentation. Jurisdictions across the c …

This symposium, hosted by the O’Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law in partnership with Business for Impact at the McDonough School of Business, is a convening of policymakers; experts in addiction treatment, harm reduction, health car …

Hosted by the Justice Clearinghouse Learn how the Maricopa County Adult Probation Department successfully expanded its implementation of  Thinking for a Change (a cognitive behavioral intervention program with the National Institute of Corrections) thr …

Hosted by the Performance-based Standards Learning Institute Excessive use of overtime, competing work demands, and high expectations regarding interacting with youth, can lead to burnout for juvenile justice direct care staff. This webinar will focus …

Hosted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s GAINS Center The Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) principles have applications that help criminal justice programs support individuals with behavioral health needs across the s …

This brief from the Urban Institute highlights key evaluation findings from the National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice, a six-city effort to promote more equitable, just, and respectful policing practices and improve relationships …

The Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) National Resource Center for Juvenile Justice is seeking applications for jurisdictions to apply to become one of three selected sites to receive consultation and technical assistance to undertake a comprehensive Probation S …

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance is seeking applications for FY 2019 funding for the Academic-based Training Initiative to Improve Police Responses for People with Mental Illness and Intellectual and Developmental Dis …

At a time when unemployment nears a record low, how do companies fill vacancies critical to small business success? One way is to consider untapped sources of talent in communities. The U.S. Small Business Administration invites participants to learn f …

The Reimagining Employer Engagement toolkit, published by Reimagine Retail Chicagoland,  provides workforce professionals with information and tools to expand their work and demonstrate the value their services bring to employers. Resources in the tool …

Hosted by the National Reentry Resource Center with funding support from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMS49FZmKyc?showinfo=0] Download a PDF of the presentation. For the overwhel …

Pennsylvania Capital-Star By Elizabeth Hardison Kimberly King woke up at 5 a.m. on a February morning in 1997 to her phone ringing. Her mother was on the other end, calling to tell her that her brother, Damani, had been shot in the head in North Philad …