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Jail Inmates Report 2018

Findings in this report are based on the Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ), a national survey of county, city, and regional jails. Since 1982, the Bureau of Justice Statistics has conducted the ASJ to provide nationwide statistics on the number and characteristics of local...

Jail Reentry Round Table Initiative

Over the past five years, there has been substantial momentum around the issue of prisoner reentry. It is now well known that some 650,000 prisoners return from state and federal prisons each year, facing a myriad of challenges and high recidivism rates. At the same...

JAIL TOOLKIT

GUIDE FOR STARTING A JAIL MINISTRY Jail ministry is unique based on the needs in the community and the resources of the church. Thisguide provides you with basic steps to identify where, with whom and how your Church can best serve in jailministry. [pdf-embedder...

Justice For Families: Family & Youth as Partners

Justice for Families (J4F) is national network of family leaders, impacted by the justicesystem, working to end mass criminalization, particularly of youth and in communities of color. J4F staff and volunteers work to challenge and address systemic barriers in the...

Justice for Girls

Improving the Juvenile Justice System for Girls: Lessons from the States examines the challenges facing girls in the juvenile justice system and makes recommendations for gender-responsive reform at the local, state, and federal levels. This report emerged from the...

Juvenile Justice Ministry Start Up Guide

What is Juvenile Justice Ministry (JJM)? JJM is one of six core programs serving youth throughout the United States with Youth for Christ/USA (YFC). The program’s focus is to serve youth and their needs in a variety of youth-serving institutions (detention centers,...