PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – Governor Gina Raimondo signed the package of legislation known as the Justice Reinvestment Initiative on Thursday. The bills aim to improve Rhode Island’s criminal justice ...

Awards totaling more than $17.5 million to state justice agencies and technical assistance partners to improve public safety and more effectively manage correctional populations and costs were ...

A local nonprofit cut last week from a Deschutes County request for state funding may now be able to try again after addressing doubts that it meets state grant requirements. Upon approval from ...

UNION COUNTY — The Union County Board of Commissioners at its meeting Wednesday, March 19, considers a pitch to give support for a Justice Reinvestment Initiative grant. Valerie Schlichting, director ...

Justice reinvestment in Pennsylvania, if enacted as planned, is projected to save the state more than $100 million over the next five years. Roughly half of that money is recommended to be put back ...

Prison reform advocates are calling for the closure of Northern Correctional Institution, the state’s only maximum-security prison, followed by a reinvestment in the prison’s dollars to programs for ...