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June 2023
- [Las Vegas] Hank Greenspun Lifetime Achievement Award: Ed Cheltenham, Spring Mountain Youth Camp
- Promoting Civility in the Correctional Workplace [Webinar Series]
- They thought they’d die in prison. Now they’re juvenile justice advocates on a mission
- Clark County recognizes National Treatment Court Month
- The Criminologist: Joe Arvidson YouTube and Podcast
- Reduce the Impact of Stress with Micro-resilience
May 2023
- Prison changed his life, now University of Tennessee student is opening DOORS for others
- Cash, Rocket, Banana, Diamond: DEA gives parents list of emojis they need to know about
- Northeast Indiana tobacco usage rates top national rates
- Two Opportunities from Our Friends at National Association of Probation Executives (NAPE)
- [Kentucky] Jail's workforce readiness program graduates first class of women inmates
- Mortality, health, and poverty: the unmet needs of people on probation and parole
- 2023 Donald "Charley" Knepple Scholarship Winner: Sandra Bryan, Marion Superior Court
- The Cost of Recidivism: The high price states pay to incarcerate people for supervision violations
- Reminder: Return your Proposal for Fall Conference Presentations by June 2
- Stricter Community Supervision, More Recidivism? An Ego-Depletion Theory
- Evidence-Based Policy, Practice, and Decisionmaking: Implications for Paroling Authorities
- School prevalence of stimulant therapy for ADHD associated with higher rates of prescription stimulant misuse among teens
- POPAI Election at Annual Meeting: Intent to Run Requested
- Resignation Accepted and Vice-President Vacancy Intent to Run Form
- Hoosiers on probation double those behind bars
- APPA August Training in New York: Hybrid Registration Open
- Indiana judge says her drug court is bringing positive effects
- Recidivism Rate by State
- From our APPA Friends: Renew or Start an APPA Membership to Enter a Drawing for a Free Trip to APPA Training in August
- The Value of Wabash County Work Release Program
- 'Digidog', NYPD's robot K9 comes 'out of the pound' as critics question high tech police tool
- Technical Implementation Guides
- Prepare to Celebrate National PPPS Week July 16-22, 2023 with APPA
- What can replace the Allen County Jail? Real estate developers in Fort Wayne see potential
- Podcast Episode: Mass supervision: Out of prison, but not the system
April 2023
- Report: Fentanyl deaths of children under 14 surging
- Executive Excellence Series from the National Institute of Corrections
- Mental Health Awareness Month – May 2023
- 23 wellness tips for corrections officers in 2023
- Indiana lawmakers are proposing to limit who has access to bail in the state constitution. Here’s how this could impact defendants
- Free Open Admission Webinar from APPA: Closing the Digital Gap
- POPAI Fall Conference: Call for Proposals
- Battle over delta-8 is heating up nationally. Here's what to know about the 'diet weed.'
- Behind the numbers: Fort Wayne marijuana seizures down, fentanyl up
- Remembering April 28, 1997: Donald R. "Charley" Knepple
- Examining Alcoholics/Narcotics Anonymous Through the Lens of the Correctional Rehabilitation Literature
- Beyond Substance Podcast
- Why body cameras in corrections?
- A year after big gift, youth mental health initiative for Evansville moving ahead
- Youth And Family Partnerships In Youth Justice Efforts – A Two-Part (Recorded) Webinar Series
- New Family Domestic Violence Court introduced by Allen Superior Court
- Probation and Parole in the United States, 2021
- Digital Access: A Super Determinant of Health
- Extension for Veterans Court Award Nominations to May 1
- Evansville, Columbus, Indianapolis, and Winchester Fresh Start Recovery Open House: May 11 - 18
- He kicked alcohol, became addicted to wellness drink that works like opioid, lawsuit says
- Facial Recognition & Law Enforcement – The Value Proposition
- My Healthy Baby Events - Boone, Hamilton, DeKalb, LaGrange, Steuben, and Hancock Counties
- Volumod's re-entry program focuses on providing hope to the far northeast side and beyond
- Commission Seeking New Youth Representatives
- Managers Have Major Impact On Mental Health: How To Lead For Wellbeing
- Minnesota Senate approves restoring voting rights for felons
- 2 Babies Surrendered in 2 days at Indiana Safe Haven Boxes
- Indiana's new eviction expungement law a relief to Indiana renters
- Animal tranquilizer mixed with fentanyl rots skin, turns humans into 'zombies': 'The walking dead'
- Drugs of Abuse A DEA Resource Guide/2022 Edition
- For People Under Probation, Conditions Meant to Support Behavior Change Can Burden More Than Benefit
- 2023 Important Nonsecular, Cultural, and Religious Dates
- Learning Opportunity: Justice Services Conference and Intensive Workshops
March 2023
- Apply for the 2023 Donald “Charley” Knepple Scholarship Award
- Register Soon: Midwest Gang Investigators Association National Gang Conference May 8-11 2023
- Children’s Commission Seeking Youth Members
- Indiana police continue dayslong search for missing 14-year-old believed to be in 'extreme danger' update: Found Safe
- First African American judicial officer in LaPorte County to be appointed
- This new drug is popping up in Westfield (Indiana), and police want you to know about it
- Jail Populations, Violent Crime, and COVID-19: Findings from the Safety and Justice Challenge
- Susan Bentley Graduates from APPA Leadership Institute
- Final Reminder: Call for Nominations: Sgt. Steven P. Mennemeyer Memorial Award
- Remembering Chief Probation Officer Lucile M. Myers EOW March 21, 1926
- Inmates explore higher education through IU Prison Arts Initiative
- County Guide for Reducing Jail Populations and Costs
- Preparing for the future: Huntington County
- Still time to register for our Spring Training: New Chief Probation Officer Orientation and Management Institute
- APPA: Call for Presenters
- Tippecanoe County review team shares latest data on infant fatality, suicides
- 2023 IACCAC Fall Training Institute Call for Proposals
- JJAC [North Carolina] Offered Steadfast Guidance Through Raise the Age Reforms
- Grant Opportunities
- Johnson County utilizes new law, problem-solving courts to help people battling addiction
- Opinion: Michigan has a chance to modernize state court data transparency
- Remembering Sallie Sue Watt Nye: Probation Officer to Executive Director [Muncie Indiana]
February 2023
- Call for Nominations: Sgt. Steven P. Mennemeyer Memorial Award
- New rule to give Indiana judges choice of having cameras in court
- COACHING CONDUCT: Indiana bill aims to fill gap in child seduction laws
- ARPA funds set aside for community corrections, highway buildings [Johnson County Indiana]
- Federal Bureau Of Prisons Set To End Home Confinement Under CARES Act
- VA To Pay for All Emergency Mental Health Care Starting Next Week
- ‘Well-oiled machine’: Benefits evident under unified court services department [Johnson County]
- Economics of Incarceration The economic drivers and consequences of mass incarceration
- About Human Trafficking
- Most reported substance use among adolescents held steady in 2022
- Remembering Laurence H. Smith - Fayette County Assistant and Former Chief Probation Officer
- [Hancock] County sets plan for juvenile detention
- This is how many children died of abuse and neglect in Indiana in 2021
- Pregnancy Promise (Statewide program improving outcomes for opioid exposed pregnancies) Annual Report
- Indiana town Loogootee rejected pride displays. This year, it will host first pride fest
- Attract the Right Talent/Updating Job Descriptions Workshops (Free)
- Counties need funding to meet courthouse safety standards
- Lion Shield, LLC 2023 Training Calendar
- Field visit encounters: Finding a body 6 steps for field probation officers to take to preserve the scene and support law enforcement
- Midwest Gang Investigators Association National Gang Conference May 8-11 2023
January 2023
- Police praise 'heroic' actions of employee after gunman opens fire inside Indiana Walmart
- 2023 Justice Services Conference Webinar Series: Words Matter -- Virtual -- on February 16
- Senate passes proposed change to Indiana constitution to refuse bail for more people
- The Vanderburgh County sheriff has banned all nicotine products from the jail. Here's why.
- Indiana lawyer shortage slowing the wheels of justice
- Clark County working to rehabilitate OWI offenders
- US overdose deaths may be peaking, but experts are wary
- JDAI Prepares For Fifth Year Of Serving Juveniles In Kosciusko County
- Watch the State of the Judiciary 2023
- Amendment would allow judges to withhold bail for more defendants
- 2023 Indianapolis Homicide Tracker
- When People Face a Mental Health Crisis, What's the Best Response?
- Management Institute 2023: Corporate Sponsor/Vendor Registration and Hotel
- Chief Justice Rush reflects on courts' progress
- Management Institute 2023: Attendee Registration is OPEN
- Gov. Holcomb selects Judge Dana Kenworthy to join the Indiana Court of Appeals
- Skills-First Hiring: Reflection and Motivation
- County officials rush to make new juvenile detention plans
- New Indiana turn-signal law took effect 1/1/2023
- Five Things We Love about the Marion County Community Justice Campus
- Job Posts: new and helpful ideas to improve your job posts and attract candidates
- 3 Ways to Pay Your Membership
- Youth and the Juvenile Justice System: 2022 National Report
- Jer'e Ann Puckett Obituary
- Welcoming Indiana’s 111th Justice: Judge Derek Molter
December 2022
- Program Profile: Early Intervention Diversion Program (EIDP) (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- AI Algorithm Predicts Future Crimes One Week in Advance With 90% Accuracy
- Courtroom Communities: Criminal Case Processing and Sentencing Reform
- Terre Haute officer cleared of shooting knife-wielding man
- Delaware County: Ball Brothers Foundation gives $60,000 to JUMP program
- Scientists Are Close to Developing a Marijuana Breath Analyzer
- Indiana to begin distributing millions in opioid settlement funds to local governments
- How to Settle the State Tug-of-War Over Migrants
- U.S. Surgeon General Releases New Framework for Mental Health & Well-Being in the Workplace
- Save the Date for POPAI 2023 Training
- A recovery journey: Participants in the WRAP and REALM programs have graduation
- Military Family Relief Fund Operation Holiday Program
- New parenting program underway at the (Hancock) county jail
- Study: Text Message Reminders Can Help Stop People from Missing Parole or Probation Meetings
- Using Artificial Intelligence To Help Prevent Suicide
- New Study Reveals How Childhood Fears Play Role in Future Anxiety and Depression
- 'Life-changing' drug treatment program at Bartholomew County jail recognizes latest graduates
- Column: Research team working to find a new way to approach probation and reduce recidivism
- Dove Recovery House for Women Adds New Home in Dubois County
- Q&A with the Honorable Jeffrey R. Smith, Spokane County District Court, Mental Health Therapeutic Court and DUI Therapeutic Court
November 2022
- Motivating Offenders to Change: A Guide for Probation and Parole
- Lawrence County JDAI drafts detention screening tool designed to reduce the number of youth in secure detention
- JDAI has a good year, says director (LaGrange Co)
- Judge weighs whether to unseal records in teens’ killings
- Locking up kids is traumatic. Indianapolis looked for alternatives
- Email sent out "from" POPAI late Tuesday Nov. 22 triggers an audit of our website code
- Legal help kiosks being deployed across state to aid households facing eviction, foreclosure
- APPA Winter Institute: 1/23 - 25 in Columbus, Ohio
- Justice Today Podcast: Recovery Month What We've Learned
- In Memory of Earl Covault Jr (Allen County Probation)
- Varied efforts focus on juvenile justice
- Webinar on Juvenile Diversion Strategies
- ICJI Publishes Annual Report on Juveniles under Adult Court Jurisdiction
- Indiana EBDM Case Study
- Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration
- Real Justice Means Ensuring Opportunities for Justice System-Involved Youth (opinion)
- 2022 Supreme Court Annual Report
- Mobile App for Reporting Student Behaviors Coupled with School Safety Curriculum Shows Promise
- The Road Home: An ICAOS Documentary
- Jay County Schools changes protocol after a rise in fighting
- ‘This is our house’: Reclamation Center in Pilsen connects women leaving prison to services, emotional support
- John Bush, POPAI Line Officer of the Year 2022, earns another award
October 2022
- Holcomb won't consider pardons for simple marijuana possession despite Biden's request
- OJJDP-funded Website Launched To Support Family-Based Sentencing Alternatives
- Better than opiates: Researchers at FAU use adrenaline receptors for highly-effective analgesics
- IU researcher creates virtual reality experiences to aid substance use disorder recovery
- Study: Training programs for community supervision benefit probation officers and their clients
- [RECORDING] Working Toward Successful Reentry: Enhancing Career Development and Employment Opportunities
- Center for Social Concerns launches Notre Dame Programs for Education in Prison initiative
- New Toolkit for State Advisory Groups Addresses Juvenile Probation Reform
- Casey Awards Grants to Juvenile Justice Reform Projects Led by Young People
- Employee Assistance Programs: free sessions for mental health/substance abuse counseling and referrals for other needs
- Treating Children as Children
- Webinar: Implementing Community Based Violence Intervention Strategies
- De-Escalation Training: Safer Communities and Safer Law Enforcement Officers
- Probation Supervision Fees have been eliminated lessening the burden on those who are already struggling financially
- Weighted workload assessment model expands to pretrial services
- Fact Sheet: Trends in Youth Arrests for Violent Crimes
- NJ's parole system is working to reduce overdoses and recidivism. Here's how | Opinion
- Youth and Family Advisory Group
- Whitley County's support dog helping probationers through their journey
- Community teams from 92 counties to attend Mental Health Summit
- Interim Administrative Rule 14
- Addiction often goes hand-in-hand with other mental illnesses. Both must be addressed to stop the overdose crisis.
