Archive: Community Corrections

  • Swift and Certain Sanctions Act March 15, 2013

    Swift and Certain Sanctions Act Summary For states to deliver swift, certain and proportionate responses to violations of probation and parole, they need an array of institutional and community-based sanctions as well as the authority to assign—and reassign—offenders to those [...]

  • Resolution in Support of Justice Reinvestment March 15, 2013

    Resolution in Support of Justice Reinvestment Summary State spending on corrections has grown faster than almost any other budget item in the past 20 years, reaching nearly $52 billion dollars in tight economic times. Prison populations have risen dramatically and [...]

  • Community Corrections Performance Incentive Act March 15, 2013

    Community Corrections Performance Incentive Act Summary The provisions of this act are intended to reduce crimes committed by probationers and the number of probationers revoked to prison by giving probation departments a share of the savings to the state  in [...]

  • Recidivism Reduction Act March 15, 2013

    Recidivism Reduction Act Summary Research and practice over the past 25 years have identified new strategies and policies that can make a significant dent in recidivism rates. Implementing these research-backed programs and procedures is called “evidence-based practice.” This Act requires [...]

  • Resolution in Support of H.O.P.E. March 15, 2013

    Resolution in Support of H.O.P.E. Summary This Resolution recognizes the progress Hawaii’s HOPE program has exhibited in lowering the crime rate amongst probationers.  The resolution also supports the program and its success and aims to replicate its results in other [...]

  • Community Corrections Performance Measurement Act March 15, 2013

    Community Corrections Performance Measurement Act Summary This Act implements a systematic performance measurement model for community corrections agencies, which includes measures of outcomes in key performance areas. This model provides regular, objective and quantitative feedback on how well agencies are [...]