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Located nationwide, BI’s Day Reporting Centers (DRCs) provide an alternative for states and counties to cope with jail overcrowding and recidivism through ongoing and intensive supervision and case management, treatment

Merced County, located in California’s Central Valley, has struggled with economic hardship and above average crime rates for a decade. Such hardship has created pressure on the local jail and correctional

In 2005, the jail population in Sedgwick County, Kansas, was 22 percent above capacity and inmates housed in other counties cost the county $4 million annually. Pretrial defendants occupied 62

The Stanford Criminal Justice Center was awarded $650,000 to research the implementation and impact of California’s Public Safety Realignment legislation — which went into effect one year ago this month,

Like many counties in California, Kern County has been seeking solutions to jail crowding and rising probationer numbers. Factors contributing to these problems include double-digit unemployment and low household incomes

BI operates eight Spotlight Reentry Centers for the Illinois Department of Corrections. These centers have helped the DOC to manage thousands of parolees in the community since opening more than

Despite its pristine waters and reputation for having some of the cleanest air in the county, Monterey County has also earned the unfortunate distinction as having one of the highest

Recently, the Pennsylvania State Senate unanimously passed the second phase of prison reform for Pennsylvania, which outlines the formula for returning savings from the first phase of prison reform to

In September 2012, the National Juvenile Justice Network released data from the Pathways to Desistance study – a large, collaborative, seven-year project following approximately 1,300 youths after their convictions. Most

The Vera Institute of Justice, an independent, nonprofit organization that aims to improve justice systems through its research, recently released a new report on performance incentive funding programs. The report delineates the

A year after the overhaul of California’s criminal justice system, many people are assessing its effectiveness. Reports are finding that offenders who qualify for rehab services under the realignment policy

To cope with high recidivism and institutional overcrowding, many states and counties are looking for smart alternatives. Day reporting is one such alternative. With day reporting, parolees or probationers are

A recent study by the Vera Institute of Justice and the Pew Center on the States’ Public Safety Performance Project examined changes in population count and spending for both prisons

The U.S. Department of Labor held a summit recently in Washington D.C. on reentry and employment of formerly incarcerated individuals. The summit featured three panel discussions, which included the benefits

Calaveras Enterprise Calaveras County selected GEO Reentry to implement and run its day reporting center and related programs. The day reporting center will be built to help manage offenders coming

For individuals caught in a cycle of substance abuse and criminality, good nutrition and a balanced diet are low on the priority list. Recognizing the importance to educate its clients

The Council of State Governments Justice Center’s National Reentry Resource Center released a policy brief that found  70 percent of all states currently have steady or declining recidivism rates. According

In 2011, the California state legislature passed Assembly Bill (AB) 109, commonly referred to as “Realignment.”  Realignment was designed to make fundamental changes to the California prison system by shifting

Earlier this summer, in an effort to reduce costs and help curb chronic recidivism, BI Incorporated opened a day reporting program in Luzerne County, Penn. The Luzerne County Day Reporting

Joan Petersilia, Ph.D., has spent more than 25 years studying the performance of U.S. criminal justice agencies and has been instrumental in affecting sentencing and corrections reform in California.  She