- Emerging Adult RFI
- Juvenile Justice Grant Opportunity
- My Healthy Baby Save the Date - October 28 in Valparaiso from 9:30 to 10:30 am Central (Public)
- More than 400 schools receive grants for safety upgrades
September 2022
- 2022 IACCAC Fall Training Institute: Nov 15-18. Register now to avoid a late fee
- National Sweep Targeted Sex Traffickers, Recovery of Minors
- Comment on Proposed Pretrial Rules
- 4 Things to Know About Colored Fentanyl Pills
- Prosecutor candidates are split on a controversial practice that could soon end in Indiana
- Commission on Improving the Status of Children in Indiana Updates
- Center for Juvenile Justice Virtual: Supporting System–Involved LGBTQ Youth Certificate Program
- Paying POPAI: Yes we can participate in your Electronic Funds Transfer Program
- POPAI Bylaws revised and approved by the POPAI Membership
- POPAI Board seeks to fill Secretary, District 8 Representative, and 2 New At Large Positions
- POPAI Line Probation Officer of the Year 2022: John Bush of Delaware County Probation Department
- Justice Today Podcast: Judge Robert Russell explains how he founded the first Veterans Treatment Court
- POPAI Rookie of the Year 2022: Tabitha Davis of Hancock County Probation
- Founder’s Award 2022 Winner: Madonna Wagoner of Hamilton County Probation Department
- Fall Conference Attendees: Please visit the Whova App one more time to 1. provide event feedback and 2. find the link to Training Verification
- Children’s Commission Annual Report
- Marijuana and hallucinogen use among young adults reached all time-high in 2021
- Marijuana and hallucinogen use among young adults reached all time-high in 2021
- OJJDP Announces Upcoming Webinars
- POPAI Fall Conference: See you there!
August 2022
- Laura Rood named to The Order of Augustus
- (Monroe) County's 'largest mental health facility' is the jail. Everyone agrees there's a better way to provide treatment.
- POPAI Fall Conference: Attendee Registration Still Open, Exhibit Hall at Capacity, See the Agenda, Download the App
- Breaking the Rules: Rethinking Condition Setting and Enforcement in Juvenile Probation
- Delaware County jail offers mental health and substance use coaching to inmates
- Michelle Tennell Indiana JDAI Champion Award
- Indiana leaders vote to recommend youth violence prevention efforts
- Juvenile drug court gets started in Vigo County
- Combatting COVID-19 Fraud
- Spokane Man Sentenced to Probation for COVID-19 Relief Fraud
- Most criminal cases in Indiana end in a plea agreement, less than 5 percent of cases end up going to trial
- Fall Conference Corporate Sponsor Spotlight: Indiana United Methodist Children’s Home Gold
- Free One Day Conference in Valparaiso Monday Sept 12, 2022
- Fall Conference Corporate Sponsor Spotlight: Total Court Services/CourtFact Gold
- What Does the Research Say About Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform?
- August 18 2022 (Thursday)Free Live Forum: The Fentanyl Crisis: Treatment, Recovery, and Solutions
- Can heroin cause heart problems?
- FWPD: Meth use up, drug overdoses steady
- POPAI Board Elections 2022: Slate of Candidates
- Drug Courts: Downloadable PDF
- These new Indiana laws (took) effect July 1
- A new mental health number launches soon. Here’s how Indiana is preparing
- What Youth Say About Their Reentry Needs
- Senior Judge Kellams remembered as ‘a gift from God’
- POPAI Fall Conference News: Register, Download the App, Wednesday Night Party
July 2022
- First Amendment Auditor Training
- Stephen Pastore, Wells County Probation Officer receives 15 Year Recognition
- Kari Ragsdale, Boone County Chief Probation Officer Retires after 24 years
- Training for Substance Abuse Continuing Education Hours
- Winners of Fall Conference Drawing for Registration and Hotel Announced
- Data Reveals Violence Among Youth Under 18 Has Not Spiked in the Pandemic
- ‘Heroic’ Witness With a Handgun Confronts Rifle-Toting Gunman at Indiana Mall
- Rutgers School of Criminal Justice Alumna, Now a Federal Leader, Shaped by RU-N Education
- POPAI Fall Conference: Early Bird Pricing ENDS July 30, POPAI Gear PreOrder until August 5, and Intent to Run by August 7
- Last Call for Nominations Founder’s, Line Officer of the Year, Rookie Probation Officer of the Year: Must be submitted by August 1
- My Healthy Baby - Community Events in Danville, Tell City, and New Albany/Jeffersonville
- FSSA conducting addiction treatment, recovery survey
- Indiana Child and Family Welfare Residential Open House (July 28 and Aug 2)
- Violence, abuse, and escapes plague the juvenile justice system in Louisiana
- Proposed POPAI Bylaw Revisions
- Hamilton County offering class to help parents of 'strong-willed' children
- POPAI GEAR: Preorder for Pick Up at Fall Conference
- Take Charge of Your Future: Get the Education and Training You Need
- POPAI Board District 3 Representative remains open, Intent to Run forms accepted until filled
- Nominations Accepted for the Three Awards Presented at the Fall Conference: Founder’s, Line Officer of the Year, Rookie Probation Officer of the Year
- Lawmakers discuss upcoming special session, future of abortion in Indiana
- Remember to submit Intent to Run Forms for the POPAI Board Election by (extended date!) Sunday August 7
- IOCS Training Opportunities
- Revised and Updated Proposal to Amend the Minimum Salary Schedule for Indiana Probation Officers
- Pulitzer Prize Winning Podcast about incarceration and redemption
- Bullet from outside of juvenile detention center injures probation officer working at desk (Indianapolis)
- Probation, Parole, & Prosecution Panel Recorded on May 10, 2022
- Drug Use Among Youth: Facts & Statistics
June 2022
- POPAI Board Taking Applications for Treasurer
- Gunman who killed El Monte police officers faced probation violation at time of shooting
- Drawing to Attend POPAI's 2022 Fall Conference--Registration and Hotel Included!!!
- APPA's 2022 Summer Virtual Training Institute: Free Registration Drawing for POPAI Members!
- Criminal Justice Center cellmate arrested for city’s 100th homicide of 2022
- 50 State Survey: Probation and Parole Fees
- POPAI Fall Conference Registration Now Open for Attendees and Corporate Sponsor/Vendors
- POPAI Paid Membership Levels: What's the Difference?
- Gov. Holcomb selects Judge Derek Molter to join Indiana Supreme Court
- Mentoring Programs for Youth: A Promising Intervention for Delinquency Prevention
- State Action to Narrow the School to Prison Pipeline
- April 2022 was Second Chance Month
- Recorded Symposium: Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence (ACE!)
- Face the Facts: Changing How the State (Connecticut) Handles Repeat Youth Offenders
- Gov. McKee (Rhode Island) names first formerly incarcerated person to RI Parole Board
- Broken promises, shattered lives Minnesota’s juvenile justice system is failing young people, families and victims of violence
- Webinar Recording: Leading from Experience (Safety and Justice Challenge Network
- Learning Resource: National Association of Counties Leadership Academy
- POPAI Fall Conference 2022: Call for Proposals - due Friday June 10
May 2022
- Juvenile PO Resource: Adolescent Addiction Access Program
- What Is Double Cup and Why Is It Still So Popular After All These Years?
- Supreme Court justice looks at alternate responses to mental health crises
- Tobacco smoking rates are decreasing in people with major depression and substance use disorder
- POPAI Board to select District 3 Representative
- Elections: POPAI Positions Open for 2022 - 23 and an Intent to Run Form
- 'Parents Need to Stay on Top' of Which Emojis Are Codes for Drugs, Expert Says — Here's a List
- New Prison, Criminal Justice Reform Dominate Budget Debate (Nebraska)
- The pandemic shines a light on just how many school-related infractions end with children in the juvenile justice system
- Federal awards to support diversion for justice-impacted parents
- Exclusive: HUD unveils plan to help people with a criminal record find a place to live
- Change and humanization: Watchwords among community corrections professionals in the US Interview Brian Lovins
- The Reentry Experiences of Juvenile Lifers
- 2022 Donald "Charlie" Knepple Scholarship Award Winner: Brandi Glenn
- States, flush with marijuana money, are now fighting over what to do with it
- Why would Vicky White help a prisoner escape? Ask Toby Dorr
- Restorative Justice: The Path to Abolishing the Current Criminal Justice System
- APPA 47th Annual Training Institute Registrations Open
- Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie
- Juvenile justice reform: Many hurdles remain but still worth pursuing
- 2023 Probation Officer Salary Schedule
- IMPD Releases Video of Persons of Interest
- Probation chief speaks out on violator numbers at Allen County Jail
- The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Indiana: Crime Maps and Statistics
April 2022
- More Equitable: Improving Reentry Services for Native Americans
- Remembering Catherine Custer
- Remembering Donald "Charley" Knepple
- Barred From Employment: Most Unemployed Young Men Have Criminal Records
- More Than Books: Libraries Offer Free Meals, 3-D Printers, Counseling and More
- EXiT @ POPAI Management Institute
- Biden administration extends student loan payment pause
- April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Here's what to know, and how you can help
- Register for 2022 Advancing Equity Summit: free for Indiana youth-serving professionals
- Resource: Professional Development Academy
- Offering buprenorphine medication to people with opioid use disorder in jail may reduce rearrest and reconviction
- APPA Perspectives: International Restorative Justice Issue
- NIH analysis of Reddit forum suggests experience of non-suicidal self-harm shares characteristics with addiction
- Avenue for Help: Eviction Task Force works to support landlords and tenants
- Forkner, Kenworthy, Molter nominees for Supreme Court vacancy
- Grant Opportunities with IOCS
- The Honorable Leslie Shively
- Justice Services Conference
- Broadcast pilot project allows cameras in court
- POPAI Proposes to Amend the Minimum Salary Schedule for Indiana Probation Officers
March 2022
- Remember to Submit Your Application for the Donald "Charlie" Knepple Scholarship by April 4
- IDOC Grant Application Now Available for Community Corrections, Probation, Pretrial Services, Court Programs, Jail Treatment, and Prosecutor's Diversion
- Probation Officers honored for their lifesaving efforts
- Less Punitive: MA Seeks to Halt Probation and Parole Fees
- Explainer: The Significance of Indiana’s IOYouth Bill
- Nominations Accepted for the Sgt. Steven P. Mennemeyer Memorial Award from the Veteran’s Court of Southern Indiana
- Recovery fund established for IMPD officer shot in Fountain Square
- EXiT APPA Panel Presentation
- Remembering Chief Probation Officer Lucile M. Myers EOW March 21, 1926
- Why We are in a Vape Epidemic in Schools (and It Isn’t Ending Anytime Soon)
- Crime and Desistance: Probing How Probationers' Thoughts on Crime May Inform Their Conduct
- For IL Juvenile-Justice Reform, Irish Approach Seen as Model
- Still breathing: Fort Wayne man shares inspiring story of drug recovery
- Specific “Math Neurons” Identified in the Brain
- Apply for the 2022 Donald "Charley" Knepple Scholarship Award
- New Chief Probation Officer Orientation and Management Institute: POPAI GEAR
- Advancing Pretrial Policy & Research (APPR) Offers Training and Technical Assistance
- States Are Prioritizing Community Supervision Reform
February 2022
- Harrison County: Southern Indiana prosecutor makes changes to probation after living it
- POPAI Spring Conference: Management Institute March 10 and 11, New Chief Probation Officer Orientation March 9 - register soon
- POPAI Management Institute and New Chief Probation Officer Orientation: Download the app
- The missing link: Justice reinvestment at national, state, and local levels
- Indiana Supreme Court Issues Opinion in Lake County Board of Commissioners, et al., v. State of Indiana, et al.
