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HEALTH & JUSTICE IN THE NEWS
Date: September 26, 2016
TASC in the News
Peer Exchange - Medication-Assisted Treatment in Drug Use Cases: A Path to Success
MD Magazine, 9/26/16
The MD Magazine Peer Exchange "Medication-Assisted Treatment in Drug Abuse Cases: A Path to Success" features a panel of experts in the criminal justice field who provide insight on medication-assisted re-entry programs. Panelists include Phillip Barbour, master trainer with the Center for Health and Justice at Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities and Jac Charlier, director for consulting and training, also with the Center for Health and Justice at Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities. Episodes 9 and 10 were released September 26.
Around the Nation
This is America on drugs: A visual guide
CNN, 9/24/16
In modern history, few things have caused such a sharp spike in US deaths as drug overdoses. CNN reached out to every state for the latest statistics on drug deaths, with half providing data from 2015. It found that drugs deaths continue to rise rapidly in many states.
Universities Will No Longer Ask Students to Disclose Criminal Records on Admission Forms
University Herald, 9/22/16
Recently, the White House called on businesses and education institutions to take the Fair Chance Pledge in order to eliminate barriers to employment and education for Americans who were convicted of criminal offense. Acting on the pledge, some universities are now removing questions and enquiries about applicant's criminal records from the admission forms.
Around Illinois
Prison Admissions in Illinois Counties
Illinois Policy, 9/23/16
Prison admission rates in recent years have been the highest outside of Cook County in other, often more rural regions in Illinois, according to analysis of data from the National Corrections Reporting Program by the New York Times and Fordham Law Professor John Pfaff. The five counties with the highest prison admission rates in Illinois in 2013 were all in Central and Southern Illinois: Hardin County, Macon County, Marion County, Union County, and Montgomery County.
Racial disparities worsen as juvenile imprisonment declines in Illinois
The Chicago Reporter, 9/21/16
Over the past decade, Illinois has incarcerated fewer young people as the state seeks to reform its juvenile justice system and provide youth with more options for rehabilitation instead of prison. Despite the downward trend, stark racial disparities remain: Black youth are still far more likely to be incarcerated than white or Latino youth and make up nearly two-thirds of all youth in the state's juvenile justice system. That percentage has in fact increased since 2007, when black youth made up only 56 percent of those in the juvenile justice system.
Illinois advocates work to reduce youth detention numbers
Bloomington Pantagraph, 9/26/16
In 2014, 183 youths between the ages of 10 and 17 were held in McLean County, a detention rate of 10.8 per 1,000 youths, according to the Center for Prevention Research and Development at the University of Illinois. The state average is 8.8 percent per 1,000 youths. Statistics reflect racial disparities in the state's juvenile justice system. White youth represent 76 percent of the youth population in Illinois, but the rate of detention admissions for white children was about 10 percent in 11 of 102 counties. Statewide, 77 percent of all detention admissions were non-white in 2014, according to a new report from the Juvenile Justice Initiative.
Youth
House Passes Reauthorization of JJDPA; Focus Returns to Senate
Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, 9/22/16
The House voted last week to update the key federal law that aims to prevent delinquency and protect youths in state and local juvenile justice systems. The House passed the Supporting Youth Opportunity and Preventing Delinquency Act (HR 5963) by 382-29, just two weeks after the long-sought bipartisan bill was introduced. The legislation is a reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, a law that sets standards for the treatment youth in the juvenile justice system that states must follow to qualify for federal funding.
Captive Lives: The 'Invisible Victims' of Incarceration
The Crime Report | San Francisco Chronicle, 9/23/16
An estimated 10 million children in the U.S. have parents who have been incarcerated at some point in their lives. According to "Shared Sentence," a recent report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, a child health and welfare organization, such children have a greater chance of experiencing physical and mental health issues, including anxiety and depression. Their families are less likely to be financially stable and more likely to be homeless. At school, they are more likely to be suspended or expelled or drop out.
Health & Justice in the News
is a summary of recent news stories relating to criminal justice, mental health, addiction, recovery, and related issues. It is compiled and published by TASC each Monday and Thursday.
Some headlines and text have been altered by TASC for clarity or emphasis, or to minimize discriminatory or stigmatizing language. Opinions in the articles and op-eds do not necessarily express the views of TASC or our staff or partners.
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