Corrections Grants News and Articles

• Using virtual reality to improve inmate interaction with families

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  Training sessions in VR teach inmates coping skills before they’re released

• Using virtual reality to improve inmate interaction with families

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  Training sessions in VR teach inmates coping skills before they’re released

• County prison wants to improve Wi-Fi with American Rescue Plan funds

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  Schuylkill County Prison requests $160K for 42 additional wireless access points, switches and cables to improve communication between iPads used by COs

• Calif. county awarded $2.5M alternatives to incarceration program grant

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  Pathways to Wellness aims to create or expand facilities aimed at treating mental health issues, substance use disorders and trauma

• Reentry program helps Nebraska women avoid rearrest

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  Lancaster Community Corrections expanded the reentry program which includes therapy, substance-abuse treatment, and learning life skills with a $2M federal grant

• Iowa jail adding medical isolation cells with ARPA funds

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  12 to 14 new cells will be used to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other infections, or for any other medical reason requiring an inmate to be isolated

• Wayne County Jail launches data dashboard

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  The interactive dashboard provides daily updates and summary information about the current inmate population

• $1.2 million upgrade slated for 60-year-old La. jail

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  The detention center has long been criticized for its outdated facilities that some argue border on dangerous

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