- POPAI Management Institute: Speakers List
- State Cops Boast Banner Year Against Drunk Driving
- Five Evidence-Based Policies Can Improve Community Supervision
- POPAI Management Institute: LAST Week for Hotel Discount Pricing
- POPAI Management Institute: Sponsors
- POPAI Management Institute: Agenda
- POPAI Management Institute: Updates
- DeKalb County Community Corrections seeks Executive Director
- She entered the Hamilton County Jail in despair and left with a business start-up
- Hochul announces ‘Jails to Jobs’ initiative for previously incarcerated individuals
- New Henry County Jail expected to be ready for inmates by spring
- ‘Crime Survivors’ back protections for murder victim family, reforms for probation violations
- New year, new laws: Here are 3 new Indiana laws taking effect in 2022
- How much have overdose deaths increased in Indiana during the pandemic?
- Problem-Solving Court Grants Available
- Community Coordination Grants Available
- Management Institute March 2022: More Details on Spring Training in Carmel
January 2022
- Five Things About Substance Use Interventions
- Applying the RNR Model to Community Supervision: The Case of STICS
- Helping Next-Generation 5G Cell Technology See Past the Trees
- Registration for the 2022 POPAI Management Institute and 2022 New Chief Probation Officer Orientation is now open
- Report Finds Average Length of Jail Stay Increasing
- Probation and Jail Decarceration
- New data: The changes in prisons, jails, probation, and parole in the first year of the pandemic
- Call for Presenters for APPA 2022 Summer Training Institute in Chicago
- Juvenile justice reform bill that prohibits children under 12 from being detained advances
- State of the Judiciary
- Lawmakers hear from opponents, supporters of Senate GOP crime bill package
- Indiana lawmakers eye returning to more prison sentences
- Half Way Home: Housing and the Formerly Incarcerated
- In Beloved Memory of Dr. Edward J. Latessa
- Crime and Desistance: Probing How Probationers' Thoughts on Crime May Inform Their Conduct
- Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Announces New Probation and Parole Policy Changes
- The Carey Group (TCG) and Carey Group Publishing (CGP) acquired by Empower Community Care
- Brown, Monroe, and Owen Counties: Register for an Informational Meeting about My Healthy Baby at the new Regional Academic Health Center
- Georgia: Monitoring Data Trends after 2017 Justice Reinvestment Initiative Reforms
- Retired Tippecanoe Co. probation officer receives state 'Circle of Corydon' award
- Vigo County Courts Engage Participants in an Unlikely Way
- Pretrial in Action: Evidence based decision making
- APPA Winter Training Institute
December 2021
- Is this juvenile competent to engage in the delinquency process?
- My Healthy Baby Event Save the Date - Community - January 27, 2022 - Bloomington
- Civil Litigation Taskforce Considers Recommendations to Assist Self-Represented Litigants
- ‘Supportive Voices’ Get Picked for Teams at Work
- Probation and Parole in the United States, 2020
- Allen Superior Court Foreclosure Surplus Program
- Indiana juvenile justice task force wants minimum age for detainment, other reforms
- Probation Officer Home Visits Meets Evidence Based Practices
- JRAC's Community Corrections Code Review Report and Annual Report
- JRAC Webinar on 12/15/2021: Local JRAC formation and structure
- Housing agencies agree to merge (Wisconsin)
- Ohio redistricting battle heads to state Supreme Court
- Some states have 'no-drop' policies for domestic violence charges. Should Indiana?
- GPS Monitoring in Marion County: investigating reoffenses and who is put on pre-trial release
- HHS Secretary Becerra Announces New Overdose Prevention Strategy
- 'Being poor is not a crime': Mississippi residents among 20,000 to get probation debt erased
- 1st formerly incarcerated person named to state parole board
- Open Conversations: Education Program about Racism and Racial Injustice Receives National Recognition
- CASA volunteer (and POPAI Member) receives award
- Monroe County creates new judicial positions to help at-risk families, train probation officers
November 2021
- The Perils of Probation: How Supervision Contributes to Jail Populations
- Corporate Sponsorships now available for 2022
- (Cobb County, Georgia) County Judge Bans Elf on the Shelf ‘Tyranny’ as ‘Gift To Tired Parents’
- No Mountain Too High: Innovation Groups Explore How Courts Can Be Better
- My Healthy Baby: State Program for Pregnant and New Mothers - Sign Up Link for Updates and Informational Webinars
- Congress must replace youth prisons with something that actually helps youth
- Fingerprint Drug Tests
- Cities Crack Down on Unvaccinated Municipal Workers
- Final Report of the Interim Study Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
- Incentivizing ex-cons to get jobs reduces crime and helps small businesses
- We Can’t Transform Policing Without Addressing Trauma
- Corrections case manager helps detention center inmate get her diploma
- POPAI Board Seeks New District 5 Representative
- Justice David announces fall 2022 retirement
- American Rescue Plan Act of 2021: Guide to Advancing Justice-Related Goals
- Supreme Court Will Consider if Fundamental Right to Keep a Gun at Home Applies to Carrying in Public
- It's a complicated issue. Here is why experts say Indiana has so many unfilled jobs
- US sees fentanyl overdose record; Fort Wayne mom makes plea to include drug on routine testing
October 2021
- Xylazine Spreads Across the US: A Growing Component of the Increasingly Synthetic and Polysubstance Overdose Crisis
- APPA Accepting Applications for Leadership Institute
- New blueprint hopes to reverse revolving door at Delaware prisons
- Pennsylvania probation reform moves to Senate floor
- Pathways to Success on Probation: Lessons Learned from the First Phase of the Reducing Revocations Challenge
- Smaller and More Restorative: A Clinical Recovery Mindset Model for Drug Use in Hennepin County
- Jefferson, Gilpin County (Colorado) program offers opportunity for some to have arrest warrants wiped
- North Carolina judges: More felony offenders can now vote
- POPAI Board Seeks New Treasurer
- APPA Two for One Membership Campaign October 2021-December 2021
- Canceled Fines and Fees, $0 Cash Bail. Will Pandemic-era Criminal Justice Changes Stick?
- Electronic Tracking and Monitoring via Biometric Verification Method (BİOSİS)
- POPAI Board Seeks New Vice President
- Addiction And Low-Income Americans -- How Does Addiction Impact Low-Income Americans?
- Role of Human Services During Community Supervision
- IOCS Announces Dual Status Training
- Pretrial Services, Veterans Treatment Court, and Family Recovery Court Grant Applications Announced
- Using Creatinine Concentrations in Substance Testing
- State Launches Recovery Housing Pilot Program
- New State-by-State Analysis of Supervision Violations
- My Healthy Baby Program launches in Daviess, Greene, Gibson, Posey, Vanderburgh and Warrick counties October 4 and Pike and Knox Counties in early 2022
- BJA Releases Report on Probation and Parole in the United States, 2019
September 2021
- Reboot: Entrepreneurial Intensive for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals in Bloomington
- $15,000 Signing Bonuses and $130,000 Salaries for Police Recruits
- IDOC-Out Donates Hand-Made Quilt to IYG
- 2021 IACCAC Fall Training Institute: Roads to Recovery November 16 – 18, 2021
- Another State Will Train Police to Draw Blood From Drunk Driving Suspects
- Congratulations Valerie Runyon: POPAI 2021 Rookie Probation Officer of the Year
- Allen County OWI Court First In Indiana To Be Certified
- Congratulations Susan Allen: POPAI 2021 Founder’s Award Winner
- Congratulations Allen Waller: POPAI 2021 Line Probation Officer of the Year
- State Accepting Applications For Substance Abuse Recovery Housing Program
- New Sumner County (TN) Juvenile Mental Health Court Aims To Destigmatize Mental Illness, Keep Kids Out of the System
- Benton, Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Warren, and White Counties -- My Healthy Baby program launch information for September
- POPAI Fall Conference Brings Together 4 Presidents
- JDAI hopes to connect teens to the community
- Adolescent marijuana, alcohol use held steady during COVID-19 pandemic
- Basement full of bullets brings federal charges on former Crane employee
- ICCADS Annual Training
- The 2021 Virtual NAPSA Conference Registration is Now Open!
- Association of Indiana Counties with Justice Christopher Goff
- 'Legal' Weed? In Indiana? Delta 8 THC Is Everywhere, And Officials Would Prefer To Not Talk About It
- POPAI Fall Conference Attendees: COVID Information
- Remembering Kim Thibodeau
August 2021
- POPAI Fall Conference: Attendee Information - What to do if You Need to Cancel Your Registration
- JDAI hopes to connect teens to the community
- POPAI Fall Conference: Meet Opening Session Speaker Max Yoder
- Indiana Launches Review Of Juvenile Justice System
- POPAI Fall Conference: List of Sponsor Exhibitors
- Masks required at City-County building as courts see highest COVID cases since pandemic began
- POPAI Fall Conference: Download the Whova App
- My Healthy Baby: Strengthening the Support System for Pregnant Women
- Indiana to Receive Billions in Federal Funds: New Guidance Opens Door to Funding of Public Defense Services at State & County Levels
- EXiT Virtual Coffee Chat August 18 2:30 - 3:30 ET
- APPA Perspectives: International Restorative Justice
- Providing ‘Sense of Belonging’ to Undocumented Immigrants
- Free Training on YouTube About Adolescent Brain Development (in collaboration with Monroe Circuit Court and JDAI)
- Victory Field, Indians organization earns sensory certification
- POPAI Board Elections 2021: Slate of Candidates
- Clark County Celebrates National Probation, Parole, and Pretrial Services Week
- Invitation to My Healthy Baby (formerly OB Navigator) Event at Landsbaum Center (Vigo County)
- Indiana Pregnancy Promise Program
- Here’s Why and How Cities Across the Country Are Reforming Fines and Fees
- Last Chance for this year's Mentor/Mentee Program
- Measuring What Matters: Outcome and Performance Measures for the Pretrial Services Field, Second Edition
- Placement of waived/direct file juveniles
- When Jail Populations Decline, Crime Rates Remain Stable
- New this year at the POPAI Fall Conference: PreOrder T-Shirts
July 2021
- Supporting the Wellbeing of Adults on Probation
- New Reports from 10 Nationwide Sites Highlight Key Factors that Drive Probation Violations and Revocations and Guidance for Reform
- Formal Mentor/Mentee Program Continues to accept applications through August 6
- Youth mentorship programs can have profound impact on young people exposed to violence, psychologist says
- IOCS Skills-Based Workshop: Scholarship Application
- Parole Is Better Than Prison. But That Doesn’t Mean I’m Free.
- 2021 Fall Conference Registration is now open!
