Empowerment, not enablement, is a mantra at Philadelphia’s Institute for Community Justice (ICJ), ...
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rssCamp Hope Brings Low-Barrier Housing to Southern New Mexico
Mesilla Valley Community of Hope (MVCH) is an agency in Las Cruces, New ...
Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico: Support, Community, and Connection for Transgender Individuals Involved in the Criminal Justice System
Adrien LawyerPhoto courtesy of Albuquerque Community Foundation The Transgender Resource Center of ...
Correctional Education as a Path to Opportunity and Hope
Correctional education is a broad term that applies to the many learning opportunities ...
Comparing the Relationships Between Money Bail, Pretrial Risk Scores, and Pretrial Outcomes
Decades of research have documented how harmful the U.S. money bail system is ...
Sobering Centers Offer Low-Barrier Alternative to Jail or Emergency Rooms
In many communities, there are few options available when local police pick a person ...
Benevolence Farm: Helping Formerly Incarcerated Women Heal and Move Forward
Among the many differences between living in a correctional facility and living in the ...
Q&A with Don Caballero, Academy Program Director, Prison Fellowship Academy Program
You are the academy program director for the Prison Fellowship Academy Program in Texas ...
SAMHSA’s GAINS Center’s 2022 Individual Trauma Training Awardees
Since 2012, SAMHSA’s GAINS Center has provided train-the-trainer (TTT) workshops through its How Being ...
Texas Initiative Aims to Reduce the Wait for Inpatient Competency Restoration Services
There has been a dramatic increase in people found incompetent to stand trial in ...
Q&A with Philip Cooper, CPSS, CHW, Inspire Coordinator, Appalachian Regional Commission
You serve in several roles: community health worker capacity builder with the United Way ...
The Minnesota Prison Doula Project: Providing Care and Community for Pregnant Individuals in Prison and Jail
By Kaeleigh Terrill, Fertility and Body Literacy Educator The Minnesota Prison Doula Project (MnPDP) ...