Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence

A recap of a gun safety panel discussion cohosted by the Schar School of Policy and Government and the nonprofit Safer Country.

A panel discussion on gun safety in Virginia brings in regional leaders as well as a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High shooting survivor.

A road trip of academics and professionals in jurisprudence and incarceration fields takes them to civil rights landmarks that inspire them to continue their work.

A collaborative study on mental health and jail populations in the U.S. wins a major research award.

The Schar School’s Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence is working with officials in St. Louis to improve conditions at the county’s jail. The grant is $300,000.

An important new study of 3,100 counties shows the relationship between a community’s mental health services and the local jail population. It also shows how to reduce that population.

A discussion among practitioners in Virginia’s criminal justice system about major reforms is long overdue. So we had one.