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Updated data and charts: Incarceration stats by race, ethnicity, and gender for all 50 states and D.C. (PPI, 2023)

Posted By Josh Schott 09-27-2023 04:11 PM
Found In Library: SJC Exchange Library

Prison Policy Initiative updated their state-level data on the race and sex of each state's prison and jail populations. This is one of their most requested, important, and valuable resources because it helps to quantify just how massive the racial disparities are in the criminal legal system. You ...

Unjustified: Reckoning with the Racialized Legacy of Misdemeanors in the United States

Posted By Josh Schott 09-27-2023 02:50 PM
Found In Library: SJC Exchange Library

The vast majority of people awaiting trial in the U.S. are charged with misdemeanors, which comprise 80% of court dockets around the country. Many of these charges can trace their roots to the racist history of the criminal legal system, and the growing number of misdemeanors in criminal code still clog ...

Book Chapter: Understanding and Preventing Frequent Jail Contact

Posted By Josh Schott 09-05-2023 03:58 PM
Found In Library: SJC Exchange Library

A new book chapter (attached) authored by PRA/PRI colleagues: Understanding and Preventing Frequent Jail Contact. The chapter relates to other recent SJC Exchange posts including their new findings from the recently completed research project, "Understanding the Population of People with Frequent ...

Xylazine Basics: Overdose Prevention, Harm Reduction, and Wound Care (SAMHSA, 2023)

Posted By Josh Schott 08-18-2023 09:21 AM
Found In Library: SJC Exchange Library

This document provides information on xylazine, a non-opioid veterinary tranquilizer used as an additive in illicit drug supplies, notably in combination with heroin and fentanyl. It discusses the effects of xylazine use, including sedation and potential risks such as hypotension and bradycardia. The ...

When DeSantis removed Orlando prosecutor, he ignored the data and democracy

Posted By Josh Schott 08-16-2023 10:54 AM
Found In Library: SJC Exchange Library

The PPI Team has drafted an op-ed in the Miami Herald about the removal of duly elected State Attorney Monique Worrell (of the 9th Judicial Circuit - Orlando/Osceola) by the Florida governor. Please share widely, because these battles are getting worse. As of October 1, Georgia prosecutors can be ...

Crisis Stabilization Units & Deflection Practices Across Communities & in Pima County, AZ (JSP, 2023)

Posted By Josh Schott 08-15-2023 01:16 PM
Found In Library: SJC Exchange Library

More recently, there is interest in taking a public health approach to community and individual safety, especially for individuals in behavioral health crises. One approach is police-led deflection to Crisis Stabilization Units (CSUs) or similar programs in the local community. In 2011, Pima County, ...

Messaging to Support A Behavioral Health Continuum of Care (NACo, 2023)

Posted By Josh Schott 08-15-2023 01:08 PM
Found In Library: SJC Exchange Library

County elected officials play a critical role in advocating for the development of local behavioral health systems of care. With oversight of key policy and funding decisions, elected officials can cultivate momentum for a comprehensive and sustainable continuum of care for their communities. To aid ...

Under Pressure: The Milwaukee County Justice System's Recovery from COVID-19 (WPF, 2023)

Posted By Josh Schott 08-15-2023 12:48 PM
Found In Library: SJC Exchange Library

The report was commissioned by the Milwaukee Community Justice Council and the Argosy Foundation to measure the pandemic's impact on the criminal legal system as well as to inform discussions between policymakers and the public.

Equity Through Action: A Tool to Action Plan Through an Equity Lens (PET, 2023)

Posted By Josh Schott 08-02-2023 10:06 AM
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As part of the Pretrial Equity and Transformation (PET) Network, they have spent their last workshop unpacking how best to implement transformative change in pretrial spaces using an equity approach. In doing so, they created a tool that takes an equity lens to action planning. Action plans are ...

Understanding Court Absence and Reframing "Failure to Appear" (JSP, 2023)

Posted By Josh Schott 08-01-2023 06:50 PM
Found In Library: SJC Exchange Library

Failure to appear in court is often a disproportionate driver of jail populations. It is important to understand it better and to reframe it. Justice System Partners interviewed 50 people currently in custody on a bench warrant -- not a new crime -- about why they missed court. Read JSP's latest ...

