Corrections Grants News and Articles

• Tenn. counties to get $500K for jail diversion programs

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  The grant aims to redirect people with mental health and substance abuse issues away from prison and to treatment systems

• Kan. jail uses grant to shelter children

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  The grant funding is used to house children who are victims of sex trafficking or in protective custody

• Md. county awarded $233K grant for inmate reentry programs

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  The Howard County DOC received funding for a reentry demonstration project aimed at reducing recidivism

• Ill. prison education program gets $1M grant

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  The funds will go toward establishing the first college education program for women in the state

• Wis. commission approves grant funds for youth prisons

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  The funds can be used to expand or update juvenile facilities

• Calif. county receives $6M for jail diversion

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  The funding will allow Santa Barbara County officials and community groups to implement a new crisis intervention program

• Ky. detention center receiving grant for ballistic vests

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  The grant will fund vests for deputies working with or around inmates

• Wis. county grant builds on efforts to improve inmate mental healthcare

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  Forty-six percent of inmates within the county’s jail system were diagnosed with some form of mental health ailment

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