Ban the Box in Higher Education Panel
April 16 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Join a panel of education and criminal justice experts to discuss the benefits of making Virginia Higher Education institutions and JMU prohibit the discrimination of criminal history in their admission process. For more info on this initiative click here. Confirmed for the Panel Dr. Stanley [...]
Successful ASCA Meetings
On August 14-15, I attending the summer meetings of the Association of State Correctional Administrators in Indianapolis. There, I meet with a dozen current directors of [...]
Secure Crisis Assessment Center
Funding has finally been secured to open a secure psychological crisis assessment center at Sentara RMH! The Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental [...]
MRRJ Visitation Letter
On July 13th, 2015, the Valley Justice Coalition unanimously affirmed our support of a letter by Daniel Barrows to Middle River Regional Jail encouraging specific policy [...]
Bexar County Mental Health Diversion Model
Virginia jail administrators have been seeking additional sites where they can take individuals with mental health needs as a form of jail diversion. (Morehart, 2014). The [...]
Community Based Corrections Plan Released
Moseley Architects has released the Community Based Corrections Plan they were contracted to create for the Community Criminal Justice Board. You can read the plan here and [...]
Revolving Door Recidivism