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Defusing Difficult Encounters
Critical Connections: Getting People Leaving Prison and Jail the Mental Health Care and Substance Use Treatment They Need - What Policymakers Need to Know about Health Care Coverage
Critical Connections: Getting People Leaving Prison and Jail the Mental Health Care and Substance Use Treatment They Need - What Policymakers Need to Know about Health Care Coverage (Executive Summary)
Reducing the Number of People With Mental Illnesses in Jail: Six Questions County Leaders Need to Ask
Officer Safety and Wellness (OSW) Group Meeting Summary: Officer Safety and Wellness Forum
Resource Package for Paroling Authorities on Offenders with Mental Illness and/or Substance Use Disorders
Officer Safety and Wellness (OSW) Group Meeting Summary, February 4, 2013: Psychological Health
Best Practices in the Use of Restraints with Pregnant Women and Girls Under Correctional Custody
Officer Safety and Wellness (OSW) Group Meeting Summary: Psychological Health
Preventing and Responding to Corrections-Based Sexual Abuse: A Guide for Community Corrections Professionals
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