Supporting Justice, Behavioral Health, and Housing Collaborations through Federal Funding (CSGJC, 2023)

Posted By Josh Schott 07-28-2023 01:51 PM
Found In Library: SJC Exchange Library

The CSG Justice Center is excited to share their recently released Supporting Justice, Behavioral Health, and Housing Collaborations through Federal Funding brief: a new resource for local practitioners to use as they work across sectors to address complex issues at the intersection of public health ...

Understanding the Population of People with Frequent Jail Contact

Posted By Josh Schott 07-27-2023 08:03 AM
Found In Library: SJC Exchange Library

Policy Research Associates (PRA) released publications about frequent jail contact. PRA conducted a mixed-methods research study using administrative records, virtual and in-person site visits, and interviews with practitioners and people with lived experience in three SJC sites-Harris County, Texas, ...

At the Intersection of Probation and Jail Reduction Efforts

Posted By Josh Schott 07-24-2023 12:06 PM
Found In Library: SJC Exchange Library

To learn more about the impact probation revocations have on jails and to advance promising strategies to address them, CUNY ISLG funded the Urban Institute through the Safety and Justice Challenge (SJC) Research Consortium to conduct a mixed-methods study on how people on probation end up in jail incarceration ...

Contending with Carveouts: How and Why to Resist Charge-Based Exclusions in Reforms (PPI, 2023)

Posted By Josh Schott 06-27-2023 09:08 AM
Found In Library: SJC Exchange Library

The Prison Policy Initiative released a guide to opposing harmful "carveouts" that appear in criminal justice reform bills. Carveouts, as they are often called, are clauses that serve to exclude large categories of people - often the majority of those who stand to benefit - from reform, by reserving ...

Police-Led Deflection, a “No Wrong Door” Model for Reducing Jail Populations (JSP, 2023)

Posted By Josh Schott 06-26-2023 10:40 AM
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Researchers and practitioners often call jails in the United States "the new asylums" for the rising number of individuals they confine with behavioral health needs and substance use disorders. Some calculations estimate that nearly 20 percent of individuals confined in jails have a severe mental health ...

A National Compendium of Court Navigation Programs (PRA and SJI, 2023)

Posted By Josh Schott 06-20-2023 11:51 AM
Found In Library: SJC Exchange Library

Policy Research Associates, in partnership with the State Justice Institute, released a new publication, A National Compendium of Court Navigation Programs . This compendium provides an overview of 18 court navigation programs operating in 22 states across the United States. Court navigation programs ...

Data-Driven Deflection: A Systems Approach to Reducing Juvenile Arrests (R Street, 2023)

Posted By Josh Schott 06-08-2023 03:28 PM
Found In Library: SJC Exchange Library

Over the past two decades, the United States has made significant strides in adopting evidence-based approaches to juvenile justice. However, America still has relatively high juvenile arrest rates, which are correlated with negative life outcomes. Pre-arrest diversion, also known as "deflection," is ...

Unpacking Willful Flight (PJI, 2023)

Posted By Josh Schott 06-07-2023 02:16 PM
Found In Library: SJC Exchange Library

A call for anti-racist reform around bail hearings and missed court dates. Do "failure to appear" concerns further the goals of pretrial justice, or widen the net for pretrial detention? The term encompasses both nonappearance, which is absence from court often due to logistical issues, ...

Mindful Courts Exploratory Study (NCSC, 2023)

Posted By Josh Schott 06-05-2023 09:48 AM
Found In Library: SJC Exchange Library

While courts are making strides to effectively respond to the needs of court-involved individuals with serious mental illness, it's also important to focus on the well-being of judges and staff. Mindfulness can help. "Building a mindfulness capacity is one strategy many in the public ...

Applying the Stepping Up Framework to Advance Racial Equity (CSGJC, 2023)

Posted By Josh Schott 05-24-2023 01:58 PM
Found In Library: SJC Exchange Library

A new brief from Stepping Up, Applying the Stepping Up Framework to Advance Racial Equity , that offers a roadmap for addressing racial disparities in their justice and behavioral health systems. The Stepping Up partners have seen from experience that counties implementing the Stepping Up framework ...

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