Vera Institute Tabbed for Multi-State Effort to Help Improve Prison Cultures
On January 10 the Vera Institute of Justice (Vera) announced the procurement of $1.5 million in new funding from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to help corrections agencies transform cultures, climates, and spaces in prisons across their states.




In early December, Dr. Ioan Bala, Ph.D., was invited to the United States under the auspices of the Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program. While in the United States, he examined models for combating international crime including new legislation, special courts and investigative bodies.