by Shannon Magnuson, Amy Dezember | May 22, 2023 | Behavior Health Approach, Crisis Stabilization Units, Keeping People Out of the System, Polce-Led Deflection, Severe Mental Health Disorders, Substance Use Disorder
THE NEED FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN ARREST Researchers and practitioners often call jails in the United States “the new asylums” for the rising number of individuals they confine with behavioral health needs and substance use disorders. Some calculations estimate that...
by Didi Nguyen | Jan 27, 2023 | Criminal Justice, Racial Justice
Criminal legal system agencies are reckoning with how they have contributed to racial and ethnic disparities and upheld structural racism – or the formal and informal policies and practices that systematically create preferences for some groups over others. In...
by Emily Numbers | Dec 12, 2022 | Criminal Justice
The first installment in a four-part series. JSP is working alongside Cook County, IL to implement the Pretrial Fairness Act (PFA). This comprehensive legislation eliminates money bond, reduces pretrial incarceration, and increases law enforcement use of citations...