- The Justice Reinvestment Initiative: A Guide for States
- After SWAT standoff, Indiana troopers arrest man sought on probation violation
- Family Law Taskforce Shares Innovative Recommendations
- New tenants, same vision Huntington County embraces Victory Noll legacy
- New burrito spot helping city’s high-risk adults re-enter the workforce
- Nominations are now being accepted for 2021 Founder’s, Rookie Probation Officer, and Line Probation Officer of the Year Awards
- Marion County prosecutor details plan to keep more children out of juvenile detention
- 2021 Legislation Update
- Arnold Ventures and the CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance Announce the Release of Probation Revocation Reports from 10 Jurisdictions to Guide Reform
- The Vaccine and Its Impact on Court Operations
- $12M OK’d For Design Work On Rebuild Of NW Indiana Prison
- He Lost Nearly Everything To Addiction. Then An Arrest Changed His Life
June 2021
- Post-Pandemic, There’s No Excuse: America Must Modernize Its Justice System
- Feeling reentry anxiety? Expert advice on navigating COVID-19 reopenings
- The Role of Probation and Parole in Making Housing a Priority for People with Behavioral Health Needs
- ‘End Mass Supervision': Philadelphia District Attorney's Office Moves to Reduce Reliance on Probation, Parole
- To End The HIV Epidemic, Implement Proven HIV Prevention Strategies In The Criminal Justice System
- When Will Virtual Reality Be a Reality for Community Corrections? Part 2
- POPAI Election: Return Intent to Run Forms by July 11, 2021
- A Case for Better Funding of California’s Community Alternatives to Juvenile Detention and Probation
- Colorado Job Opportunity: Chief US Probation Officer
- Justice Partners Addictions Response Grants Available
- See the Possibilities & Inspire Change: We See More Than
- Initiative aims to produce peacemakers
- Mentor Program Application is Available: POPAI Seeking BOTH Mentors and Mentees
- PPPS Week’s Calm, Cool & Collected Challenge (APPA)
- A Medical Treatment For Meth Addiction Proves Effective In New Study
- HR More Accepting of Workers with Criminal Records
- POPAI Board Selects New District 3 Representative
- Gov. Andy Beshear announces in-person visitation at Kentucky correctional facilities reopens June 20
- PPPS Week Returns July 18-24, 2021! Request a visit from APPA
- APPA 46th Annual Training Institute - Boston August 23-25 2021
- 2021 POPAI Fall Conference: Call for Proposals
- A Guide To Gender Identity Terms
May 2021
- Foundation Provides Grant for Child Advocacy Center
- Juvenile Dual Status Resource Guide Updated 2021
- Indianapolis Public Schools adding addiction recovery school Hope Academy to portfolio
- Opioid rescue kits installed on buildings in Bartholomew County
- The cost of Marion County’s GPS monitoring services
- Benefits of Replacing Multiple Systems with One
- Miami County Probation Department introduces its newest employee
- The hidden plague
- POPAI Board to select District 3 Representative
- Work Permits End This Summer, Among Changes In State Child Labor Laws
- 2021 Wisconsin Chapter of ATSA (WiATSA) Virtual Conference
- Save the Date September 8-10 for the IN PERSON POPAI Fall Conference at French Lick Resort
- Transforming Juvenile Probation: Restructuring Probation Terms to Promote Success
- Probation Officers Save Life of Local Man with Overdose Antidote
- Beam gets top probation honor
- POPAI Board 2021 Elections - Intent to Run Forms Available
- 2021 Legislative Session Wrap-up
- Indiana's 'Second Chance Law' Seals Criminal Records. But Fines And Fees Can Stand In The Way
- 2022 Minimum Salary Schedule for Probation Officers
- Court of Appeals Rules Lake County Must Pay Probation Officers' Legal Expenses
- APPA Announces Election Results
- POPAI Board Selects New Vice President
- 'I was a monster': Fixing minds and changing lives in Marion County's mental health court
- Allen County Juvenile Center students learn how to knit, donate infant hats and cocoons to area hospitals
- Counselor's Corner: The Therapeutic Benefits of Humor in Substance Use Disorder Counseling
- Why New Guidelines For Opioid Treatment Are A 'Big Deal'
- POPAI Executive Board to Select a Vice President
April 2021
- Knepple Scholarship 2021: Two Scholarships Awarded
- POPAI Networking on LinkedIn
- Tribute to Lori Eville
- Remembering Donald R. “Charley” Knepple
- Open Conversations: Racism and Racial Injustice
- Carmen Maria Rodriguez March 5, 1963 – April 19, 2021
- Remote or Not…It’s Still a Court Proceeding
- Indianapolis opens grant applications for communities hardest hit by coronavirus pandemic
- EXiT Briefs
- POPAI Board Seeks Applications for Vice President due by April 30, 2021
- Bridging Disparities in Probation and Parole by Ensuring Food and Health Access
- Indiana gets $60.8M to support vaccines in underserved populations
- New study examines impact of COVID-19 on Indiana jails
- 2021: State of the Judiciary
- A Fresh Start
- On-Site Video Legal Services: Innovations in Lawrence Township Small Claims Court
- LHS Basketball Coach Steve Bradley Receives Transformation Coach Award
- Current Prescription Opioid Misuse and Suicide Risk Behaviors Among High School Students
- COVID-19 vaccination expands in Indiana
- Study: When parole, probation officers choose empathy, returns to jail decline
March 2021
- Out Of Prison But Still Trapped: Examining The 'Afterlife' Of Incarceration
- Promoting Wellness and Resiliency in Correctional Staff: 1 hr recorded webinar
- IU study looks into how Covid-19 impacted local Indiana jails
- 2021 Legislation Updates
- Time is Running Short for Submitting Applications for the Knepple Scholarship
- Online addiction recovery meetings help thousands stay sober during pandemic
- Distinguished Tippecanoe County probation officer to retire after 43 years
- New Program to Help Formerly Incarcerated
- State data shows hundreds of Indiana students are arrested on school property every year
- Public Employees’ Use of Personal Phones, Tablets Puts Local Governments at Risk
- Where the Economy Tanks, Heart Attack Deaths Rise
- This New Advancement in Interpreting DNA Evidence Could be a Game Changer
- Once homeless, this former foster youth is advocating for change within Indiana DCS
- States Fail to Prioritize Homeless People for Vaccines
- Management Institute Agenda
- 2 Free APPA Webinars: Lessons Learned - Using Mobile Technology During a Global Pandemic and Officer Safety, Wellness, and Leadership in the 21st Century: Tools, Strategies, and Solutions
- 'The system needs overhaul' | Indiana prosecutor puts himself on probation to expose breakdowns in the criminal justice system
- Juvenile justice bill passes in Indiana Senate, advances to House
- Indiana man rescued after 3 days lost inside a storm drain
- Free Webinar: From Pandemic Reforms to Systematic Change: How COVID-19 Housing and Financial Supports Can Permanently Alter Probation and Parole
February 2021
- Urban Institute Report: NC Revocations on Decline Thanks to Justice Reinvestment Act
- Officers attacked at Indiana State Prison identified; flags to be flown at half-staff
- Court Date Notification Systems
- Applications for the 2021 Donald "Charley" Knepple Scholarship are now available.
- Consent Searches of Residences
- The Future is Now: Roadside Drug Tests in Indiana
- Trial Court Video Streaming Initiative
- Mayor’s office releases delayed 2020 report on how to reduce violent crime in Indianapolis
- The Probation Communities of Practice Project
- Race and Equity: National and Statewide Support
- Indiana to get $12.5M share of national opioid settlement
- Webinar: Trauma-informed Design: Transforming Correctional Design for Justice Reform
- Register for the 2021 POPAI Management Institute, Chief Orientation, and CPO Summit
- States Offer Perks to Inmates who Get the Covid-19 Vaccine
- 'The Internet Has Made Us Dumber,' and Other Lessons Government Officials Learned in 2020
- Employers are increasing support for mental health
- Vanderburgh County Health Department turns to excise police to check for COVID violations
- Allen Superior Court Judge Charles Pratt announces retirement
January 2021
- Former Marion County CPO and POPAI Member pens novel: "The Rankins of Pratt County"
- What Makes for Good Policing Makes for Good Citizenship
- 2020 Forward: A Vision for the Future of Indiana’s Justice System
- It’s Not Just the Law, It’s Good Sense: Maintaining and Instilling Safety Protocols during COVID-19
- Illinois General Assembly approves sweeping criminal justice overhaul that would end cash bail, require cops to wear body cameras
- Effective Stress Relievers for Your Life
- 2020 'exacerbated all of the issues' driving record drug abuse in America
- ‘Relapsing Left and Right’: Trying to Overcome Addiction in a Pandemic
- Corrections Tech 2020, a whitepaper from IJIS
- Why younger workers are more likely to struggle with working from home
- POPAI Virtual Management Institute, New Chief Probation Officer Orientation, and CPO Summit: Save the date
- The stimulus bill includes a bump in SNAP benefits. Here's what that means for Hoosiers.
- Overdose Deaths Hit New Highs As Pandemic Worsens Opioid Crisis
- State of Judiciary to be written and remote report
- 'Healing together': Looking for solutions after Indianapolis' most violent year yet
- President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice
- Human trafficking in Kentucky, Indiana is 'bigger than people realize,' expert says
- City seeks new approach to continuing gun violence problem in Evansville
- First of the bills for the 2021 session
- Juvenile Detention Explained
- Congratulations Dr. Edward Latessa
- States Can Shorten Probation and Protect Public Safety
December 2020
- “The stakes are life and death”: Addiction treatment’s Covid-19 challenge
- Congress clinches deal to restore Pell grants for prisoners 26 years after ban
- APPA COVID Roundtable #5 (recorded)
- COVID: There may be another source of infections in Indiana — federal executions
- 'Collectively out of balance': COVID-19 taking toll on mental as well as physical health
- Supreme Court suspends jury trials due to public health emergency
- Membership 2021: New way to pay for groups online
- IDOC December 2020 Population Report
- ‘We knew we couldn’t arrest our way out of this issue’ FWPD aims to stop drug addiction
- Indiana adoption numbers drop during coronavirus pandemic
- Open Letter to the Pretrial Justice Institute
- POPAI 2021 Membership
- COVID-19 safety measures in place at Porter County’s jail, juvenile center: No positive cases reported since April
- 2019 Judicial Service Report and Probation Report
- Naloxone now available to each offender upon release from an IDOC facility
- Web Exclusive: First impressions of the first COVID-era jury trial
- Labradoodle helps vets going through Indiana court program
- Riverside County (California) probation officer dies after getting coronavirus
- Attend the POPAI Board Meeting December 9 at 10:30 am
November 2020
- APPA Perspectives: Transforming Juvenile Probation
- Support from prosecutors for EXiT's Statement
- Gov. Holcomb Announces Judicial Appointments For Three Upcoming Vacancies On Marion County Superior Courts
- Nonprofit Gives 'Purpose' and Training in a Woodshop
- Probation Standards Amendments
- Becoming a U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services Officer
- APPA's 2021 Winter Virtual Training Institute: Free Registration Drawing for POPAI Members
- FSSA Announces Pilot Programs Designed To Treat Hoosiers Involved In The Justice System
- Order on Continued Emergency Actions Issued by the Indiana Supreme Court
- Indiana Department Of Correction To Provide Naloxone To Offenders Upon Release
- In Defense Of Data-Based Pretrial Risk Assessment
- These states legalized recreational marijuana on Election Day
- From Marijuana To Mushrooms, Voters Want Drug Laws Eased
- California's Probation and Parole Reform Successes Webinar: 11/17 at 4:00 PM
- DCS: Contracted employees may have falsified drug test results
- International Network for Criminal Justice Podcast with Michael Nail, NAPE President
- Purdue Pharma to plead guilty in $8bn opioid settlement
- Michigan Poison Center issues warning about 'purple heroin'
- Evaluating the Impact of Probation and Parole Home Visits (2019)
- Record number of overdoses in Fort Wayne blamed on fake pills, pandemic stress
- 2021 Court Reform grants application open
October 2020
- Welcome POPAI's New Conference Planner
- Adapting Community Corrections in Response to COVID-19 (ADAPT-CC) Research Study
- Welcome to POPAI's New Membership Coordinator
- Evaluating the Impact of Probation and Parole Home Visits (2019)
- The IMPD team adding more ‘empathy’ to policing
- New Law Creates 988 Hotline For Mental Health Emergencies
- Opioid Crisis: “If you had my problems..”
- EXiT Virtual Membership meeting: Training and Idea Sharing
- Homeless Families Struggle With Impossible Choices As School Closures Continue
- Problem-solving court adapts to COVID-19
- Issue brief: Reports of increases in opioid- and other drug-related overdose and other concerns during COVID pandemic
- The Federal Government Releases Tips For Secure Teleworking
- Short Film, Transforming Justice: Rachel Barnard
- State Receives $25M to Continue Workforce Ready Programs
- A local event caused several COVID infections. Officials won't say what it is| Webb
- Free APPA Webinar: From the Field: Advances in Smartphone Apps for Probation and Parole
- Youth Justice in the Time of COVID-19
- Food Insecurity In The U.S. By The Numbers
- Public invited to comment by October 29 on proposed rule changes
- Indiana Increased Public Pension Assets Despite Pandemic
September 2020
- Case Clips: Knight v. State, 20A-CR-268, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sep. 15, 2020)
- Olmsted County Community Corrections' Approach to Probation
- Alexis Stogdill, Probation Officer, Monroe Circuit Court Probation Department Recognized as an Outstanding Mental Health Provider by Mental Health America of Monroe County
- Building Resilience to Prepare for Tomorrow
- Drunk Driving: It All Begins with the Stop!
- Juvenile Justice Review Gets Underway
- Thanking Brenda Rodeheffer
- 2020 Forward: Strategic Plan (Judicial Conference of Indiana)
- Centerstone receives $3.4 million grant to combat opioid crisis
- Jessica Stall: POPAI Rookie of the Year 2020
- Virtual Convening: The New Juvenile Probation: Lessons from the Frontlines
- POPAI Annual Business Meeting 2020
- NYPD Study: Implicit Bias Training Changes Minds, Not Necessarily Behavior
- Reminder: Please attend the POPAI Annual Business Meeting via Zoom
- FREE Webinar with Mark Carey and Susan Burke: Using cognitive tools with youth under community supervision.
