Procedures to Take Down an Active Inmates Facebook Account, CA DOC, 2014 facebook Procedures to Take Down an Active Inmates Facebook Account September 2014 Steps to take to locate, verify, record, report, takedown, follow up, and document inmate facebook pages. Office of Victim & Survivor Rights & Services [ 1-877-256-6877 …

Public Research Universities - Changes in State Funding, Lincoln Project, 2015 Public Research Universities: Changes in State Funding A Publication of The Lincoln Project: Excellence and Access in Public Higher Education © 2015 by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences All rights reserved. isbn: 0-87724-106-6 This publication is available …

Lifetime of Punishment - Impact of Felony Drug Ban on Welfare Benefits, The Sentencing Project, 2013 A LIFETIME OF PUNISHMENT: THE IMPACT OF THE FELONY DRUG BAN ON WELFARE BENEFITS For more information, contact: The Sentencing Project 1705 DeSales Street NW 8th Floor Washington, D.C. 20036 This report was written …

The Family and Recidivism, American Jails, 2012 The Family AND RECIDIVISM R yan S hanahan and S andra V illalobos A gudelo Incarcerated men and women who maintain contact with supportive family members are more likely to succeed after their release. Although corrections practitioners and policymakers often understand the positive …

Effect of Private Sector Work Opportunities in Prison on Labor Market Outcomes of the Formerly Incarcerated, CESR-Schaeffer, 2015 The Effect of Private Sector Work Opportunities in Prison on Labor Market Outcomes of the Formerly Incarcerated Robynn Cox Paper No: 2015-014 CESR-SCHAEFFER WORKING PAPER SERIES The Working Papers in this series …

Ending the Over-Use of Isolation in Prisons, Prisoner Reentry Institute , 2015 Proceedings of a Colloquium to further a National Consensus on Ending the Over-Use of Extreme Isolation in Prisons John Jay College of Criminal Justice September 30-October 1, 2015 Prisoner Reentry Institute With support from The Jacob and Valeria …

Risk Assessment Instruments in Correctional Settings, Council of State Governments Justice Center, 2013 ! Risk!Assessment!Instruments!Validated!and!Implemented!in!Correctional!Settings!in!the!United! States:!!! An!Empirical!Guide!! ! An#executive#summary#drawn#from#Sarah#L.#Desmarais#and#Jay#P.#Singh,#Instruments#for# Assessing#Recidivism#Risk:#A#Review#of#Validation#Studies#Conducted#in#the#U.S.#(New!York:# Council!of!State!Governments!Justice!Center,!2013).! INTRODUCTION! ! The!rates!of!crime,!incarceration,!and!correctional!supervision!are!disproportionately! high!in!the!U.S.!and!translate!into!exorbitant!costs!to!individuals,!the!public,!and!the!state.! Within!three!years!of!release!from!jail!or!prison,!twoSthirds!of!offenders!are!rearrested!and!half! are!incarcerated!for!a!new!crime!or!parole!violation.1!Though!many!offenders!recidivate,!a! considerable!proportion!do!not.!Thus,!there!is!a!need!to!identify!those!offenders!at!greater!risk! of!recidivism!and!to!allocate!resources!and!target!risk!management!and!rehabilitation!efforts! accordingly.!Risk!assessment,!a!crucial!component!to!implementing!evidenceSbased!recidivism! reduction!strategies,!is!the!process!of!estimating!the!likelihood!an!offender!will!recidivate!by! identifying!those!offenders!at!higher!risk!and!in!greater!need!of!interventions.!Assessment! results,!based!on!ratings!of!empirically!or!theoretically!based!risk!and/or!protective!factors,!can! be!used!to!determine!intervention!targets,!appropriate!programming!level!and!intensity,!and! supervision!level.!There!is!overwhelming!evidence!to!suggest!that!assessments!of!risk! completed!using!structured!approaches!produce!estimates!that!are!both!more!accurate!and! more!consistent!across!assessors!compared!to!subjective!or!unstructured!approaches.2!More! and!more,!structured!risk!assessment!approaches!are!being!used!in!correctional!agencies.3! ! The!nearly!100Syear!history!of!risk!assessment!instrument!development!has!been! documented!on!several!occasions.4!The!focus!and!structure!of!risk!assessment!tools!have! shifted!significantly!over!time.!Studies!have!identified!the!important!evolution!of!risk! assessment!and!predictability!of!criminal!behavior,*!from!Burgess’!(1928)5!seminal!work!on!the! application!of!a!systemized!prediction!methodology!through!the!progression!of!the!four!distinct! generations!summarized!below.!! ! ! The!first!generation!of!risk!assessment!is!best!described!as!unstructured!professional! judgment,!in!which!the!assessor!relies!on!his!or!her!professional!training!and!information! gathered!from!the!incarcerated!individual,!official!records,!or!other!sources!to!inform!his!or!her! …

