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Industry Reports

Keep abreast of major issues with these recent reports from expert industry and governmental sources on critical community corrections issues.

Prison Count 2010

Source: The Pew Center on the States, March 2010
The state prison population experienced its first decline in 37 years. Contributing factors include advances in supervision technology and behavior-change science. Read more...

Jail Population Management: Elected County Officials’ Guide to Pretrial Services

Source: National Association of Counties and the Pretrial Justice Institute, September 2009
This report looks at the role county officials play in jail population management while making recommendations for the collaborative management of pretrial services programs. Read more...

One in 31: The Long Reach of American Corrections

Source: The Pew Center on the States, March 2009
1 in 31 examines the scale and cost of prison, jail, probation and parole in each of the 50 states, and provides a blueprint for states to cut both crime and spending by reallocating prison expenses to fund stronger supervision of the large number of offenders in the community. Read more...

Putting Public Safety First

Source: The Pew Center on the States, December 2008
This report explores successful supervision and reentry strategies in community corrections that can reduce recidivism and hold offenders accountable for their actions while also cutting substance abuse and unemployment, and restoring family bonds. Read more...

Prisoners In 2008

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 2009
This report examines trends in incarceration across the United States in state and federal facilities. This report includes the national incarceration rate, number of prisoners in each state, and the trends of each state's incarceration rate over the past seven years. Read more...

Probation and Parole in the United States, 2008 Statistical Tables

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 2009
This 10-page summary highlights trends and facts in probation and parole in the U.S. Read more...

Life After Lock-Up: Improving Reentry from Jail to the Community

Source: National Criminal Justice Reference Service, U.S. Department of Justice, May 2008
This report gives an overview of jail reentry, including a review of the challenges presented by the jail population, recommendations on an array of reentry approaches, examples of successful programs, and an examination of the role of probation in the process. Read more...

Global Positioning System (GPS) Technology for Community Supervision: Lessons Learned

Source: National Criminal Justice Reference Service, U.S. Department of Justice, May 2008
This report is the essential GPS program primer, covering everything from GPS basics to how to set and use standards in GPS programs. The report also includes interviews with agencies and a few of the lessons they learned along the way. Read more...