Background Mobile technology holds promise as a recovery tool for people with substance use disorders. However, some populations who may benefit the most may not have access to or experience with mobile phones. Incarcerated women represent a group at high risk for recidivism and relapse to substance abuse. Cost-effective mechanisms must be in place to support their recovery upon release. This study explores using mobile technology as a recovery management tool for women offenders residing in the community following release from jail.

Victims of crime frequently sustain financial losses as a result of the crimes committed against them. Addressing these losses through programs such as restitution and other means of monetary assistance is an important component not only of lessening the often burdensome financial impact of crime on victims, but also of helping to create a sense of confidence that the criminal justice system is fulfilling its obligation to protect public safety. However, victims are not always aware that such programs exist.

The Sentencing Project compiles state-level criminal justice data from a variety of sources. Using the three tabs below, you can navigate between interactive features that allow you to access and use these data. In the State Data Map, you can roll over states for a quick snapshot of key figures from each state and click on any state to see more data. You can also use the dropdown menu to display different datasets on the map. Under Detailed State Data, you can access full datasets for each state and compare states.

This article summarizes the findings of a recent study, "Prison Employment and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Risk and Protective Factors". The study concludes that "Correctional employees experience some of the highest rates of mental illness, sleep disorders and physical health issues of all U.S. workers."

Seven grantees were included in the Cross Site Evaluation of the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Fiscal Year 2011 Second Chance Act Adult Offender Reentry Demonstration Projects. Each project provided comprehensive reentry programming to criminal justice system involved adults under state or local custody before and after their return to the community. Target populations and service delivery approaches varied across sites.

An archive of links to the National PREA Resource Center's Power Hour Webinars on a variety of PREA topics.

This toolkit, Reentry Starts Here: A Guide for Youth in Long-Term Juvenile Corrections and Treatment Programs, was developed as a resource to help young people in juvenile corrections and treatment programs prepare for reentry and success in the community.

According to OJJDP’s Statistical Briefing Book, each year there are more than 48,043 youth in placement on any given day. Each of you will eventually be released back into the community and will have an opportunity to move forward with your lives in a positive direction.

In 2016, one person died from a drug overdose in the United States every 9 minutes on average.1 Rising drug deaths are being driven by large increases in opioid-related overdoses. With more than 1 in 3 US adults reporting use of prescription opioids (ie, use of prescription opioids that were obtained legally or illegally), the opioid epidemic is now a national public health emergency,2,3 and a public health approach is required to address the crisis.4,5

Body-worn cameras are recording devices police officers wear as part of their uniforms to document what they see as they perform their duties. Body cameras continue to be a significant focus for state law makers as they consider and enact legislation to address police-community relations. Thirty-four states and the District of Columbia have created laws for body cameras.

New Jersey’s system of pretrial release has long relied on monetary bail to ensure the presence of an accused person at trial. State v. Robinson, 160 A.3d 1, 5 (N.J. 2017). But in 2017, following an amendment to its Constitution, the New Jersey Criminal Justice Reform Act took effect. It replaced New Jersey’s former monetary bail system with a new framework that prioritizes the use of non-monetary conditions of release over monetary bail to secure a criminal defendant’s pretrial liberty.