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  • Cross Gender Supervision and Legal Liability [Webinar]

    "This webinar focuses on the legal liability of agencies and staff when engaging in cross gender supervision and searches of people in custody." To

  • Ending Silence: Demanding Safety from Sexual Assault Graphic Novel Series

    This is an excellent "series of graphic novels for adult inmates in custodial settings.

  • Victim Services and PREA: A Trauma-Informed Approach

    This training program "was designed to prepare corrections staff to develop and implement a victim services program that is both trauma-informed an

  • PREA Employee Training

    "This curriculum was developed to assist agencies in addressing training requirements found in PREA standards 115.31, 115.131, 115.231, and 115.331

  • A Note on HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2: Dispelling the Myths about Justice-Health Information Sharing

    "HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) and 42 CFR Part 2 (Title 42: Public Health, Part 2-Confidentiality of Substanc

  • Corrections and Reentry: Protected Health Information Privacy Framework for Information Sharing

    "This resource was designed to enable correctional entities to comply with HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2 in the receipt or sharing of PHI [public health

  • Justice Reinvestment in Hawaii: Analyses & Policy Options to Reduce Spending on Corrections & Reinvest in Strategies to Increase Public Safety

    "This report summarizes the CSG Justice Center’s findings and describes the data-driven policy framework that was provided to state policymakers an

  • Justice Reinvestment in North Carolina: Three Years Later

    "Three years after North Carolina enacted justice reinvestment legislation, this report reviews the policies the state enacted and their impact on

  • Justice Reinvestment in Kansas: Analyses & Policy Options to Reduce Spending on Corrections & Reinvest in Strategies to Increase Public Safety

    Kansas policymakers "sought to employ a data-driven “justice reinvestment” approach to develop a statewide policy framework that would reduce spend

  • Justice Reinvestment in West Virginia: Analyses & Policy Options to Reduce Spending on Corrections & Reinvest in Strategies to Increase Public Safety

    Efforts in West Virginia "to employ a data-driven "justice reinvestment" approach to develop a statewide policy framework that would reduce spendin

  • Cost-Benefit Analysis and Justice Policy Toolkit

    "Justice policymakers must make tough choices with limited resources.

  • An End to Silence: Inmate's Handbook on Identifying and Addressing Sexual Abuse

    "Though many correctional agencies have taken steps to comply with PREA standards and create safer environments for individuals in their care, inma

  • Using Family Mapping Tools to Enhance Outcomes for Tribal Members under Community Supervision

    "This fact sheet is designed to serve as an overview of two family tools that help people visualize the connections within families and the connect

  • Performance Incentive Funding for Prison Diversion: An Implementation Study of the DuPage County Adult Redeploy Illinois Program

    "Adult Redeploy Illinois (ARI) was designed as a response to the high numbers of non-violent offenders incarcerated in Illinois’ prisons at great c

  • PoliceArmor.org

    This is a great place to find up to date information about law enforcement body armor.

  • How Effective is Correctional Education, and Where Do We Go from Here? The Results of a Comprehensive Evaluation

    This study examines the effectiveness of correctional education for adults and for juveniles, and the challenges associated with this programming.

  • Keeping Vulnerable Populations Safe under PREA: Alternative Strategies to the Use of Segregation in Prisons and Jails

    "The purpose of this guide is to provide prison and jail administrators and staff with strategies for safely housing inmates at risk of sexual abus

  • National PREA Resource Center

    "The PRC’s aim is to provide assistance to those responsible for state and local adult prisons and jails, juvenile facilities, community correction

  • The Justice Reinvestment Initiative: Thinking Local for State Justice Reinvestment

    "Local governments across the U.S. are striving to improve public safety and optimize criminal justice investments ...

