The report details recommendations, tools, best practices, and examples of successful programs so that state courts can serve as effective partners in the management and eventual end to the addiction crisis. #SubstanceUse #AlternativestoIncarceration
New Orleans once locked up more of its residents than any other city in the country. But in recent years, religious leaders and the business community, along with advocates for racial justice, have come together to take steps toward reforming the criminal justice system. This moment is...
Cities, together with county or regional partners, increasingly use triage centers as alternatives to jails, emergency rooms, and other expensive, ineffective responses to substance abuse and mental health crises. City leaders can assist in the establishment of triage centers through championing...
YEF Triage Centers Brief FINAL1.pdf
Host Matt Watkins sits down with Dr. Jacob Ham, clinical psychologist, and the director of the Center for Child Trauma and Resilience at the Icahn School of Medicine at New York City's Mount Sinai, and Dr. Deborah Koetzle, associate professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and the...
State and local leaders have made recidivism reduction a public safety priority in recent years, pursuing a variety of strategies that are starting to see real results. A broad cross-section of states, 11 of which are profiled here, have experienced impressive declines in their return-to-prison...
StatesDeliverResults-2018.pdf
This case study examines how Campbell County, a rural community in Tennessee, designed and launched the Women In Need Diversion (WIND) program to address the particular needs of women in jail. Drawing on direct program observation and in-person interviews with WIND stakeholders, this case study...
2018.10.11_Alternatives-for-Incarcerated-Women_finalized.pdf
The County of Santa Clara shared the modalities utilized in its campaign to inform the public of free alternatives to commercial bail as well as initial outcomes measured by the increase in “own recognizance” releases. #SantaClaraCounty #AlternativestoIncarceration #PosterSession ...
County of Santa Clara_Adverstising Free Alternatives to Bail.pdf
This is a drafted version of San Francisco County's racial equity statement. #racialdisparities #RacialJustice #alternatives
SF_Race_Equity Statement_Action 9.12.18.docx
Webcast recording and slide deck from 4/25/2018 webcast: The Case for Cite and Release. Thie webcast introduces the concept of "Cite and Release" and also shares benefits of this approach when it is applicable. #alternatives #LawEnforcementJails
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This document is a brochure for the Mission Street Sobering Center in San Jose California. #substanceabuse #alternatives
SCC Sobering Center.pdf
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