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Human Toll of Jail Mental Health Reentry October 3, 2024

Implementing the Medicaid Reentry Waiver in California

Lore Joplin, Justice System Partners, Maureen McDonnell, TASC’s Center for Health & Justice, Kimberly Richards, Justice System Partners, Miriam Popper, Justice System Partners, Vikki Wachino, Health and Reentry Project, Margot Cronin-Furman, Health and Reentry Project, John Sawyer, Waxman Strategies, Silicia Lomax, Waxman Strategies, David Ryan, Health and Reentry Project

In January 2023, California became the first state in the nation to receive approval from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for a Medicaid Section 1115 demonstration request to amend Medicaid’s inmate exclusion. People detained in jails and prisons have high rates of chronic and acute health needs, including physical, mental health, […]

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COVID Data Analysis Jail Populations March 21, 2023

Jail Populations, Violent Crime, and COVID-19

Sana Khan, Emily West, Stephanie Rosoff, CUNY Institute for State & Local Governance

On average, SJC cities and counties successfully reduced jail populations without jeopardizing community safety.

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Costs of Jailing

The growth of jails has been costly in many ways.

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Community Engagement Costs Housing

November 22, 2021

Funding Housing Solutions to Reduce Jail Incarceration

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Data Analysis Jail Populations Pretrial and Bail

May 13, 2021

Connection to Care in a Municipal Jail Setting

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Data Analysis Jail Populations Pretrial and Bail

November 19, 2020

Dollars and Sense In Cook County

Innovation Case Studies

Case studies prepared by the Urban Institute show how small-scale innovations in policy and practice are helping to reduce reliance on jail incarceration across the Safety and Justice Challenge Network.

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Community Engagement Crime

February 8, 2024

Redefining Community Safety in Missoula, Montana

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Frequent Jail Users Frequent Utilizers Human Toll of Jail Jail Populations Mental Health

July 25, 2023

Recommendations To Reduce Frequent Jail Contact

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Bail Community Engagement Crime Data Analysis Featured Jurisdictions Human Toll of Jail Jail Populations Pretrial and Bail Pretrial and Jails Pretrial Justice Pretrial Services Racial Disparities

July 1, 2022

Expanding Supervised Release in New York City

Jail Growth

Jail incarceration and jail admissions have grown dramatically since the 1970s. In many parts of the country, the growth continues unabated.

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Data Analysis Incarceration Trends Jail Populations

January 17, 2024

Turning Local Data into Meaningful Reforms

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Frequent Jail Users Frequent Utilizers Human Toll of Jail Jail Populations Mental Health

July 25, 2023

Recommendations To Reduce Frequent Jail Contact

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Data Analysis Jail Populations Racial Disparities

November 18, 2022

Measuring Progress: Declining Populations, Rising Disparities

Jail Overview

Local jails are the gateway to the criminal justice system, and a major component and driver of mass incarceration.

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Human Toll of Jail Mental Health Reentry

October 3, 2024

Implementing the Medicaid Reentry Waiver in California

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Incarceration Trends Presumption of Innocence Pretrial and Bail Pretrial and Jails Pretrial Justice Pretrial Services

October 12, 2022

Cages Without Bars

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Courts Data Analysis Frequent Jail Users Incarceration Trends Probation Sanctions

May 5, 2022

Trends in Jail Incarceration for Probation Violations

Mental Illness and Substance Abuse in Jails

Jails have become the “treatment of last resort” for people struggling with mental illness and addiction.

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Frequent Jail Users Frequent Utilizers Human Toll of Jail Jail Populations Mental Health

July 25, 2023

Recommendations To Reduce Frequent Jail Contact

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Data Analysis Human Toll of Jail Substance Abuse

January 26, 2021

Overdose Deaths and Jail Incarceration

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Data Analysis Human Toll of Jail Mental Health

August 1, 2019

Mental Health: The Legislative Primer Series for Front End Justice

Poverty and Homelessness in Jail

Jails are often de facto warehouses for people without money or stable housing.

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Data Analysis Homelessness Human Toll of Jail

August 12, 2020

No Access to Justice: Breaking the Cycle of Homelessness and Jail

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Data Analysis Jail Populations Pretrial and Bail

August 26, 2019

Arrest, Release, Repeat: How police and jails are misused to respond to social problems

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Data Analysis Human Toll of Jail Young Adults

August 1, 2019

Young Adults in the Justice System: The Legislative Primer Series for Front-End Justice

Racial Inequity

People of color—particularly Black people and their communities—suffer disproportionately from America’s overuse of jails.

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Costs Data Analysis Immigration

May 23, 2023

Immigration Enforcement Policies and Detainer Trends in SJC Sites

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Racial Disparities

March 8, 2023

Exploring Latino/a Representation in Local Criminal Justice Systems: A Review of Data Collection Practices and Systems-Involvement

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Diversion Incarceration Trends Probation Sanctions

January 12, 2023

Probation Violations as Drivers of Jail Incarceration in St. Louis County, Missouri

Results from the Safety and Justice Challenge Network

Interim results from cities and counties participating in the Safety and Justice Challenge show that jail incarceration can be reduced without compromising public safety, and that local justice systems can be made fairer in the process.

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