  • Justice Reinvestment in Washington: Analysis and Policy Framework

    "This report summarizes comprehensive analyses of sentencing, corrections, and arrests data presented to the Washington State Justice Reinvestment

  • Justice Reinvestment in Idaho: Analyses and Policy Framework

    "If implemented, the package of policies outlined in the framework has the potential to generate significant savings in Idaho and estimates a 15-pe

  • Understanding, Promoting, and Sustaining the Use of Research and Evidence-Based Practices by State Administering Agencies

    These toolkits comprise "a series on promoting the use of evidence-based practices in State Administering Agencies (SAAs) [in understanding and imp

  • Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts

    This website is an excellent resource for information about Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts.

  • Alabama's Justice Reinvestment Approach

    "Faced with the most crowded prison system in the nation and overwhelmed probation and parole systems, state leaders in Alabama pursued justice rei

  • Nebraska's Justice Reinvestment Approach: Reduce Prison Overcrowding and Expanding Probation and Parole Supervision

    "Faced with a prison system at 159 percent of capacity and expected to grow to 170 percent of capacity by FY2020, state leaders in Nebraska pursued

  • Franklin County, Ohio: A County Justice and Behavioral Health Systems Improvement Project

    "An extensive data analysis coupled with over 50 in-person interviews with local and state leaders led to the identification of key recommendations

  • Justice Reinvestment in Kansas: Strengthening Probation Supervision and Promoting Successful Reentry

    This report describes efforts of Kansas to implement justice reinvestment-"a data-driven approach designed to reduce corrections spending and reinv

  • Restrictive Housing FAQ

    "Restrictive housing, sometimes known as administrative segregation, is the practice of housing some inmates separately from the general population

  • A Tribal Probation Officers Guide to Working with Victims

    "While victims are not the primary client for you as a tribal probation officer [TPO], you are in a unique position to provide them with critical i

  • Developing and Implementing a PREA-Compliant Staffing Plan

    "This paper identifies and explains the applicable PREA Standards and requirements, along with other influencing factors that impact a facility’s d

  • Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts: The Policies and Procedures Guide

    "Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts, also known as drug courts, have proliferated within Indian country during the last two decades.

  • Who Gets Time for Federal Drug Offenses? Data Trends and Opportunities for Reform

    "Almost half of the 195,809 federally sentenced individuals in the Bureau of Prisons are serving time for drug trafficking offenses, but little is

  • Making PREA and victim services accessible for incarcerated people with disabilities: An implementation guide for practitioners on the adult and juvenile standards

    The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) sets standards to ensure that information about PREA and victim services are accessible to people with disab

  • Reducing Recidivism and Improving Other Outcomes for Young Adults in the Juvenile and Adult Criminal Justice Systems

    This brief, from the CSG Justice Center, is designed to help state and local officials better support young adults in the justice system.

  • Reducing Juvenile Recidivism Interactive Checklists

    "These interactive checklists can help state and local officials to assess whether their juvenile justice system’s policies and practices are align

  • Developing and Implementing a PREA-Compliant Staffing Plan [Webinar]

    This webinar is a great introduction for "correctional practitioners to a new resource for developing a PREA-compliant staffing plan, per standard

  • Transforming Prisons, Restoring Lives: Final Recommendations of the Charles Colson Task Force on Federal Corrections

    "After decades of unbridled growth in its prison population, the United States faces a defining moment.

  • Using a Prevention, Trauma-Informed Framework when Implementing PREA

    "This video training series was designed to provide an important foundation for understanding trauma, the implications of trauma on the behaviors o

  • Analyzing Bond Supervision Survey Data: The Effects of Pretrial Detention on Self-Reported Outcomes

    This study's aim is to "shed more light on what the impact of pretrial detention may be on several non-Criminal Justice related outcomes.

  • Communications Toolkit: Resources for Outreach and Educating Others on Justice Involved Women and Gender Responsive Approaches

    Women involved in the criminal justice system have challenging and complex needs that are different than men’s.

  • Working With Women Who Perpetrate Violence: A Practice Guide

    "This practice brief was designed to summarize the available research on female perpetrated violence.

  • Maximizing Medicaid: An Innovative Approach to Finance Health Care for Criminal Justice Populations [Webinar]

    "This webinar explains and clarifies the issues related to allowable uses of federal Medicaid funds for incarcerated individuals, and provides an e