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This is a collection of Justice Reinvestment resources related to the August 2016 issue of Peace & Justice News.
Resources on Justice Reinvestment in Pennsylvania
- Justice Reinvestment in Pennsylvania – Presentations to the Justice Reinvestment Working Group (2016)
- Justice Reinvestment in Pennsylvania: Dynamic Strategies for Reducing Corrections Costs and Improving Public Safety (December 10, 2013)
- CrimeSolutions.gov – database of evidence-based programs relating to criminal justice, juvenile justice, and crime victim services.
- What Works in Reentry Clearinghouse
(There’s a description of the Reentry Clearinghouse here ) - U.S. Department of Justice – Office of Justice Programs
- Pennsylvania Department of Corrections – many resources related to state prisons and corrections
Recent Judicial Action in Pennsylvania
- First ‘juvenile lifers’ in Pennsylvania granted parole (Morning Call: August 1, 2016)
- Supreme Court ruling denies second chance for inmates who received mandatory minimum sentences that are now unconstitutional. (Morning Call: July 22, 2016)
Pennsylvania Prison and Criminal Justice Statistics
- Probation and Parole in the United States, 2014 (Bureau of Justice Statistics, Nov. 2015)
(Note that rates for U.S. Department of Justice are per 100,000 adult population) - PA Board of Probation & Parole – monthly statistics reports
- Monthly State Prison Population Report – Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
- The Sentencing Project – prison statistics, state by state.
- PA Department of Corrections Recidivism Report 2013
- States of Incarceration: The Global Context (2016 report)
- Correctional Control: Incarceration and Supervision, by State (all U.S. states compared)
Alternative Models for Criminal Justice
- The Ferguson Commission report (Oct. 2015) which includes 189 “calls to action.”
- In Norway, a Prison Built on Second Chances (NPR: May 31, 2015)
- Why Scandinavian Prisons Are Superior (The Atlantic: Sept. 24, 2013)