- New federal data: fewer kids in US foster care system
- Work for POPAI: Conference and Recruitment Coordinator and Membership Coordinator
- House will vote on removing cannabis from controlled substances list
- Indiana Judge Killed In Plane Crash Remembered By Colleagues
- Two Local Men Helping Addicts Take Steps Toward Recovery
- Young adults' risks from first-time opioid prescriptions may not be as high as previously thought
August 2020
- Taking up the Torch: Amy Karozos assumes new role as State Public Defender
- Gaps in Reporting Human Trafficking Incidents Result in Significant Undercounting
- United Way Lands $1M Grant to Fight Substance Abuse
- Holcomb Announces Expanded Peer Recovery Options For Hoosiers
- At-Risk Youth in Schools: A Wraparound Delinquency Prevention Program Produces Disappointing Results
- COVID-19 means long stretch of stormy weather for people with alcohol and substance use disorders
- Civil rights activists, advocates and trailblazers among influential Indiana Women of the Century
- New Underage Drinking Trend
- This Year, Give Back: Mentor Someone
- More Work to Do: Analysis of Probation and Parole in the United States, 2017-2018
- POPAI to Hold Annual Business Meeting via Zoom
- U.S. Sees Deadly Drug Overdose Spike During Pandemic
- Indiana Black Caucus Unveils Expansive Justice Reform Plan
- More Work to Do: Analysis of Probation and Parole in the United States, 2017-2018
- Studies show initial success in state pretrial release assessments
- Virtual Training: Rethinking Community Supervision, Sept. 16 and 17
- APPA Virtual Training Institute: Free for over 20 POPAI Members
- Tools to Support Remote Client Contact for Community Corrections – Part Two
- Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson dies
- POPAI 2020 Board Election Slate
- Last Chance to nominate for the 2020 Founder’s, Rookie Probation Officer, and Line Probation Officer of the Year Awards
- Tools to Support Remote Client Contact for Community Corrections – Part One
- Food Stamp Use Could Skyrocket With Loss of Enhanced Unemployment Benefits
- Facebook messages in police sting weren’t wrongly admitted in man’s jury trial
- Becoming Tele-Ready | Tele-Work in Ramsey County
July 2020
- Pandemic Preparedness and Response among Community Supervision Agencies: The Importance of Partnerships for Future Planning
- JQC issues guidance on judges participating in marches, social issue events
- Pretrial Risk Assessment in Practice: Lessons and Research from Indiana
- Web Exclusive: Legal clinic offers education series through Facebook
- 2020 Knepple Scholarship Award Winner Patrick Hillenburg
- Families of Prisoners Sue Over High Cost of Phone Calls
- Indiana Left It To County Courts To Release Prisoners During The COVID Crisis. Most Of Them Haven’t.
- San Francisco Lawmaker Introduces ‘CAREN Act’ to Stop Racially-Biased 911 Calls
- Many Public Defenders Getting Compensated Less Than Minimum Wage
- Nominations are now being accepted for 2020 Founder's, Rookie Probation Officer, and Line Probation Officer of the Year Awards
- POPAI Board Submits Proposed Bylaw Changes
- Justices grant expungement petition that led to change in law
- Funding the Fight Against Opioids: How Naloxone distribution benefits struggling Hoosiers
- Wearing a mask is not about fear': Retailer group urges governors to require everyone to wear a mask
- ‘Dramatic’ Reforms to Pretrial Practice Triggered by Pandemic: Survey
- JDAI Promotes Placement Of The Right Kids, In The Right Places, For The Right Reasons, For The Right Amount Of Time
- New Laws Take Effect July 1
- State Courts Work Toward An Awkward Reopening
- Does Reducing Supervision for Low-risk Probationers Jeopardize Community Safety?
- Board votes to transition in-patient jail addiction program
- Tools for Addictions Crisis
- APPA's 45th Annual Training Institute - Value and Vision: A Virtual Experience
June 2020
- Saying goodbye: Baker to retire after more than 40 years as a judge
- Coronavirus Relief Helping to Keep Down Poverty Rate—For Now, Research Finds
- August Training: The Midwest Gang Investigators Association, Indiana Chapter 2020 State Training Event
- Calls Grow for Amazon to End Ring Partnerships with Police Departments
- Pretrial Risk Assessment in Practice: Lessons and Research from Indiana
- Marion County Courts begin reopening in-person proceedings
- Lake County judges join call to reaffirm principles of justice, equality
- 3-year sentence affirmed for woman who drove after lifetime ban
- Supreme Court for now stays out of police immunity debate
- Why you might want to think twice about smoking weed during COVID-19 outbreak
- Reminder: Letter of Intent for POPAI Election due Sunday July 12, 2020
- POPAI Fall Conference News
- Resources to Help Assist in the Supervision of High Risk Impaired Drivers in a Time of Pandemic
- Remembering Judge Michael Barnes: "A public servant's public servant
- 'A Parade, Not A Protest': An Interview With Sheriff Who Took Off Riot Gear, Walked with Protesters
- APPA Statement on the Death of George Floyd
- Indiana Court Times Spring 2020 Electronic Version
- Rush on race, equity: ‘We can and must do better’
- New Resource: Considerations in Resuming Community Supervision Operations May 29, 2020
- In Loving Memory of Stanley W. DeKemper
May 2020
- Law enforcement helps out with summer reading program
- Free APPA Webinar Recording: Community Corrections Virtual Roundtable II: As the COVID-19 Dust Settles: Agency Efforts to Recover
- New attorneys get help navigating COVID-19 in ISBA program
- A gift in tough times: Juvenile probation departments deliver for young clients, families
- The Indiana JDAI Implicit Bias Training Institute: Building Capacity for an Equitable Youth Justice System
- How to Build a Great Relationship with a Mentor
- Indiana to use nearly $1M federal grant to deliver Narcan
- Judges prefer Zoom for remote court hearings, survey says
- The State of the Child
- The Small-Business Die-Off Is Here
- 3-2 Supreme Court reverses, finds covered bridge arsonist insane
- The Midwest Gang Investigators Association, Indiana Chapter 2020 State Training Event
- In Some States that Are Reopening, Workers Face an Ultimatum: Go Back to Work or Lose Unemployment
- Guidelines for resuming operations of the trial courts and Order extending time for expanding trial court operations: 2 new documents from the Indiana Supreme Court
- Indiana Dept. of Correction Trains Deployed National Guard as Facility Force Multipliers
- High court further expands video, phone proceedings during COVID-19
- Join the Fight Against the COVID-19 Pandemic - IDOC Call for Mask Supplies
- POPAI 2020 Election: Call for Letter of Intent
- Policy Reforms Can Strengthen Community Supervision
- Amid Pandemic, A Call to Rebalance State and Local Power
- Ordering PPE from DOC, Free Psychological First Aid training class added to COVID-19 page
- Don’t Forget the Other Pandemic Killing Thousands of Americans
- Holcomb to ease stay-at-home restrictions starting Monday
- After her husband died from coronavirus, she found an emotional goodbye note on his phone
- Ohio County Prosecutor: Pandemic Puts More Stress On Families Dealing With Addiction
April 2020
- Katie Messmann Named JDAI Coordinator For Lawrence County
- In Monroe County, probation officers want juveniles to know they care
- Judges shooting defendant moves to unseal evidence, including surveillance video
- Probation Officer Salary Schedule 2021
- Is marijuana linked to psychosis, schizophrenia? It's contentious, but doctors, feds say yes
- Remembering Donald R. “Charley” Knepple
- Indiana Correction Officials Outline COVID-19 Precautions
- Indiana Women's Prison Wee Ones Program Renamed in Honor of Fallen IMPD Officer Breann Leath
- Slain Indianapolis officer remembered as compassionate
- Some Shelters Shutter to Protect Homeless, Staff
- POPAI Chief, Assistant Chief, and Probation Supervisor Mentor Program
- Probation and Parole Officers Are Rethinking Their Rules As Coronavirus Spreads
- IMPD officer shot, killed, female injured on city’s east side
- States Share Covid-19 Patient Addresses with First Responders
- Bruises from Coronavirus Begin to Show on State Budgets
- COVID-19 Resources Page on POPAI Website
- Justices deny ACLU petition to release inmates amid COVID-19
- APPA Releases Two Issue Papers
- Louisville judges now putting defiant COVID-19 patients on house arrest
- Inmates make protective gear to fight COVID-19 virus
- State Leaders Tell Local Officials To Decide On Releasing County Jail Inmates
- Opioid Addiction Is 'A Disease Of Isolation,' So Pandemic Puts Recovery At Risk
- APPA Perspectives 2020 - V44 N1 - Full Issue
March 2020
- Access to APPA Library: Several 2019 Resources are free in April
- COVID-19 Community Corrections Resources from APPA
- Free Webinar: Community Corrections Virtual Roundtable on the Coronavirus Pandemic
- COVID-19 Response and Statement from EXiT
- Legislative Update
- The Future Of Recovery Support Part II (Bill White And Mike Collins)
- 'I don't get an extra check for locking you up': a week with an LA probation officer
- Opinion - Eric Hoffman: Truancy cannot go unaddressed
- Coronavirus update: Supreme Court says 26 counties’ courts approved for emergency ops
- Coronavirus update: Marion County Prosecutor’s Office implementing telework
- White House Announces Action Guide to Combat Rural Drug Addictions
- Knepple Scholarship Applicants: Send in your form soon
- Police jail woman who paid bail with marijuana-scented cash
- No visitations at Indiana prisons due to coronavirus concerns, state says
- Hatfield: Vanderburgh County Council must act on jail expansion project
- Indiana County to Start Bringing Charges Against Residents Who Overdose
- Hiring Hoosiers: TOWER program prepares inmates for post-incarceration success
- How prepared is Indiana for coronavirus? Here's what health officials say
- Can algorithms help judges make fair decisions?
- Boone County Jail becomes first in state to administer suboxone for addiction treatment
- Why Some Kids May Not Get Enough Mental Health Care
- The Outsize Influence of Your Middle-School Friends
- Fake urine allows addicts, users to cheat drug tests
- Look inside: Repurposed ambulance hits Baton Rouge streets to help combat opioid crisis
- This Ohio county may need a second morgue to handle the number of fentanyl overdoses
February 2020
- What Trump's drug policies have meant for America's opioid epidemic
- They were young. They thought they had time. Then they nearly died of liver disease.
- Justice by geography? Bill aims to bring uniformity to indigency determinations
- Apply for the 2020 Donald “Charley” Knepple Scholarship Award
- Homeless US student population 'highest in more than a decade'
- Senator drops push to force Indiana marijuana prosecutions
- How 2 Indiana companies are helping employees with child care needs
- Ready, set, skate! SROs, students meet at the ice rink
- “Best Practices” in Corrections: The Systems-Level Challenges to Implementing Evidence-Based Practices
- There's a growing problem in the opioid fight: diarrhea medication
- Justices to hear arguments in blood draw suppression case
- What if the probation office was a place of joy instead of fear? New York City shows how.
- Probation Officer Falls Ill While Searching Probationer in Westminster
- Indiana lawmakers push bill to grant driving cards to undocumented immigrants
- In a County Jail, 'The Barracks' Aims to Give Veterans Resources and Hope
- Management Institute and Chief Probation Officer Summit
- Successor sought for retiring Vanderburgh Superior judge
- Advocates, legislators call for marijuana reform in Indiana hours before 2020 session starts
- COA: Order committing juvenile to DOC until age 18 must be corrected
- Tattoo Removal Programs Help Former Inmates Wipe The Slate Clean
- Bill Could Send 12-Year-Olds To Department Of Correction
January 2020
- Criminal Rule 26 – New Rules For Bonding Out – Now In Effect
- Double jeopardy found in gun convictions, but sentence affirmed
- DCS worker's attorney: Client being singled out for returning child to mother
- Risk assessments for booked inmates take effect statewide
- Miami Valley Crime Lab to test Indiana drug evidence
- Meth never left Daviess County
- Legislation Page Replaces Members Only on POPAI Website
- New suicide hotline number to have three digits like 911
- Uber Sexual Assault Report Spurs Calls for New Government Policies
- Why a broken foster-care system is sending more kids to prison than college
- Recreational pot is legal in Michigan and soon Illinois: What does that mean for Indiana?
- Rush Hails Progress, Calls For More In 2020 State Of The Judiciary
- More than 100 public housing units in Bloomington to be renovated
- Floyd County recognizes long-tenured probation officer
- New Indiana Rule Adds Risk Assessments For Booked Inmates
- Franklin County Juvenile Court Shifts Course, Eliminating Probation Officers
- The Healthiest—and Unhealthiest—States
- Indiana Supreme Court justice visits LaGrange County Monday
- Ohio spends less per inmate, but imprisons more than many states
- 'Your Body Being Used': Where Prisoners Who Can't Vote Fill Voting Districts
- Health Dept. launches teen anti-vaping campaign
- Getting them out of jail sooner
- Why Abolishing Bail for Some Crimes has Law Enforcement on Edge
- When you quit, here's what happens to your mind and body
December 2019
- Federal judge awards $1 million to woman sexually harassed by Casper probation agent
- Indiana Receives Grant To Address Opoid Use In Pregnancy
- The Steep Costs of Criminal Justice Fees and Fines
- Vanderburgh County jail expansion talk to resume; many tough questions remain
- 4-day workweek boosted employees’ productivity by 40%, Microsoft says
- JRAC's Report on Bail Reform and Pretrial Issues
- Southern District gets more than $2 million in DOJ funds to fight opioid crisis
- How Indianapolis employers are adjusting to hiring ex-offenders amid tight labor market
- 5th Annual Evaluation of the Criminal Code Reform Report
- Porter County's pretrial release program may be fix for jail overcrowding in other Indiana counties
- DCS troubles continue with arrest of former caseworker
- Volunteering This Weekend? Look Out for Trafficking Victims!
