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BACKGROUND
Extended-release naltrexone, a sustained-release monthly injectable formulation of the full mu-opioid receptor antagonist, is effective for the prevention of relapse to opioid dependence. Data supporting its effectiveness in U.S. criminal justice populations are limited.

Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Webinar: 1 hour, 18 minutes

Deputy Director Leary highlights examples of MAT programs that are viable and beneficial components of prison and re-entry services.

The Risk Assessment Factsheet (RAF) as a structured, consistent set of key questions regarding important aspects of the design, deployment, and evaluation of pretrial risk assessment tools that stakeholders can use to obtain meaningful information about those tools.

Some threats to correctional institutional security - e.g., violence, escape attempts, contraband - are as old as the institutions themselves, while other threats - e.g., computer hacking, synthetic drugs, cell phones, drones - have evolved with societal and technological changes. Many of these threats present risks to public safety as a whole.

For several decades, supervision agencies have been leveraging a variety of technological innovations to better manage justice-involved individuals in the community. Perhaps no tool has captured the imagination of the criminal justice professionals and the public alike as much as location tracking system (LTS) technology, first introduced in 1996. The ability to track an individual in near-real time represented a substantial improvement over the previous technology, which was limited to monitoring an individual’s presence at a fixed location, usually the home.

4.5 million people in this country are considered to be on some form of supervision from parole after prison to probation supervision in local communities. Critics of common probation supervision programs tell us that there are more people on probation in this country than the population of Kentucky. Perhaps then, instead of all-or-nothing probation alternatives, we consider an innovative and promising probation supervision program called Dosage Probation.

Starting in 1994 with the passage of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, students in state and federal prisons were barred from accessing Pell Grants, which provide financial aid for postsecondary education. In July 2016, the Second Chance Pell Experiment reinstated Pell Grant eligibility for some incarcerated students.

This report examines correctional education with an emphasis on opportunities and challenges for prison education throughout Maryland. In state prisons, the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation (DLLR) operates most education programs. Several colleges offer postsecondary education courses.

In collaboration with the Michelson 20MM Foundation, RAND invites you to listen to our panel of experts discuss the costs and benefits of using education to stop the prison revolving door, and the effectiveness of programs like The Last Mile, which prepares inmates for reentry by providing them with marketable skills.