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2024

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February 26, 2024

Improving Outcomes for Justice-Impacted Individuals with Mental Health and Substance Use Disorderss

Studies by the OJP BJS found that about two out of every five people in America’s jails and prisons suffer from mental health disorders.

 


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February 6, 2024

Employing Mental Health Clinicians to Improve Police Outcomes

“Police have been tasked with too much historically. They've really been tasked with responding to behavioral health issues because we didn't have a better option.

 


Attorney General Miyares, Robin Gauthier, Executive Director of Samaritan House, presenting at a Press Conference for 100% BATT (Businesses Alliance Against Trafficking)

January 30, 2024

United Against Labor Trafficking: Spotlight on Organizations Leading the Charge

Addressing child labor exploitation and child trafficking is critical to advancing the health, education and well-being of children and families in the United States.

 


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January 12, 2024

Remembering Richard Rosenfeld

Last week, the American criminal justice community suffered a profound loss with the passing of Richard Rosenfeld, a distinguished professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.

 

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