- (Monroe) County's community corrections director retiring
- JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY IN ALLEN COUNTY STUDIED
- New county program triples truancy referrals
- Indiana Supreme Court justice visits LaGrange County Monday
- JDAI appears to be paying off in Steuben County
- POPAI and IACCAC Present at the Final Jail Overcrowding Task Force Meeting
- IYI focuses on help, hope
- National Judicial Opioid Task Force Releases Final Report
November 2019
- Florida lawmaker files bill for judges to reduce outdated drug sentences
- Fighting racism may play an important role in improving child welfare
- Franklin County to eliminate current juvenile probation jobs; employees will have to reapply for new roles
- Indiana elections 2019: Carmel Clay Schools passes state's first school safety referendum
- Supreme Court creates new ‘access to court records’ rules
- Lake Juvenile Court begins review of detention risk-assessment tool
- Evansville awarded $1 million grant to help youth affected by substance abuse
- Halt of simple pot prosecutions gets mixed reaction
- Leaders with Juvenile Justice Center are close to settling lawsuit
- Jacobs apologizes for Indianapolis shooting, says he ‘nearly lost’ everything
- IOCS 2020 Training Dates
- Criminal Justice Reform Shouldn't Just Focus on People Behind Bars. Here's How We Can Improve the Lives of Millions More
- Correctional Industrial Facility Celebrates Refurbishing 2,500 Chairs for Wheels of the World
- A Medication To Treat Meth Addiction? Some Take A New Look At Naltrexone
- Meth, once the drug scourge of Indiana, is back but in a new and deadlier way
- What Do Human Trafficking & Domestic Violence Have in Common?
- Twenty years later, [Monroe County Circuit Court] drug court continues to redirect lives
- Authorities: Indiana man found with drugs, synthetic urine
- Annual report highlights work of Indiana Supreme Court
- Applications for Federal Title II Grants due November 25
- State Suspending Medicaid Work Requirement After Lawsuit
- Marion County installs kiosks for offenders to check in without probation officer
- Jail Overcrowding Task Force seeks input
October 2019
- Juvenile symposium addresses race and inclusion
- Companies reach tentative deal to settle opioids lawsuit
- Google has a new tool aimed at drug addiction recovery
- Cass County Judge Richard Maughmer remembered as ‘tremendous jurist’
- Restorative justice mediation fosters accountability, lets victims be heard
- Suspect in judges shooting agrees to plead guilty
- Indiana Drug Court Celebrates 20 Years
- 5 Ways To Make The Office More Welcoming For People Of All Gender Identities
- 3 judges face discipline in Indianapolis shooting
- New Task Force Seeks Input
- Corrections and Criminal Code Study Committee Update
- Indiana’s struggle with insanity defense mirrors coming SCOTUS case
- How To Talk To Teens About Vaping
- IU conducts probation revocation study to combat mass incarceration
- Divided ruling: Felony reduced to misdemeanor means longer expungement wait
- Stakeholders praise pretrial reforms at statewide summit
- POPAI 2019 Election Results
- Call for Papers - 2020 Justice Services Conference
- Mears steps into top job, halts minor marijuana prosecutions
- Judicial commission investigating shooting involving judges
- Public invited to comment on proposed rules for pretrial services
- 2019 Gang Trends & Updates November 6th, 2019 Hosted by The Midwest Gang Investigators Association Indiana Chapter
- Criminal suspects can't be forced to pay for their own GPS monitoring, court rules
September 2019
- Arnold Ventures and the CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance Announce 10 Jurisdictions Selected as Probation Research and Reform Sites
- Chief justice: 'We were tough on drugs, but now we need to be smart'
- Man gets maximum prison term for shooting at probation officers in Billings
- (Monroe Circuit Court) Probation Department Donates to Vets
- POPAI and IACCAC Testify at the Interim Study Committee on Corrections and Criminal Code
- Washington probation officers save woman's life with gummy bears, apple juice
- 2019 Line Probation Officer of the Year Award Winner: Lindsay Long
- 2019 POPAI Founder's Award Winner: Troy Hatfield
- 2019 Knepple Scholarship Award Winner: Elizabeth Darenski
- Chief Justice Rush Reflects On Lack Of Judicial Diversity In Indiana
- 2019 IACCAC Fall Training Institute
- Do Cash Rewards For Crime Tips Work?
- Jury awards husband and wife prison employees $11.4M in racial discrimination case
- A sixth person died from vaping-related lung disease. Here's what you need to know
- AZ Court: State Can't Force Defendants to Pay for GPS Monitors
- To Safely Cut Incarceration, States Rethink Responses to Supervision Violations
- Scientists Unveil Weed Breathalyzer, Launching Debate Over Next Steps
- Indiana Officials Call Meth Emerging Drug Crisis
- Probation and Parole Systems Marked by High Stakes, Missed Opportunities
- Feds to revamp confidentiality rules for addiction treatment
- Justices: Decades-old rule in fixed plea modifications still stands
- Teen murder wavier to adult court affirmed; police custody issue splits COA
- (Kosciusko) County Council Approves Adding Probation Officer
- CNN Host Van Jones Sees Urgency in Movement for Probation and Parole Reform
- States are trying to change a system that keeps poor people in jail. The bail industry is blocking them.
- Leaders on the Front Lines of Probation and Parole Propose an Exit From a Broken Status Quo
- County to implement pretrial release rule
August 2019
- Susan Rice, Miami County’s CPO Takes Oath of Office as APPA's Vice President
- Addiction Clinics Market Unproven Infusion Treatments To Desperate Patients
- Elkhart officials announce new whole-family rehab program for juvenile offenders
- Loretta Rush Reappointed As Indiana Chief Justice
- New law lets some defendants’ community service offset court costs
- Meet Tommy Rieman: POPAI Fall Conference Closing Session Speaker
- MDMA, or Ecstasy, Shows Promise as a PTSD Treatment
- Last Indiana county open for voluntary e-filing
- It's The Go-To Drug To Treat Opioid Addiction. Why Won't More Pharmacies Stock It?
- POPAI 2019 Fall Conference: Time to Register and Book Your Room
- Habitual offender enhancement in plea not involuntary, COA holds
- ‘I do not understand’: David, Rush publish sharp dissent to CHINS transfer denial
- POPAI Submits an Amicus Curiae Brief with Court of Appeals -- UPDATE
- Bartholomew County Jail to begin new addiction treatment program
- Meet Harvey Alston: POPAI Fall Conference Keynote Speaker
- There’s not just corn in Indiana
- Hemp vs Marijuana: The Difference Explained (2019 Update)
- Lake County Juvenile Court partners with Ivy Tech to prepare kids for adulthood
- Settlement reached in suit over bail system (Texas)
- Indiana Office of Court Services - Justice Services Deputy Director Angie Hensley
- Seizures Of Methamphetamine Are Surging In The U.S.
July 2019
- Susan Rice, Miami County's CPO Elected APPA Vice President
- POPAI 2019 Election: Slate, Request an Absentee Ballot, and Meet the Candidates
- Indiana woman steals dentures, wears them to meeting with probation officer: police
- Marion County Runs Felon-Focused Addiction Treatment
- Illinois becomes 11th state to allow recreational marijuana
- Final days to nominate someone for Founder’s, Rookie Probation Officer, and Line Probation Officer of the Year Awards
- Man’s ‘barely legible’ suit against judge, clerk, DOC staff rightly tossed
- Wasp spray used as alternative meth, contributed to three overdoses
- Organizations team up to bring awareness to child sexual abuse in southwest Indiana
- Court must consider competency in community corrections revocation, COA says
- GPS monitoring helps domestic violence victims not live in fear
- Positive Momentum Showing in Indiana's Fight Against the Opioid Epidemic
- Juvenile incarceration, crime falling nationwide
- 11 counties test Indiana's bail bond relief pilot program
- County receives grants for Veterans', Family Recovery courts
- Hendricks Judge Freese suspended 45 days over friend's estate theft
- Elkhart man revives efforts for new trial in 2002 murder
- Malware Attack on LaPorte County results in change of email submission for the Knepple Scholarship Application and awards presented at the Fall Conference
- Important Change In Submission of 2019 Donald “Charley” Knepple Scholarship Award Applications
- How France Cut Heroin Overdoses by 79 Percent in 4 Years And the United States could, too
- Going straight - Some offenders trade jail time for skills through Ripley County's Community Corrections initiative
- Judge certifies class action in Henry County Jail overcrowding suit
- Nominations are now being accepted for Founder's, Rookie Probation Officer, and Line Probation Officer of the Year Awards
June 2019
- New Analysis Shows How Parole and Probation Violations Significantly Impact States’ Prison Populations and Budgets
- How Chicago Women Created The World’s First Juvenile Justice System
- Suspects charged in judges' shooting, judge also charged with felony battery
- Illinois becomes the 11th state to legalize recreational marijuana
- Henry, Madison counties considering possible shared jail
- Lake County juvenile probation program undergoing transformation
- 'Wake-Up Call' About A Broken System: New Study Shows Failings Of Probation, Parole
- Knepple Scholarship Applicants: Send in your form soon
- Report: Indiana opioid prescriptions fell by 35% since 2013
- Deadline for Intent To Run Forms approaches
- 7th Circuit rules DOC sex offender program violates Constitution
- The FDA Just Approved the First Generic Nasal Spray to Reverse Opioid Overdoses
- No charges for personal drug possession: Seattle’s bold gamble to bring ‘peace’ after the war on drugs
- Prosecutor, probation officer disagree on sentencing in drug case
- Re-Making Bail
- APPA Position Paper: Use of Social Media as a Supervision Tool
- New Indiana Laws Will Make Accessing Substance Addiction Treatment Easier
- More states sue opioid maker alleging deceptive marketing
- Illinois is close to legalizing recreational marijuana. Here's what that means for Indiana.
- Workplace drug use an ongoing challenge
- Prisoner rights case challenges forced labor in private prisons
- Tired Of Being 'Dope Sick,' A Drug User Gets Help From Police To Get Sober
- Justices reject marijuana ‘pursuit of happiness’ appeal
- Former Inmates Are Getting Jobs As Employers Ignore Stigma In Bright Economy
- Domestic violence coalition to offer training on pro bono victim representation
May 2019
- Bloomington woman shares her journey to sobriety
- Statewide e-filing nears completion end as Clinton, Pike connect
- Marion County deputies, community awarded opportunity to help combat opioid crisis
- DiSario family files civil suit against Licking County officials in Kirkersville chief death
- Apply for the 2019 Donald “Charley” Knepple Scholarship Award
- Supreme Court again hears arguments in fixed-plea sentence modification cases
- Judges’ shootings: What happened, and what happens next?
- IU McKinney students bring energy, enthusiasm to re-entry program
- ACLU report highlights Indiana’s prison problem
- The Use of Naloxone by Community Supervision Agencies
- Incorporating Location Tracking Systems Into Community Supervision
- Clarksville man arrested in Derby weekend human trafficking sting
- Why is unemployment for blacks 86% higher than US average?
- Breaking Through Barriers: Language Access for Crime Victims
- County Jails Struggle With A New Role As America's Prime Centers For Opioid Detox
- Credit Calculations for Sentencing
- Miami Correctional Facility Inmate Getting New Trial
- 2019 POPAI Elections – Time to Submit Intent to Run
April 2019
- At launch of 100th problem-solving court, judges hail results
- Public defenders: ‘Pay now or pay later’
- Dr. Brian Lovins - Probation Coaches
- Working to reduce recidivism
- Court Text Messaging Alerts and Reminders
- America's Penal System & the Probation Trap
- Southern Indiana has strong presence with problem-solving courts
- Johnny Bobbitt gets probation in GoFundMe scam, still faces federal charges
- Report: Indiana’s outsized foster population lags educationally
- 2020 Probation Officer Minimum Salary Schedule
- ‘Reliability of exhibits' overcomes challenge to probation revocation
- Nation's only court for kids with autism is in Nevada
- Remembering April 28, 1997: Donald R. “Charley” Knepple
- Fighting addiction in America: Why we can never settle for the soft bigotry of low expectations
- Over $3M Worth of Marijuana Found During Indiana Traffic Stop
- Indiana Supreme Court to hear cellphone privacy case
- Indiana teachers were shot with pellets for a drill. Are active-shooting trainings going too far?
- Man charged in Indiana woman’s 1988 slaying dies in jail
- Spat over Lake County probation officers sparks suit
- Text Me: How Messaging Is Helping People Avoid Jail
- It’s Time to Think Globally About Ending Violence in Schools
- 7 Tips for Empathic Listening
- Study says drug court remakes lives
- County considers allowing probation officers to carry guns
March 2019
- Can High-Potency Pot Make You Crazy?
