Inmate Assistance Programs

The Fidelity Assessment Instrument was developed in order to operationalize the standards set forth in the Promising Practices Guidelines (PPGs). The instrument is divided into the same section sections and components as contained in the PPGs. The instrument scores how programs meet each component as set forth in the PPGs. The outcome of the FAI process is a report that scores how programs align with the PPGs and provides individualized recommendations for further training and technical assistance where gaps or shortcomings are identified.

CSG Justice Center staff held a stakeholder listening session in partnership with BJA on the Clean Slate Clearinghouse and National Inventory of Collateral Consequences projects. During the meeting hosts and organizations in attendance reviewed the current resources, the history and functionality; trends in the field; how the CSG Justice Center can support the field and stakeholder organizations' work; and ended with a facilitated group discussion;

PRC Staff person served as a panelist in the workshop Partnering for Success: Innovative Models for Serving Incarcerated Survivors, which highlighted promising collaborative relationships between rape crisis centers and correctional facilities. Later, staff facilitated an advocate meet up with partners, Just Detention International.

CSG Justice Center Ta staff developed and facilitated 10 sessions for grantees and general conference attendees: SCA conference plenaries and workshops:
1.) A Fair Chance to Work: Policies that Reduce Barriers to Employment for People with Criminal Records (105)
2.) Experiential Learning: Hiring People Who Are Incarcerated for Work-Based Learning and Employment Opportunities
3.) Plenary Session | Federal Commitment to Economic Mobility through Education and Employment Access
4.) Expanding Access to College in Prison for Women

Objective 3: Promote Justice Counts with the goal of increasing participation and support.
9/9 - Presentation to the Office of the Assistant Attorney General on connections between Justice Reinvestment and Justice Counts.

Objective 3: Promote Justice Counts with the goal of increasing participation and support.
Presentation to the CSG Justice Center's Advisory Board on Justice Counts. (21 people representing 16 agencies and 5 legislative bodies)

The CSG Justice Center hosted the 2024 SCA Conference....

This session will provide the attendees with an overview of the need for medication assisted treatment for substance use disorders in correctional settings, discuss implementing medication assisted treatment programs in correctional facilities, and share strategies to maintain medication assisted treatment in the community for those in reentry to prevent overdoses.

To offer training and support to these grantees on a national level, BJA, with the support of its technical assistance provider, The Council of State Governments Justice Center (CSGJC), will convene a Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) and Connect and Protect (C&P) Grantee Virtual Symposium in August 2024.

Objective 3: Promote Justice Counts with the goal of increasing participation and support.
Meeting with Alana Matthews (Assistant District Attorney) from Contra Costa County to introduce the project and discuss goals for data sharing. Meeting was conducted at the CDAA Conference. (1 person, representing 1 agency)