A new brief by the National Center for State Courts’ Center for Sentencing Initiatives, funded in part by The Pew Charitable Trusts, addresses evidence-based sentencing (EBS) as part of a comprehensive sentencing policy for probation-eligible felony offenders. Intended for a judicial audience, the brief: defines evidence-based sentencing; explains what risk and needs assessment (RNA) instruments …
Read MoreThe misuse of opioids such as heroin, morphine, and prescription pain medicines is not only a devastating public health crisis, it is critically affecting the administration of justice in courthouses throughout the United States. The number of children in foster care because of parental substance abuse has nearly tripled since 2012, and drug overdose deaths …
Read MoreThe SJI Board of Directors met on September 11, 2017, in Raleigh, North Carolina, to make decisions on quarterly grant applications, and awarded a total of four new grants. A Strategic Initiatives Grant (SIG) was awarded to the National Center for State Courts (NCSC), in partnership with the Conference of Chief Justices (CCJ), the Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA) to …
Read MoreA white paper is now available from the Civil Justice Initiative that explores the feasibility of using data elements that are routinely collected in court case management systems to triage cases into the most appropriate pathway for civil case processing. The study is based on actual case complexity as measured by the degree of judicial …
Read MoreFive years ago, state court leaders from across the country convened at the 2012 National Summit on Language Access in the Courts, where representatives from 49 states, three territories, and the District of Columbia were present. The 2013 release of the publication A National Call to Action: Access to Justice for Limited English Proficient Litigants outlined a set of nine …
Read MoreIn July, the National Association for Court Management (NACM) and the International Association for Court Administration (IACA) held a joint conference outside of Washington, D.C. With funding from SJI, NACM live-streamed conference sessions and archived its 2017 annual conference content. The joint IACA-NACM conference was an incredible success, with over 900 attendees, faculty, and exhibitors …
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