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Senate hearing highlights challenges of law enforcement responses to individuals with disabilities
In 2012, the number of patients with severe mental illness in prisons and jails…
Apr 30, 2014
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Cost-Benefit Analysis of Justice Programs
Vera’s Cost-Benefit Knowledge Bank for Criminal Justice (CBKB) project has two…
Apr 29, 2014
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New Orleans pretrial services program has promising future
New Orleans residents are detained in jail, especially pretrial, at…
Apr 22, 2014
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Trafficked and Exploited Girls Need Help, Not Incarceration
A few years ago, I met a young girl, “Denise,” who told me that her uncle had…
Apr 15, 2014
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Unfair School Discipline
Analysis of new data from the United States Department of Education Office for…
Apr 11, 2014
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Vera’s Annual Benefit Honors Work to Keep Youth Out of the Justice System
On Tuesday night, Vera held its eight annual benefit, Our Youth – Our Future,…
Apr 09, 2014
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First juvenile detention facility in the U.S. is certified PREA compliant
It’s been more than ten years since Congress passed the Prison Rape Elimination…
Apr 04, 2014
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Status offense reform gaining momentum as both sides of the aisle see need for change
When friends and family who work in different fields ask me to describe Vera’s…
Apr 04, 2014
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Comprehensive Community Living
The Obama administration released its budget for fiscal year 2015 earlier this…
Apr 01, 2014
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Opportunities for improving mental health treatment and Rikers Island jail
An upturn in violence at New York City’s Rikers Island Jail has been the focus…
Mar 28, 2014