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Recently, a panel of three federal judges ruled that California must release 9,600 inmates by the end of 2013. The three-judge court stated that California needs to expand the use

Mark your calendars for an upcoming workshop sponsored by GEO Reentry and its parent GEO Community Services.  The 90-minute workshop, “Using technology to implement cognitive behavioral treatment with offenders,” will be

Earlier this month, GEO Reentry led the workshop “An Introduction to Alcohol Monitoring Testing Technologies” at the National Association of Drug Court Professionals’ 19th Annual Training Conference. The workshop was designed

Recently, California Forward’s Partnership for Community Excellence—an organization that supports California counties in implementing AB 109 Public Safety Realignment—met with criminal justice leaders for a roundtable discussion on split sentencing.

All across the country, states are exploring alternatives to detention as a way to reduce high prison costs and populations that have swollen over the last couple of decades. Legislators

The National Reentry Resource Center, a project of the CSG Justice Center, has created recidivism reduction checklists to help state leaders implement reentry initiatives. These user-friendly checklists provide information on

BI Incorporated implements county employment programs nationwide to assist offenders upon their release from incarceration. In fact, BI staff delivers employment services training both inside a jail setting (BI JEEP Program)

Assembly Bill 109 caused a significant stir in California. Counties in CA faced a slew of new responsibilities, including managing a population of offenders they had never seen before. Since

The Council of State Governments Justice Center recently released a report describing how 17 states have effectively reduced recidivism and corrections costs through justice reinvestment strategies. Justice reinvestment relies on

Dr. Edward Latessa, respected University of Cincinnati Criminal Justice Researcher, recently responded to The New York Times article, “Pennsylvania Study Finds Halfway Houses Don’t Reduce Recidivism.” The piece criticized residential

Florida’s prison system recently finished building a reentry center in Gadsden County to help inmates effectively reenter the community after they leave prison. Housed inside the prison walls, the reentry

The National Institute of Corrections recently posted an article advocating the use of Motivational Interviewing in the corrections field. NIC describes MI as a technique for open communication between offenders

The National Institute of Corrections, an agency within the U.S. Department of Justice’s Federal Bureau of Prisons, recently released a publication on evidence-based practices called “Evidence-based practices in the criminal

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration recently announced $20 million in grant funds will be available to help adult inmates successfully re-enter the workforce after they leave

Recently, The American Conservative published an article about the advantages of exploring alternatives to incarceration. Currently, the United States has the highest incarceration rate in the developed world, with 716 out of

To help alleviate jail crowding and reduce chronic recidivism, Luzerne County opened a Day Reporting Center in 2010 to supervise and provide treatment and training services for approximately 150 offenders. Clients

Tulare County in central California has seen rapid population growth, double-digit unemployment and high crime rates over the last several years.  These issues made managing the influx of probationers transferred

In 2008, the Napa County Board of Supervisors selected BI to open a Community Corrections Service Center, which offers day reporting, case management, treatment and training. BI’s programs are cognitive behavioral

After the passage of AB 109 California Public Safety Realignment in 2011, Tuolumne County was determined to cope with an influx of probationers, as did other counties throughout California. AB

Designed specifically for high-risk parolees – individuals who are deemed at risk for parole failure – to reduce recidivism, BI’s Spotlight Reentry Centers in Illinois include a combination of intensive

Like many counties in California, Madera County has partnered with BI Incorporated and GEO Reentry to address issues related to jail crowding and limited funds for jail expansion. Madera County