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Community Supervision Strategies
April 5, 2024Making Probation and Parole More EffectiveSupporting people on community supervision is vital to ensuring a successful transition from incarceration and reentry to their communities.Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence
April 2, 2024Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence Exonerates Texas ManThe Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence Program provides funding to ensure that the right person is convicted, and justice is done.DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction Program
April 2, 2024DNA Funding for Forensics Labs Eases Case BacklogsForensic crime labs often struggle to keep up with the volume of requests for evidence analysis due to shortages in staff and equipment.Bureau of Justice Assistance logo
February 26, 2024Improving Outcomes for Justice-Impacted Individuals with Mental Health and Substance Use DisorderssStudies by the OJP BJS found that about two out of every five people in America’s jails and prisons suffer from mental health disorders.Photograph of Carleigh Sailon
February 6, 2024Employing Mental Health Clinicians to Improve Police Outcomes“Police have been tasked with too much historically. They've really been tasked with responding to behavioral health issues because we didn't have a better option.Attorney General Miyares, Robin Gauthier, Executive Director of Samaritan House, presenting at a Press Conference for 100% BATT (Businesses Alliance Against Trafficking)
January 30, 2024United Against Labor Trafficking: Spotlight on Organizations Leading the ChargeAddressing child labor exploitation and child trafficking is critical to advancing the health, education and well-being of children and families in the United States.Photo of Richard Rosenfeld
January 12, 2024Remembering Richard RosenfeldLast week, the American criminal justice community suffered a profound loss with the passing of Richard Rosenfeld, a distinguished professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
  
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