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SLO County to invest in alternative programs
Santa Maria Times San Luis Obispo County officials reported positive results nearly two years into the state-mandated program to shift low-level prisoners to county jails. The county formed a committee following the passage of AB 109 to manage prisoner realignment.
BI day reporting program clients in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. helped with Hurricane Sandy clean-up
Hurricane Sandy was the storm of the year, leaving behind mass destruction and disrupting hundreds of thousands of lives. Volunteers from across the country came to help with the clean-up effort, including a group of four clients and three staff
Watch: Video captures essence of day reporting center parolee graduation event
Spring is a time for celebrating transition, and many BI Day Reporting Center participants nationwide are successfully transitioning from an evidence-based correctional program to community life. Each fall and spring, in conjunction with agency partners, BI organizes Transition Celebrations to
Pros and cons of what AB 109 means to public-private partnerships
Correctional News Signed by California Governor Jerry Brown less than a year ago in April 2011, assembly bill (AB) 109, the realignment process that is shifting low-level, nonviolent offenders from the state prison and parole system to county jails and
Latessa talk highlights what does and doesn’t work in corrections
BI Incorporated’s programs are cognitive behavioral treatment programs operating under evidence-based principles. These programs include elements of a “What Works” system, including leadership models competent in data driven services; evidence-based practice; availability of a full continuum of services from assessment
Parolees give and grow with holiday food drive
Cognitive behavioral therapy involves interventions that focus on change through demonstrated behavior outcomes, according to Doris Layton MacKenzie’s “What Works in Corrrections.” Behavior change occurs through changes in a way a person perceives, reflects and thinks about their life. A