2012-05-24T14:56:49Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/incarceration.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9637.html Dec 14, 2011 Dec 14, 2011

RAND Europe has evaluated the world's first Social Impact Bond (SIB), an innovative payment-by-results mechanism to fund public services which aims to reduce reoffending by prisoners. This report presents the initial findings of the evaluation.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1166.html Nov 7, 2011 Nov 7, 2011

At a time when government finances are stretched there is growing interest in finding new ways to fund public services. In 2010 the first ever Social Impact Bond was launched in the UK to provide investors who had funded government interventions for imprisoned offenders with a portion of the resultant savings.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2011/08/19/LAT.html Aug 19, 2011 Aug 19, 2011

The state needs to deal with prison overcrowding and inadequate medical care for prisoners in ways that don't simply transfer the burden to county criminal justice systems and the healthcare safety nets of local communities, writes Lois Davis.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2011/04/26/NYT.html Apr 26, 2011 Apr 26, 2011

The Taliban view incarceration foremost as a means to attract new recruits and enhance the jihadist resolve and ideological purity of their own members, writes Arturo Munoz.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110091.html Mar 31, 2011 Mar 31, 2011

California's prisons, which are operating under receivership for medical care, need help in improving the quality of health care they provide.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/corporate_pubs/CP602z6.html Mar 11, 2010 Mar 11, 2010

<p>Is prison a training ground for extremists? RAND Europe explores radicalisation and recruitment in European prisons.</p>

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2009/07/24.html Jul 24, 2009 Jul 24, 2009

News materials distributed by the several law enforcement groups in California about the state's proposed budget have incorrectly cited RAND Corporation criminal justice research.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2009/06/29/CSM.html Jun 28, 2009 Jun 28, 2009

<p>Before he closes Guant&aacute;namo, Obama must take a clear-eyed look at the record &ndash; and anticipate the next chapter of the fight against terrorism. What happens to terrorist suspects after they leave the detention center at Guant&aacute;namo Bay, asks Aidan Kirby Winn.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9458.html Jun 17, 2009 Jun 17, 2009

<p>California parolees' health care, mental health care, and drug- and alcohol-treatment needs, as well as where parolees go when they return to counties, place significant demands on counties' safety-net resources and on their ability meet those needs.</p>

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2009/06/11.html Jun 11, 2009 Jun 11, 2009

Inmates released from California prisons have a high need for drug treatment, health care and mental health services, but they face barriers to accessing such aid because many return to communities where health care services are severely strained.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR687.html Jun 10, 2009 Jun 10, 2009

Inmates released from California prisons have a high need for drug treatment, health care and mental health services, but they face barriers to accessing such aid because many return to communities where health care services are severely strained.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2009/03/19.html Mar 19, 2009 Mar 19, 2009

Most adolescents referred to long-term group homes in Los Angeles County after being charged with a serious offense reported they were still involved with crime or drugs seven years later.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2008/09/08.html Sep 8, 2008 Sep 8, 2008

<p>Deportable immigrants who previously have been expelled from the United States are more likely to be rearrested on suspicion of committing a crime after they are released from jail than other deportable immigrants without the prior history of expulsion.</p>

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2008/02/22/index1.html Feb 22, 2008 Feb 22, 2008

<p>Deportable immigrants released from the Los Angeles County jail system were no more likely to be rearrested than similar nondeportable immigrants released during the same period.</p>

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2007/07/12/SDUT.html Jul 12, 2007 Jul 12, 2007

<p>California's ill and aging prison population needs improved health care &ndash; not just as a matter of compassion, but to protect the health and safety of the rest of us, writes Lois M. Davis.</p>

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2007/05/27/RPE.html May 27, 2007 May 27, 2007

Focus on the Worst Ex-Cons and Boost Community-Based Rehab in Riverside Press-Enterprise

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2007/03/01.html Mar 1, 2007 Mar 1, 2007

March 1, 2007 news release: Mental Health Courts Have the Potential to Save Taxpayers Money, RAND Study for CSG Justice Center Finds.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070319.html Dec 31, 2006 Dec 31, 2006

<p>Treatment process scores were comparable for clients in the female program and the male program. However, the association of treatment process with client characteristics appears stronger in the male program.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070204.html Dec 31, 2006 Dec 31, 2006

<p>This study reports results from an evaluation of the experimental Rio Hondo driving under the influence (DUI) court of Los Angeles County, California.The results suggest that the DUI court model had little additional therapeutic or public safety benefit over the traditional court process. The implication of these findings for the popularity of specialized courts for treating social problems is discussed.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060619.html Dec 31, 2005 Dec 31, 2005

<p>High level adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is required to achieve and maintain suppression of HIV replication. Although directly observed therapy (DOT) has been suggested as an intervention to improve adherence, there is a paucity of data describing the attitudes and beliefs regarding DOT for ART among HIV-infected individuals.</p>