NIC Veterans Initiatives and Compendium Project
NIC is looking to extend the veterans treatment court white paper project to include more of the continuum of criminal justice—from arrest to local jail, and then on the backend of the criminal justice system with prison and reentry. NIC's next project focused on the promising and innovative practices in local jails and state prisons focusing on justice-involved veterans; how the Veterans Administration interacts with both settings, works with justice-involved veterans, assists with benefits, continuity of care, and links to services (e.g., treatment, housing, etc.).
Veterans Treatment Court Survey
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), and the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in partnership with the National Institute of Corrections (NIC), collaborated on a survey of Veterans Treatment Courts. The intent of this survey is to gather current data from existing Veterans Treatment Court Programs on performance and outcome measures. These measures are critical to justify programs and ensure long-term funding and program sustainability.
National Veterans Treatment Court Enhancement Initiative
This NIC publication tells the story of these veterans and the judges, advocates, and treatment professionals who are working with both passion and compassion to ensure a second chance for vets referred to the criminal justice system. The report is based on a series of interviews and personal observations from key professionals intimately involved in the founding and operation of these courts. In this publication, they relay how veterans treatment courts are “the right thing to do” for justice-involved veterans who commit certain crimes associated with the lingering legacy of their wartime experiences.
Veterans Treatment Courts: A Second Chance for Vets Who Have Lost Their Way (White Paper)
Veterans Treatment Courts: A Second Chance for Vets Who Have Lost Their Way tells the story of these veterans and the judges, advocates, and treatment professionals who are working with both passion and compassion to ensure a second chance for vets referred to the criminal justice system. The report is based on a series of interviews and personal observations from key professionals intimately involved in the founding and operation of these courts. In this publication, they relay how veterans treatment courts are “the right thing to do” for justice-involved veterans who commit certain crimes associated with the lingering legacy of their wartime experiences.
Veterans Treatment Courts: A Second Chance for Vets Who Have Lost Their Way [Internet Broadcast]
This six-segment program on justice-involved veterans, highlights the lifesaving role being played by veterans treatment courts (VTCs) across the country.
Veteran Intercepts in the Criminal Justice System
By adapting the foundational Sequential Intercept Model (Munetz & Griffin, 2006) into the Veteran Sequential Intercept Model (V-SIM), this framework helps agencies address the unique complex challenges justice-involved veterans face—including mental health conditions, substance use disorders, and traumatic brain injury (TBI). Use this guide to identify key interception points, implement low-level interventions early, and lead efforts within your agency to minimize collateral consequences for those who served.
Barracks Behind Bars: In Veteran-Specific Housing Units, Veterans Help Veterans Help Themselves
This paper is the second in the National Institute of Corrections justice-involved veteran compendium project. It illuminates programs in jails across the country and how justice involved veterans have been helped by them. It illustrates the design, development, implementation, and sustainment of initiatives taken by enlightened, pragmatic corrections officials who have set up veteran-specific housing—in pods, dorms, units, wings, or floors—and programming for military veterans.
Barracks Behind Bars II
Discover how specialized housing programs across the country are transforming the lives of incarcerated veterans. As the fourth installment in the National Institute of Corrections’ landmark compendium project, this publication offers an inside look at how tailored prison units—from specialized pods to dedicated dorms—are reducing recidivism and creating safer environments for staff, inmates, and communities alike. Dive in to explore proven strategies for designing, launching, and sustaining programs that help veterans successfully rebuild their lives.
Veterans Reentry Programming
Sharon Kirkpatrick, a member of the Washington Women Veterans Advisory Committee, approaches veteran reentry with a fundamental principle: individuals are veterans first, before their justice system involvement. In her initial meetings with veterans, she immediately acknowledges and honors their military service—a crucial step that helps veterans process and value their own sacrifices. By helping veterans see that their identity extends far beyond a criminal charge, she empowers them to look past their current circumstances and successfully navigate the path toward reentry.
VICTOR - Veteran Informed Care Training On Responsivity
NIC partnered with the Center for Court Innovation out of New York to develop a curriculum that focused on the responsivity issues of justice-involved veterans; looking at military culture, service-related trauma, difficulties of transitioning from military to civilian life, and building basic skills for staff to more effectively manage the justice-involved veterans on their caseloads.
Law Enforcement Officers Respecting Service, Restoring Honor for Vets in Crisis
Built on firsthand interviews and field observations across the nation, this publication highlights the life-saving impact of Veteran Response Teams and multi-agency partnerships.
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