IJIS Institute and Urban Institute Publish Results of Criminal Justice and Health Collaboration Working Group
Summary
Kamala Mallik-Kane, one of the UI lead authors said, “Information exchange can help criminal justice and health practitioners respond more effectively to the individuals in their care.It provides information, analyses, and perspectives to public and private decision makers to help them address these problems and strives to deepen citizens understanding of the issues and tradeoffs that policymakers face.These chronic physical and behavioral health conditions are correlated with poorer reintegration outcomes, such as decreased employment, as well as increased re-arrest and re-incarceration rates.In an effort to help stem these poor reintegration outcomes and potentially reduce healthcare and criminal justice system costs, the CJ&H Project brought together a working group representative of criminal justice and health and human services stakeholders.For more information, visit our website at: http://www.ijis.org/; follow us on Twitter @ijisinstitute; read the IJIS Factor Blog; or, join us on LinkedIn at Justice and Public Safety Information Sharing.About the Urban Institute—The Urban Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan policy research and educational organization that examines the social, economic, and governance challenges facing the nation.It provides information, analyses, and perspectives to public and private decision makers to help them address these problems and strives to deepen citizens understanding of the issues and tradeoffs that policymakers face.