by Lauren Henderson, Tameka Williams | Aug 31, 2023 | Behavior Health Approach, Community Supervision, Harm Reduction, Opioid Use Disorder, Overdose Prevention, Substance Use Disorder
The opioid epidemic continues to ravage communities, transcending race, gender, disability, socioeconomic status, and geographic location. In 2022, on average, 218 people died every day from an opioid-involved overdose for a year-end total of 79,770 deaths. In...
by Michael Menefee, Didi Nguyen, Shannon Magnuson | Jul 26, 2023 | COVID-19, Criminal Justice, Jail Reduction Efforts, Keeping People Out of the System, Racial Justice
In March 2020, criminal legal agencies across the country were concerned with how the Coronavirus (COVID-19) would disproportionately impact the health of individuals in jail. Many counties implemented emergency policies to reduce their jail populations to protect the...
by Didi Nguyen, Michael Menefee, Shannon Magnuson | Jul 13, 2023 | Behavior Health Approach, Geting People Out of the System Quickly, Prosecutor-Led Diversion Program
Recently, New York City Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell reported that nearly a third of the 6,000 arrests and rearrests for shoplifting in the city last year involved the same 327 people. The Commissioner went on to say victims concentrated...