by Amanda D'Souza, Lauren Henderson, Tameka Williams | Feb 12, 2024 | Caring for People Who Care For People, Community Supervision, DEIB, Staff Training, Transformational Leadership
Across the country, community corrections agencies – probation and parole – have a great responsibility: helping justice-involved individuals improve their lives. Improving the lives of others is no easy task. New research and models of doing community supervision...
by Lauren Henderson, Tameka Williams | Aug 31, 2023 | Behavior Health Approach, Harm Reduction, Opioid Use Disorder, Overdose Prevention, Substance Use Disorder
The opioid epidemic continues to ravage communities, transcending race, gender, disability, socioeconomic status, and geographic location. In 2022, on average, 218 people died every day from an opioid-involved overdose for a year-end total of 79,770 deaths. In...
by Michael Menefee, Didi Nguyen, Shannon Magnuson | Jul 26, 2023 | COVID-19, Criminal Justice, Jail Reduction Efforts, Keeping People Out of the System, Racial Justice
In March 2020, criminal legal agencies across the country were concerned with how the Coronavirus (COVID-19) would disproportionately impact the health of individuals in jail. Many counties implemented emergency policies to reduce their jail populations to protect the...