Roadmap to Reentry - A California Legal Guide, Root & Rebound, 2015 A CALIFORNIA LEGAL GUIDE ©2015 ROOT & REBOUND ROADMAP TO REENTRY: A California Legal Guide Copyright © 2015 by Root & Rebound Published by Root & Rebound ABOUT ROOT & REBOUND Root & Rebound is a nonprofit reentry …

Sentencing, Recidivism & the Positive Impact of Successful Reentry, Governor's Public Safety Summit, 2014 Sentencing, Recidivism, and the Positive Impact of Successful Reentry Agenda • Governor’s Task Force on Sentencing and Recidivism • Tennessee Trends • Sentencing • Recidivism • Reentry • Going Forward Governor’s Task Force on Sentencing and …

Voting Guide for Ex Felons, Advancement Project, 2002 SEPTEMBER 2002 RE-ENFRANCHISEMENT! A GUIDE FOR INDIVIDUAL RESTORATION OF VOTING RIGHTS IN STATES THAT PERMANENTLY DISENFRANCHISE FORMER FELONS In 1962 Fannie Lou Hamer tried to register to vote. She was fired the same day, after working on the plantation for 18 years; …

Reducing Costs and Recidivism Report, June, NM DOC 2012 Report to The LEGISLATIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE New Mexico Corrections Department Reducing Recidivism, Cutting Costs and Improving Public Safety in the Incarceration and Supervision of Adult Offenders June 14, 2012 Report #12-07 LEGISLATIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE Senator John Arthur Smith, Chairman Representative Luciano …

Recidivism of State Prisoners, The Sentencing Project, 2002 514 10TH S TREET NW, S UITE 1000 WASHINGTON, DC 20004 TEL: 202.628.0871 • FAX: 202.628.1091 S TAFF@S ENTENCINGPROJECT.ORG WWW.S ENTENCINGPROJECT.ORG RECIDIVISM OF STATE P RISONERS: IMPLICATIONS FOR S ENTENCING AND CORRECTIONS P OLICY A new Bureau of Justice Statistics report provides …

Going Home to Stay, VA Offender Re-entry Initiative, 2003 Virginia Serious and Violent Offender Re-entry Initiative (VASAVOR Initiative): “Going Home to Stay” Abstract National statistics are supported by Virginia data indicating that there are a large number of serious and violent offenders who are completing their sentences and “Going Home” …

Recidivism Report, PA DOC, 2013 Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Recidivism Report 2013 Tom Corbett John E. Wetzel Governor Secretary Recidivism Report PRS Overview The Bureau of Planning, Research and Statistics (PRS) directs the maintenance of historical data records for the Department and conducts ongoing planning, research, and evaluation activities designed …

State Recidivism Studies Compendium, The Sentencing Project, 2010 STATE RECIDIVISM STUDIES This database provides references for 99 recidivism studies conducted between 1995-2009 in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The studies have been produced by a variety of agencies, including departments of corrections, sentencing commissions, statistical analysis centers, …

ACLU joint letter in support of the REAL Act, December 2015 December 7, 2015 Re: Restoring Education and Learning (REAL) Act of 2015 (H.R. 2521) Dear Representatives: We, the undersigned 121 civil rights, human rights, faith based, and criminal justice reform organizations, write to express our strong support for the …

PA DOC community corrections contract Appendix L re recidivism measures 2014 APPENDIX L Recidivism Monitoring Recidivism Monitoring At a minimum, facilities operated by selected contractors must maintain a baseline rate of recidivism. Facilities reducing recidivism rates below the baseline recidivism range will be eligible to receive a price increase during …

Pell Grant Eligibility Clarification Letter, Department of Education, 2014 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY DEC - 8 2014 GEN-14-21 Subject: Federal Pell Grant Eligibility for Students Confined or Incarcerated in Locations That Are Not Federal or State Penal Institutions Sununary: This letter clarifies …

PA DOC recidivism performance measures for private halfway houses 2013 APPENDIX L Recidivism Monitoring Recidivism Monitoring At a minimum, facilities operated by selected contractors must maintain a baseline rate of recidivism. Facilities reducing recidivism rates below the baseline recidivism range will be eligible to receive a price increase during the …

Ltr. re Policy on Inmate Emails to Counsel on TRULINCS U.S. Atty's Office for E.D.N.Y. 2014 U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney Eastern District of New York JM:EJK:DCP 271 Cadman Plaza East Brooklyn, New York I l20l June 9,2014 By First Class Mail Peter Kirchheimer, Esq. Attomey-in-Charge Federal Defenders …