- Social media linked to rise in mental health disorders in teens, survey finds
- Probation officers sent to the hospital after man brings fentanyl into office
- Philadelphia DA plans to end 'mass supervision' by cutting length of probation and parole
- Why Treatment for Women Struggling with Addiction Needs to Address Women-Specific Issues
- Court of Appeals: Probation Officers protected under quasi-judicial immunity
- Justice Partners Addictions Response Training and Grant
- Probation officers entitled to earned PTO payout, panel rules
- Indiana 211 now offering free rides to drug treatment: ‘It gives people hope’
- New court for families affected by addiction
- Traffic Stop takes 3.5 Million Dollars Worth of Drugs off The Streets
- FY2019 Amendment Announcement and New Grant Cycle
- More Book Recommendations (From POPAI Members)
- E-cigarette company Juul is now doing health research, but the findings from its first study are limited
- Remembering Wabash Superior Court Judge Amy Cornell
- 10 must-read books for probation and parole officers
- FDA opioids adviser: 'One thing is clear' about the ongoing crisis
- POPAI Membership Renewal
- New IOCS Executive Director Named
- Does Community Supervision Have a Future?
- 'Getting kids out of the system' Alevizos says county's juvenile justice system on right track
- Probation sanction affirmed on ‘unduly harsh’ appeal
- POPAI Submits an Amicus Curiae Brief with Court of Appeals
- Senate Backs Study of Juvenile Justice System
February 2019
- Scrubbing The Past To Give Those With A Criminal Record A Second Chance
- Indiana parolees find success, employment after prison
- Using Artificial Intelligence to Address Criminal Justice Needs
- Dual Status in Indiana
- Indiana agrees to provide Hepatitis C drugs to more Medicaid recipients
- POPAI "Likes" Your Probation Organization Facebook Page
- U.S. high court buttresses constitutional ban on 'excessive fines'
- From A Cell To A Home: Newly Released Inmates Matched With Welcoming Hosts
- Juror with family drunk driving history not biased in OWI case
- Is Marijuana as Safe as We Think?
- Opinion | The opioid crisis is part of a decades-long overdose epidemic. Fixing it requires rethinking everything.
- David, Rush publish dissent as high court lets stand sentencing via video
- Request for Presenters at 2019 Justice Services Conference
- Indiana’s abortion ultrasound requirement could get final say from the Supreme Court
- State, national groups support Indiana public defense reform
- Odds of dying from accidental opioid overdose in the US surpass those of dying in car accident
- Harris County judges unveil drastic new plan for releasing defendants on no-cash bail
- Pretrial Release producing expected results
- Rush, Goff publish dissent on poverty as probation violation
- Decatur lawyer sentenced to jail for forgery, counterfeiting
- LGBTQ Youth and Juvenile Detention
January 2019
- Rush stresses ‘customer service’ during 2019 State of the Judiciary
- Update on Evidence-Based Pretrial Practices
- ‘We Know What Types of Supervision … Help Reduce Recidivism and Incarceration’
- Johnson County names new chief probation officer
- The five most addictive substances in the world
- Indy attorney who told court 'someone is going to die' suspended
- SNAP Eligibility Changes for Felons
- State of the Judiciary
- Recovery Works Update for Criminal Justice Partners
- Animal shelter saves money by letting low-level offenders work off sentences
- Following your Friends to a Faulty Connection
- Partial Government Shutdown impacts local services
- Newly elected misdemeanor judges drop appeal in landmark Harris County bail lawsuit
- Probation sanction affirmed on ‘unduly harsh’ appeal
- Indiana Supreme Court Reduces Drug Sentence and Orders Defendant's Removal From DOC
- New curriculum available to teach opioid risks to middle school students
- How Do You Recover After Millions Have Watched You Overdose?
December 2018
- Crisis at the Crossroads of America
- Proposed Revisions to the Court Alcohol & Drug Program Rules (Dec 2018)
- Bipartisan Criminal Justice Bill Closer To Becoming Law After Congressional Approval
- Teen vaping continues to rise while other drug use declines, survey finds
- Southwestern Indiana county gets grant to expand drug court
- Consider Donating to the Butte County Probation Officers Who Have Lost their Homes to the Camp Fire
- Suspensions Are Down In U.S. Schools But Large Racial Gaps Remain
- New Job Hope For Adults In Drug And Alcohol Recovery
- Violent crime is down in Indianapolis; mayor says 'there's nothing to celebrate'
- The struggles addicts face during the holiday season, and how you can help
- Teen Planned to Commit Violence at Indiana School
- Public Defense Information Session
- Indiana Probation Standards & Safety and Security Guide
- Fentanyl A Leading Cause Of Deadly Opioid Overdoses
- 'I killed my best friend': Opioids' fatal grip on PA mayor
- Hancock Co. Still Weighing How To Address Jail Overcrowding
- Drug company raised price of lifesaving opioid overdose antidote more than 600 percent
- New website provides legal help to those with limited means
- Opioids Are In the Spotlight. But Meth Hospitalizations Are Surging
- Innovative Approaches Can Help Improve Availability of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Naloxone remains controversial to some, but here’s why it shouldn’t be
- ‘No one to talk you down’
- How Exercise Could Help Fight Drug Addiction
- Jail creates access officer position serving inmates, family members
- Recovery Works Evaluation: Phase Two Policy Brief
November 2018
- Deadliest states for drug overdoses
- Document scanners being delivered soon
- Messenger: Lawmaker targets probation-for-profit companies in Missouri
- Neuroimaging Study Reveals ‘Hot Spot’ For Cue-Reactivity In Substance-Dependent Population
- Teens are trying marijuana before alcohol and tobacco
- Father blames "body broker" after son dies during drug rehab
- Meth Is Making a Comeback Across America
- Interest in trade school rises with skilled labor shortage
- Felony advisory sentence doesn’t require sentencing statement, COA rules
- The People Who Build Our Towns Are Dying of Overdoses More Than Anyone Else
- Scientists Compared Whether Weed or Alcohol Is Worse for Teen Brains
- What you should know about the new opioid drug that's 10 times stronger than fentanyl
- What Factors Led To The Current Opioid Crisis In The U.S.?
- This ballot initiative could reshape how Ohioans think about race and punishment
- Michigan just legalized recreational marijuana. Here's what it means for Indiana.
- In Tight Labor Market, Inmates Learn to Code
- Indianapolis' opioid epidemic claims the most lives in just 5 percent of the city
- The man who made billions of dollars from OxyContin is pushing a drug to wean addicts off opioids
- Life, Death And The Lazarus Drug: Confronting America's Opioid Crisis
- Methamphetamine Roils Rural Towns Again Across The U.S.
October 2018
- 'An incredible human being': Monroe County Judge Marc Kellams retiring after 38 years
- Can marijuana really replace prescription opioids for pain? Some get relief but 'it's not a home run.'
- How the Smallest State is Defeating America’s Biggest Addiction Crisis
- Jeffersonville facility would house people experiencing addiction, homelessness
- No love for ankle monitors on captured immigrants
- ‘I have a problem with this obituary’: Vermont police chief reacts to family’s candid tribute to woman who struggled with addiction
- New map helps identify areas of opioid overdoses in Indiana
- Opioid Task Force Hearing Highlights Solutions
- Judicial officers recognized at annual educational conference
- Revolutionary fingerprint drug test detects chemicals in sweat
- ITVAP: Indiana is Heavily Involved in Human Trafficking
- E-filing now mandatory in Warrick County; 4 more courts remain
- Addiction Treatment Gap Is Driving A Black Market For Suboxone
- Monroe County Judge Ken Todd retiring after more than 40 years
- Here’s How Abolishing Cash Bail Has Worked For Places That Did It Before California
- San Francisco mayor weighs drug injection site, despite veto
- Youthful violence discussed
- Op-ed: Indiana needs clinics that medically treat opioid addiction
- Monroe County drug treatment program helping addicts behind bars
September 2018
- Dangers of rising benzo prescriptions raise alarms of next drug crisis
- Opioid crisis started 40 years ago, report argues
- Indiana Chief Justice Hails Progress Of Family Recovery Courts
- Senate passes bipartisan bill to curb opioid crisis
- Recycle Force providing opportunity to high-risk offenders in central Indiana
- Public Safety and those with criminal histories battle in 3-on-3 tourney
- Federal agency awards Indiana $25M to fight opioid abuse
- Chamber names Rush 2018 Government Leader of the Year
- President signs bill into law requiring VA to hire 50 outreach specialists to support Veterans involved in justice system
- To fight the opioid crisis, the US needs to look at what works
- Probation Officers’ Stress and Burnout Associated With Caseload Events
- Workers With Criminal Records
- Indiana Public Defender Commission Requesting Comments on Legislative/Policy Reform Agenda
- Remembering Thomas E. Gahl: EOW September 22, 1986
- 7th Circuit: Attempted robbery not violent crime in Indiana
- Annual Justice Services Conference - CALL FOR PROPOSALS
- 2018 Founder's Award Winner: Judge Vicki Carmichael
- 15 Finds Out investigates the popularity of JUUL among teens
- Many 'Recovery Houses' Won't Let Residents Use Medicine To Quit Opioids
- Declining fee revenue forces probation officials to seek alternative funding options
- This company hired anyone who applied. Now it’s starting a movement
- New Opioid Overdose Statistics Suggest The Crisis Could Be Getting Even Worse
- Opinion: Gov. Hutchinson: Reduce mental illness in criminal justice system with treatment, not incarceration
- Why you shouldn’t dismiss the risk of marijuana addiction
- These Indiana counties stopped requiring bail. Here’s how that’s worked.
- California Becomes First State To End Cash Bail After 40-Year Fight
- More Indiana Schools Adopting Truancy Courts To Connect Families With Resources
- Text messages help defendants remember court dates
- This E.R. Treats Opioid Addiction on Demand. That’s Very Rare.
August 2018
- One of worst DUI offenders in US
- A Solution to the Cash Bail Crisis Might Be Almost as Bad
- Opioid bills could net millions for companies
- Indiana Evidence Based Decision Making State Policy Team Report
- 18th Annual Judge David’s Community In-Service
- His loss will reverberate in courtrooms around the nation....
- Can Bad Men Change? What It’s Like Inside Sex Offender Therapy
- Heroin overdose sufficient for possession conviction, COA rules
- Photographer Brings Stories of Juveniles In Justice
- "I was dumbfounded..." Veterans Treatment Court gets federal grant
- Funding issues eliminate road crew program
- The Pot Breathalyzer Is Here. Maybe
- ISP: $1M worth of pot found hidden in fresh lettuce in tractor-trailer
- Governor joins push for Indiana hate crime law
- Meet Dr. Earl Suttle: Fall Conference Keynote Speaker
- Lake Superior Judge Tavitas named to COA, succeeding Barnes
- Neglect or not? DCS study takes aim at CHINS statute
- 2018 POPAI Election: Slate and Voting Information for the Contested Seat
- Report coming on local opioid problem
July 2018
- Opioid Summit seeks solutions to one of Indiana's most pressing problems
- Judge, doctors speak in support of medication-assisted treatment at opioid summit
- Thinking Outside the Cell: Software Cuts Recidivism Among Texas’ Mentally Ill
- 2018 Legislative Summary
- Public Safety + Public Health Opioid Conference: August 14, 2018
- Submit Nominations for The Founder’s, "Rookie" Probation Officer of the Year, and Line Probation Officer of the Year Awards before August 6
- Follow Up: Judge explains why he gave day care provider who hanged toddler probation
- After Noblesville school shooting, juvenile waiver a hot topic
- Dealing with Out-of-State Offenders
- New Indiana laws ban eyeball tattoos, protect renting rights
- Proposed POPAI Bylaws Revisions
- Pretrial, Probation, and Parole Supervision Week (PPPS Week) July 15 - 21
- Starke Co. community corrections merges with probation dpt.
