Private prisons in the United States incarcerated 115,428 people in 2019, representing 8% of the total state and federal prison population. Since 2000, the number of people housed in private prisons has increased 32% compared to an overall rise in the prison population of 3%.

Prison life is often characterized by drug use, racial intolerance, and violence. This culture of criminality is juxtaposed to treatment efforts that address the criminogenic needs and risks that are associated with inmate institutional rule violations and reoffending in the community, there by creating seemingly insurmountable challenges for treating clinicians. Rather than fighting a losing battle between treating staff and inmate peers, a more effective strategy may be to utilize family members as resources and allies in the process of change for incarcerated individuals.

This brief describes the results of a project undertaken by a team of researchers from the University of Chicago’s School of Social Service Administration and Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago. The purpose of the project was to inform the development and implementation of gender responsive policies and practices that will address the needs of incarcerated mothers in the Illinois Department of Corrections and reduce the impact of incarceration on their children.

This is a brochure designed and published by the State of Illinois, Department of Human Services. It provides information on how to recognize and respond to an opioid overdose.

Montgomery County DOCR, YouTube Video (18:57 minutes)

The Uniform Law Commission’s Uniform Pretrial Release and Detention Act(“UPRDA” or “the Act”) is already being considered by many American states as a significant improvement over the status quoin American bail.

The Journal for Advancing Justice provides justice and public health professionals, policymakers and other thought leaders, academics, scholars, and researchers a forum to share evidence-based and promising practices at the intersection of the justice and public health systems. The journal strives to bridge the gap between what has proven effective and what is often considered business as usual. Although the Journal for Advancing Justice emphasizes scholarship and scientific research, it also provides practitioner-level solutions to many of the issues facing the justice system.

This is a community-developed reference document intended to provide value to policymakers1 so they can gain an accurate, clear understanding of face recognition and its associated issues, thus allowing them to place inputs received into proper context. It neither advocates for or against the technology, for or against any application or use case, or for or against any legislative or policy outcomes.

Disability is an important intersectional identity in juvenile justice trends. Youth with intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities, and mental health disabilities are more likely to be involved in the juvenile justice system or multiple systems, and intersecting identities can increase the risk of justice involvement, particularly when disability overlaps with other identities associated with higher rates of discipline or justice involvement, such as race and lower socioeconomic status.

Victims' Voices Heard, Inc. implemented an Apology Letter Bank(ALB) 15 years ago. These resources show how Victim Voices Heard's program works.