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This white paper is based on a series of interviews, buttressed by personal observations, of key players in half a dozen jurisdictions where Veterans Treatment Courts have been operating with marked success.

EBDM is a strategic and deliberate method of applying empirical knowledge and research-supported principles to justice system decisions made at the case, agency, and system level..

This National Institute of Corrections broadcast explores the evolving role of PIOs in jails

In July of 2015, President Obama asked the Attorney General to review the use of restrictive housing in American prisons. The review led to the U.S. Department of Justice's Report and Recommendations Concerning the Use of Restrictive Housing. The Report included a set of Guiding Principles for the use of restrictive housing at the federal, state, and local level. The Guiding Principles are intended to be best practices for correctional facilities in the United States. In January, the President announced that he was adopting the recommendations in the Report. Click here read the final report

Some of the more than 50 Guiding Principles:

• Inmates should be housed in the least restrictive setting necessary to ensure their own safety, as well as the safety of staff, other inmates, and the public.
• Correctional systems should always be able to clearly articulate the specific reason(s) for an inmate’s placement and retention in restrictive housing.
• Restrictive housing should always serve a specific penological purpose.
• Absent a compelling reason, prison inmates should not be released directly from restrictive housing to the community.
• An inmate should not be placed in restrictive housing pending investigation of a disciplinary offense unless the inmate’s presence in general population would pose a danger to the inmate, staff, other inmates, or the public.
• To incentivize conduct that furthers institutional safety and security, inmates who demonstrate good behavior during disciplinary segregation should be given consideration for early release from segregation, where appropriate.
• Generally, inmates who require protective custody should not be placed in restrictive housing.
• Generally, inmates with serious mental illness (SMI) should not be placed in restrictive housing.