Got a Criminal Record? It’s Getting Easier, Less Expensive to Expunge It
Many of the 70 million Americans with a record might be eligible to have it expunged but don’t take advantage of the opportunity. Part of the reason is ignorance of the remedies that the laws allow, part of the reason is the cost.
States Bedeviled by Contraband Cellphones in Prisons
Several states want to block cellular signals in prisons and make contraband phones useless to inmates.
Route Fifty Roadmap: Revisiting ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ in North-Central Ohio
In a part of the Buckeye State often overlooked by travelers passing through, you can better understand the physical and budgetary footprints for state prisons through the 1994 movie.
At Rikers Island, a Legacy of Medication-Assisted Opioid Treatment
The Rikers Island jail complex in New York City has the longest-running opioid treatment program in the nation. Only a few other correctional facilities have followed its example.
Inmates in Alaska Locked Up Past Release Dates; Memphis Official Caught With Illegal Power Hookup
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Virginia school system defies Obama on bathrooms; a western Oregon logging ban?; and Dallas neglects city property while still citing violators.
New Jersey Courts IT Team Preps for the State’s Landmark Bail Reforms
A predictive computer model is a key part of the overhaul.
Pa. Trims Corrections Costs by Relocating Inmates in Need of Radiation Treatment
Savings are relatively small compared to overall state corrections spending.
Updating State Theft Laws Can Bring Less Incarceration—and Less Crime
State governments, which bear primary responsibility for managing criminal offenders, have begun to re-evaluate the way they punish those that commit low-level theft.
Philly Uses Text Messaging to Help Ex-Offenders Find Housing and Jobs
‘[I]f you send them right when someone needs help, they have the opportunity to change behavior and improve citizen experience.”
Elderly Inmates Burden State Prisons
Inmate populations have aged dramatically, creating new burdens and high costs for state prisons.
Are States Obligated to Provide Expensive Hepatitis C Drugs?
New hepatitis C drugs boast cure rates of at least 95 percent. But states are restricting their use for Medicaid patients and prisoners because the cost is so high.
UNC Set to Host Seminars on Using Analytics for Better Policymaking
Initial topics include child welfare and managed care.
Online Repository Boasts Nearly 10,000 Federal, State and Local Criminal Justice Datasets
The Sunlight Foundation’s 'Hall of Justice' launched after 18 months of information gathering and programming.
States at a Crossroads on Criminal Justice Reform
Many states are reconsidering mandatory minimum sentences and substance abuse strategies that emphasize punishment rather than treatment.
State Prisons Turn to Telemedicine to Improve Health and Save Money
State corrections systems are turning to telemedicine to improve care and public safety.
Helping Drug-Addicted Inmates Break the Cycle
Most inmates start using drugs again as soon as they’re released. If they don’t die of an overdose, they often get arrested again for drug-related crimes. The challenge is breaking that cycle.
Jerry Brown’s Proposed Budget Seen as ‘All Good News’ for California Counties
But a budget deficit could be on the horizon, which prompted the Golden State’s governor to suggest more money be placed in reserves.
Will Washington State’s Corrections Software Error Turn Up More Tragedies?
“I’m very concerned about what we will uncover as we move forward” in the investigation of the early release scandal, according to the Department of Corrections secretary.
Prisons Lose Truck Contract that Budget-Gridlocked Illinois Can’t Pay; Planned Parenthood Wins in Alabama
Also: New York doctors made to take online course to prescribe pot and Utah Transit execs give up bonuses.
Help for California Towns With Dry Wells; Making America More Dementia Friendly Now
Also: Hoping to end the gerrymander in Ohio and working to turnaround the criminal justice disaster in Maryland
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