Providing Transitional Housing Support to Reduce Jail Incarceration Among People on Probation in Pima County, Arizona

…jail populations. Pima County, Arizona has made reforms to address probation-related drivers of jail incarceration as a community participating in the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s Safety and…

A Different Type of Night Court Is Keeping People Out of Jail

…jail population. In 2016, Pima County, Arizona—which includes the city of Tucson—started holding evening and weekend court sessions for folks who haven’t committed a severe crime but who have outstanding…

Finding Our Voice to Reduce Native American Incarceration Across SJC Sites

…about how to address the disparity. This blog is about a recent trip I took to Pima County, Arizona, from Minnehaha County in South Dakota to see how Pima County’s…

How Interagency Trust Can Foster an Optimal Jail Response to COVID-19

Pima County, Arizona, where I serve as a prosecutor, was one of the first 10 sites to be supported by the challenge in 2016, with the aim of reducing our…

Population Review Teams Start Collaborative Conversations About Reducing Jail Populations

…John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s Safety and Justice Challenge: Lucas County, Ohio; Pima County, Arizona; and St. Louis County, Missouri. The PRTs generated good will at these SJC…