With support from SJI (SJI-10-N-004), the Wisconsin Justice Initiative, comprised of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Director of State Courts, and the Planning and Policy Advisory Committee (PPAC), recently released findings and recommendations from an assessment conducted by the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) on three promising alternatives to incarceration. The report includes a thorough …
Read MoreSJI established human trafficking as a Priority Investment Area in FY 2013. This led to the creation of the Human Trafficking and the State Courts Collaborative, consisting of the Center for Public Policy Studies (CPPS); Center for Court Innovation (CCI); National Judicial College (NJC); National Association of Women Judges (NAWJ), Legal Momentum; and the National …
Read MoreIn FY 2008, SJI awarded a grant to the AOC to develop training programs for Court Security Officers (CSOs), and create a core group of CSOs to deliver the training to their colleagues (SJI-08-T-147). The AOC has trained more than 1,600 CSOs under the curricula developed with funding from that grant. Based on that success, …
Read MoreThe National Center for State Courts (NCSC) recently published the results from its comprehensive public opinion survey of 1,000 registered voters. The survey was conducted by telephone November 12 – 16, 2014. Key findings of the survey include: Courts remain the most trusted branch of government; Court users express confidence in fairness of proceedings, but …
Read MoreThe Massachusetts Judiciary continues to coordinate resources to broaden access to civil justice for all litigants. Programs and services are focused on self-represented litigants, individuals with limited or no English proficiency, and individuals with mental or physical disabilities. In FY 2013, the Massachusetts Trial Court created the Access to Justice Initiative to enhance access for …
Read MoreThe Center for Public Policy Studies (CPPS) and the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) recently released an information card that focuses on federal Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), which provides unaccompanied immigrant children, defined as Unaccompanied Alien Children (UACs) in federal immigration law, with a temporary right to remain in the U.S. and apply …
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