This brief summarizes Iowa's Justice Reinvestment Initiative, which began in 2021 and involved a targeted analysis of the state's criminal justice responses implemented after March 2020 and the potential impact on public safety and community-based corrections operations.
This brief outlines the effects of superior court changes in Rhode Island in 2016 and JRI legislation that passed in 2017.
This brief explores how Alabama has addressed its Justice Reinvestment goals since enacting legislation in 2015.
This brief describes the impacts of Justice Reinvestment legislation passed in Alaska in 2016.
This brief explores the impact of Justice Reinvestment legislation that passed in Missouri in 2018.
This brief explores how Maryland has addressed its Justice Reinvestment goals since enacting Justice Reinvestment Initiative legislation in 2016.
This brief examines the effects of Justice Reinvestment legislation that passed in Georgia in 2017.
This brief explores how Utah has addressed its Justice Reinvestment goals since enacting Justice Reinvestment Initiative legislation in 2015.
This brief explores how Mississippi has addressed its Justice Reinvestment goals since enacting Justice Reinvestment Initiative legislation in 2014.
This brief explores how South Dakota has addressed its Justice Reinvestment goals since enacting the Public Safety Improvement Act in 2013.
In 2017, Louisiana passed a comprehensive justice reform package as a result of its JRI effort. This brief explores Louisiana’s progress toward the legislation’s overarching goals.
This article explains how Kansas’s JRI criminal justice legislation addressed the ongoing problem of concurrent supervision within the state’s community supervision system.
This brief details how JRI has helped a number of states focus prison space on people who have committed serious, violent, or repeat offenses, freeing up resources to invest in recidivism-reduction strategies.
This brief explains how Tennessee’s Office of Reentry is pioneering several innovative strategies to accomplish its reentry and employment goals.
This brief explains criminal justice system challenges in Nebraska and proposed policy solutions to address them.