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
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