Date Published: 3/1/2013

Description: States are constitutionally required and court ordered to provide adequate medical care for inmates.  To stem the tide of correctional health care spending, states are adopting various policy reforms to both reduce costs and ensure quality.

Date Published: 2/11/2013

Description: States are leaders in creating innovative policies in the criminal justice system, finding ways to maintain public safety while saving money. Learn about policy innovations in adult corrections and sentencing, juvenile justice and pretrial release.

Date Published: 1/1/2013

Description: Doctors and mental health professionals are responsible for maintaining confidentiality of patient information based on the ethical standards of their profession.  In an effort to protect potential victims from a patient’s violent behavior, however, many states have passed "duty to warn" laws.  These laws impose a duty on psychotherapists to warn third parties of potential threats to their safety.

Date Published: 10/1/2012

Description: Research shows that young people of color are overrepresented at nearly every point of contact with the juvenile justice system.  Legislatures are taking steps to address the complex issues that lead to so many minority youth in the justice system.

Date Published: 6/5/2012

Description: 2012 marks the 225th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution. Its content and intent might be debated daily, but the document remains a strong, steady force in the nation's governance. This webinar will provide some historical context and discuss the major changes and attacks it has survived in the last two-and-a-quarter centuries.

Date Published: 6/1/2012

Description: State legislatures and courts across the country are taking a closer look at the practice of placing juveniles in shackles during court appearances without first assessing each juvenile's behavior.

Date Published: 4/16/2012

Description: The recent news about child sex abuse scandals could not have been more shocking. When policymakers went to look at statutes, though, some found something more disturbing - some state laws were silent on the need to report child abuse. Our experts took a look at what state laws are under review and what actions states are taking in 2012.

Date Published: 3/1/2012

Description: Driving under the influence of drugs is causing an increasing number of crashes and fatalities.  All states have laws that address drugged driving, but they vary greatly.

Date Published: 2/17/2012

Description: This archived recording is part of the Top 12 Issues of 2012 webinar series which explores some of the most pressing issues facing state legislatures.  This webinar discusses "justice reinvestment" reforms that save money while improving probation and parole supervision and expanding drug treatment. Other issues addressed are prescription drug abuse and juvenile justice reform issues.

Date Published: 10/3/2011

Description: This policy approach reduces spending on corrections and reinvests the savings in ways that increase public safety and hold offenders accountable.