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On September 10-13, the Travis County Sheriff’s Office will host the first “Vision Summit: Looking toward the Future of Reentry” in Austin, Texas. Experts in the criminal justice field will

Recently, the Council of State Governments Justice Center—a national nonprofit organization that provides nonpartisan advice and evidence-based strategies to policymakers—released a memo from the Federal Interagency Reentry Council on the

BI Incorporated has helped several counties in Pennsylvania, including Cambria, Franklin and Luzerne, implement evidence-based alternatives to detention. In Luzerne, BI helped the county implement an electronic monitoring program as

This week U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. announced plans to reform several criminal justice policies, most notably curtailing mandatory minimum sentences for low-level, nonviolent drug offenders, in an

Recently, 37 organizations including the International Community Corrections Association, a non-profit organization sponsored by BI Incorporated, sent a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives in support of funding a

Merced Sun-Star Jeffrey Beard, Gov. Jerry Brown’s secretary of corrections, recently toured and praised Merced’s Trident Center. The center provides services to offenders released under AB 109, legislation which moved

Like many counties across the nation, Franklin County, Pa., has struggled with rising crime rates and overcrowded jails. In 2003, the county’s 194-bed prison saw its inmate count climb as

To help cope with chronic recidivism and crowded jails, counties nationwide are moving toward integration of community programs. Several counties in Pennsylvania, including Cambria County, have implemented day reporting programs

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