Reduce Recidivism by Addressing Mental Health
We’ve seen the same story play out too many times to count: an incarcerated individual serves their time and is released with hope for a better future.
Read moreWe’ve seen the same story play out too many times to count: an incarcerated individual serves their time and is released with hope for a better future.
Read moreCorizon Health announced recently that its contract with the Wyoming Department of Corrections (WDOC) has been renewed for as long as another 5 years
Read moreThe transition is on.
Read moreA new 24/7 walk-in crisis center opened in Davidson County to ensure that those under extreme mental distress will receive the treatment they need as an alternative to putting them in correctional custody.
Read moreThe L.A. County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a $2.2 billion plan to replace the outdated Men’s Central Jail downtown with a spacious new facility.
Read moreConstruction is currently underway on the new Franklin County Corrections Center in Columbus.
Read moreLast April, Oklahoma’s Tulsa County Jail opened a 42,750-square-foot expansion that dedicates significantly more space to inmates with mental health issues.
Read moreMore counties and states are beginning to re-assess, redefine and rebuild detention facilities using a new design model that emphasizes next-generation jails.
Read moreCOLUMBUS, Ohio — Federal judge, Algenon Marbley recently ended most of his court-ordered monitoring of Ohio’s youth prison system. Certain elements still remain, including continued oversight of mental health services and units for those with behavioral issues.
Issues in the Ohio youth prison system have been officially on record since a 2004 lawsuit and then later in a settlement agreement in 2008 — but now work is finally progressing, according to Cincinnati lawyer representing juvenile inmates Alphonse Gerhardstein.
Read moreNEW YORK — The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center’s National Reentry Resource Center (NRRC) released a policy brief on Sept. 25, 2012, highlighting a number of states reporting significant, reductions in recidivism.