Thinking About Corrections : Release Planning

CSG Justice Center Releases Guide to Manage Mentally Ill in Community Corrections

llinke — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:20:00 GMT

The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center announced today the release of a policy and practice guide for managing mentally ill offenders in the community (see attached press release). The publication, Improving Outcomes for People with Mental Illnesses under Community Supervision, was developed with support of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the National Institute of Corrections. The guide reviews the body of recent research on community corrections supervision for people with mental illness and translates findings to help officials develop effective interventions. Link on the PDF of the guide above, or limited printed copies of the document are available from the NIC Information Center. More information regarding the mentally ill in corrections is available on the NIC Projects pages and Justice Center's Consensus Project website.

Training Available to State Agencies For Successful Offender Reentry

llinke — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:32:00 GMT

The Center for Effective Public Policy (CEPP), through funding from the U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance, will be offering training to state-level corrections and community supervision agencies interested in enhancing successful offender reentry/transition from prison to communities. The three-day curriculum will be tailored and delivered on-site in three states during calendar year 2009. All training costs for up to 250 participants per state (with the exception of staff travel and per diems) will be supported by this initiative.

Applications are due March 16, 2009. To view and download the full application kit, visit http://www.cepp.com/whatsnew.htm .

Release Planning for Successful Reentry, A Guide

Eileen Conway — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:27:00 GMT

New from the Urban Institute's Justice Policy Center is Release Planning for Successful Reentry: A Guide for Corrections, Service Providers, and Community Groups. The guide covers release planning's role, key components of a release plan, and opportunities and challenges of release planning. Appendixes include case studies and a state-by-state "scan of practice." Also new from the Urban Institute are two Reentry Mapping Briefs, one on the future of justice mapping, and the other on mapping community data on children of prisoners. All three documents can be located from their justice publications page.