- Residents glad to have new Community Justice Center as neighbor
- Afraid of needles? These start-ups are working on alternatives
- Family offers $50,000 Reward in Indiana Man's Murder
- Suicide rates increase in Indiana, nationwide
- Three Opportunities to Nominate Your Coworkers for an Award
- Correctional Trainers' Conference: Hosted by IACTP and the Tennessee Department of Corrections
- POPAI Fall Conference Registration Open, Take Advantage of Early Bird Pricing
- The Legacy of Jane Seigel
- Transitional housing a possibility
- Council votes unanimously to create state's largest needle-exchange program
- Family of Indiana couple killed settle for $13M with Seattle
- Indiana Court: Miranda applies in some student interviews
June 2018
- POPAI Election Deadline is July 6, 2018
- Redefining the Role of Probation and Parole Officers to Combat Recidivism
- Moving Forward with Evidence Based Pretrial Practices
- Members Only: April 2018 JRAC Minutes
- Dealing with Out-of-State Offenders
- Legislators question trying juveniles as adults after Noblesville shooting
- Officers knock on doors of sex offenders to check for violations
- Justices let ruling stand that reserves right to request misdemeanor juries to defendants
- Federal grant expands southern Indiana family drug court
- 2018 Donald "Charley" Knepple Scholarship Winner: Naara Olivero
- How I’m Preparing for Parole After 27 Years in Prison
- How One Probation Agency Developed a Program Designed to Connect Probationers to High-Wage Jobs
- Opioids Fueling Drug Crisis (Mentions Sullivan and Knox County)
- Former Indiana school official gets jail after locker room camera found
- Intimate partner violence in the LGBTQ community
- John Legend and Rashad Robinson: End money bail now
- Bail reform’s complex relationship with tech
- Bail-bond industry suffers another blow as Facebook and Google ban ads
May 2018
- North Carolina police find $90 million worth of liquid meth in semi-truck; 2 arrested
- Oklahoma prisons overflow as inmates say ‘no’ to parole
- IU McKinney professor to testify before Senate on opioid crisis
- Study: Opioid crisis costs Indiana $11 million daily
- Man’s contempt order for bail violation reversed on appeal
- 2019 Probation Officer Minimum Salary Schedule
- Applications Open for New Innovation Fund Grants
- Landis, longtime head of Public Defender Council, to retire in July
- Report Calls for Reforming Juvenile Probation
- Ind. Woman Admits Killing Young Mom and Taking Her Baby After Posing as Child Welfare Worker
- Settlement allows children to visit Allen County Jail inmates
- 2018 POPAI Elections – Time to Submit Intent to Run
- IU researchers release recommendations to combat Indiana's opioid addictions crisis
- Remembering Judge Scheibenberger (Allen County)
- Cuomo restores voting rights to all 35,000 parolees in New York
- Novato (California) man ascends from drug court to law school
April 2018
- Ind. Supreme Court Case Illustrates Challenges With Juvenile Justice System
- DeKalb County seeking Chief Probation Officer
- Nominate Your Team - Statewide Opioid Summit, July 25
- Veterans court aims to help troubled vets in Howard County
- New Team Members and Promotions in the IDOC Community Corrections Division
- Remembering April 28, 1997: Donald R. “Charley” Knepple
- Administrative Rule 9 Benchcard
- SAMHSA launches Evidence-Based Practices Resource Center to equip clinicians, strengthen communities
- SAMHSA is accepting applications for up to $23.7 million in grants to treat serious mental illness
- Trailblazing Judge Patricia Gifford leaves strong legacy
- Fake urine lets people cheat drug tests
- Program here allows inmates to focus on education (Switzerland County)
- Indiana Appellate court upholds CHINS adjudication for New Jersey boy
- Justices reverse ‘unreasonable’ probation internet restriction
- Synthetic pot warning issued as number of users experiencing severe bleeding jumps to 32
- Indiana Supreme Court OKs garnishing bail bonds to pay noncourt debts
- Statewide Opioid Seminar on MAT Training: Save the Date
- 2018 Legislative Session Digest
- Training educates educators on how teen brains work
- COA Remands for Clarification of Vague Probation Conditions
- Indiana 1st in Country to Use Software to Connect those with Addiction to Drug Treatment
- Administration of Overdose Intervention Drug
- Indiana Office of Court Services Issues Memo Regarding Quarterly Reports
- Justice Services Conference, May 9-11
March 2018
- Missing: Criminal Justice Data
- MRNISO Spring Training
- The Homeless-Campus Concept Catches On
- Sentence upheld for woman amid tooth cream drug defense
- DePauw frat partners with probation departments to teach interviewing skills
- COA upholds denial of race-based Batson challenge
- Apply for the 2018 Donald “Charley” Knepple Scholarship Award
- Members Only Content: Legislative Update
- Webb: K2 isn't synthetic marijuana. But chemically, it's a mystery
- Indiana State Police make arrest after man is stabbed while playing ‘game’ on MegaBus
- April 2018 Training Opportunities for Probation Management Staff
- Legislative Update: CBD oil and industrial hemp
- Supervising the DV Offender: What I've Learned from the Field. An Interview with Sara Mahoney
- 96% of DUI offenders wearing SCRAM device remain sober last year in Lancaster County (PA)
February 2018
- SAMHSA publishes guidance on clinical best practices using medication-assisted treatment to combat the opioid epidemic
- 17 Marion County judges begin new retention process, 3 opt to retire
- Probation and Parole
- IDOC Community Corrections Division 2018 Course Descriptions and Calendar
- A look at treatment court and the road to recovery (video)
- Community Service helps non-profits
- Indiana Judicial Service Report and Probation Report Available Online
- Jobs around Indiana
- Pay Your 2018 Membership Dues Online
- Evidence Based Decision Making (EBDM) Documents Published by National Institute of Correction
- Indiana University launches Phase One projects for statewide addictions initiative
- Youth Resources: Encouraging healthy self-esteem in young people
- Lafayette Police Asking for Public's Help Locating Missing Woman
- Corrections board approves merger
- Walmart offers free opioid disposal product.
- With two inmates, Howard Co. work release center up and running
January 2018
- Unintended consequences: Investigation reveals why drug court enrollment is declining
- Holcomb extends CBD oil order through legislative session
- With years of combined experience, sheriff hopefuls outline visions for office
- Opioid Epidemic: 10 Indiana cities suing pharmaceutical companies
- Home detention matters
- ‘We feel like our system was hijacked’: DEA agents say a huge opioid case ended in a whimper
- Bangert: As DCS roils in Indy, local advocates for neglected kids 'soldier on'
- Appellate Court Affirms Battery Conviction, Probation Condition
- POPAI Board Meeting Minutes
- Annual State of the Judiciary Address 2018: "A Hope-Filled Future"
- Divided COA again allows sentence modification in fixed-sentence agreement
- Legal sports betting in Indiana anticipated by lawmaker's bill
- Howard County Drug Epidemic: A New Pursuit
- This is opioid addiction: A Herald-Times special report
- Odd Indiana crimes of 2017: Brains and vodka, fast cars, and Uber or ER?
December 2017
- Statewide symposium to address opioid crisis in rural Indiana
- Study: Poverty, jail time linked
- ‘Stop the Bleed’ campaign
- Chronic Pain Common Among Those Who OD on Opioids
- NCJFCJ Resolves to Help Modernize Approach to Juvenile Probation With Better Understanding of Adolescent Brain Development
- Task force researches improving Indiana’s public defender system
- New juvenile case type to be introduced
- Pathways Between Child Maltreatment and Adult Criminal Involvement
- ACLU says Indiana sex offender law is tougher on new Hoosiers
- Justices to decide if sex offender’s internet restriction unconstitutional
- Indiana Criminal Justice Institute Annual Evaluation of Indiana’s Criminal Code Reform
- Opportunity in Shelby County: Part Time Temporary Caseload Manager (With Oversight)
- Marin County Probation: Wall of Change Program (Video)
- Webb: Here are the overdose stats for 2017. They're bad.
- Jeff Miller: Here's why I'm staying on the Indianapolis council
- First Annual Justice Services Conference - CALL FOR PROPOSALS
- What To Make Of A Head-To-Head Test Of Addiction Treatments
- Addicts turning to anti-diarrhea medication to get high
- Webinar: Addiction Recovery Services and the implications on the Purposeful Incarceration Initiative
November 2017
- Commitment to Data Sharing
- Device stems opioid withdrawal pain
- The Growing Toll of The Opioid Epidemic
- Richard Grundy III and 25 others charged federal drug-trafficking case
- So many bodies: Indiana coroners trying to keep up with opioid epidemic
- Courtroom 107
- Prosecutors Support Governor’s Proposals to Attack the Drug Epidemic
- Medical Marijuana isn't Medicine and it's "wrong for Indiana," County Prosecutors Say
- ‘Coming Out of a Cloud’ After Drug Abuse and Mental Illness
- Indianapolis judge being considered for drug czar
- Clark County (Ohio) Jail doubles inmates in drug treatment program
- Free Webinar Thursday 11/16/2017: Going Green = Saving Money & Improving Offender Outcomes
- Pretrial World Tour Webcast: Tuesday Nov. 14, 2017
- USDOJ 2017 National Drug Threat Assessment
- Envisioning an Alternative Future for the Corrections Sector Within the U.S. Criminal Justice System
- Indiana pain doctor gets probation in 'pill mill' case
- Sheriff welcomes state's jail demands
- Clark County schools announce partnership empowering probation officers to process on-site arrests
- City releases body cam footage in movie incident
- Interim Study Committee on Corrections And Criminal Code Final 2017 Meeting
- To Save Opioid Addicts, This Experimental Court Is Ditching The Delays
- How addiction causes "hundreds of changes" in the brain
October 2017
- INTERIM STUDY COMMITTEE ON CORRECTIONS AND CRIMINAL CODE October 11, 2017
- Call for Proposals and Save the Date: Justice Services Conference 2018
- When prison is a safe place: Batavia mom worried about addict son after release
- Surviving an opioid overdose may soon depend on where you live
- Policing the teen brain
- POPAI Board Matches Then Distributes Donation Funds to Texas Probation Officers Still Trying to Recover from Hurricane Harvey
- Commitment to Data Sharing
- 'A systems change'
- Child focused tools in juvenile court
- Supreme Court: Community Corrections can’t revoke good time credit
- As Overdose Deaths Pile Up, a Medical Examiner Quits the Morgue
- It's not easy to win probation violation appeals
- How a brain gets hooked on opioids
- Parole violations, not new crimes, help drive prison’s revolving door
- Free Webinar October 19: What Law Enforcement and Justice Professionals Need to Know about White Nationalist Groups
- The death penalty is rare. Could the Southport police shooting be different?
- How Harris County's federal bail lawsuit spreads beyond Houston
- Is Indiana Moving Away From Monetary Bail?
- McKinney remembered as humorous, hardworking
- CBD crackdown continued even after Indiana excise police announced enforcement moratorium
- Probation Representatives Discuss Impact of New Indiana Criminal Code (HEA 1006)
- Chief Justice Rush to lead national Opioid task force
- 2017 IACCAC Fall Training Institute: Assessments - Keys to the Kingdom of Offender Change
- Clark County Judge Vicki Carmichael awarded for state, local work
- Fentanyl Seized In Record NYC Bust Was Enough To Kill 32 Million
September 2017
- Woman who started fight outside bar responsible for victim’s medical bills
- Interim Study Committee on Corrections and Criminal Code Meeting Video and Exhibits
- Mich. doubles capacity to prep inmates for in-demand jobs
- Renovations planned for the former youth detention center
- A job after prison: Making the case for an under-used workforce
- Jail Survey Results
- DOC cost-saving move disappoints
- Remembering Thomas E. Gahl
- State's (Massachusetts) high court rules on bail's impact on poor defendants
- Police: Intruder shot to death after kicking open wrong door
- Probation officer funding issues spark public safety tax discussion
- POPAI August 2017 Legislative Report
- From vandalism to murder: Hate crimes you didn't know were happening in Indiana
- 2017 Fall Conference Photo Album
- 2017 Founder’s Award: Glenna Shelby
- 2017 Rookie Probation Officer of the Year: Brittany Stodghill
- 2017 Line Probation Officer of the Year: Ben Neureiter
- Criminal Rule 26 Timeline Change
- 2017 Indiana Department of Correction Cost Savings Report
- County Probation Officers Recognized
- Special probation for prisoners with mental illness cuts recidivism
- POST BAIL - America’s justice system runs on the exchange of money for freedom. Some say that’s unfair. But can data fix it?
- People with mental illness reoffend less if on specialty probation
August 2017
- James P. Reagan February 02, 1956 - August 29, 2017
- Goff Supreme Court investiture ceremony set for Sept. 1
- Indiana EBDM Policy Team Meeting Materials, Reports and Documents
- POPAI Fall Conference: September 6 - 8, 2017
- New Clark County court practice considers risk when deciding bond amounts
- Clark County inmate work release program ending this year
- POPAI Stands with APPA's Statement on Charlottesville
- Jobs: Veterans Court Coordinator (IOCS), Pretrial Pilot Project and Evidence Based Decision Making Initiative Coordinator (IOCS), Chief PO (Hancock), Probation Officer Pretrial Release Program (Monroe), PO (Marion and Miami), Community Corrections Field Officer (Monroe)
- A Heart for Strays
- Summer Drive Sober effort to run til Labor Day
- Feds: Indy club manager sold drugs for bitcoin through the darknet
- COA affirms denial of credit for time spent at halfway house
- Getting the Mentally Ill Out of Jails
- After years of bad choices, 15-year-old makes 'a big U-turn' with help of local treatment program
- Six Jurisdictions Named to Receive Pretrial Justice Technical Assistance
- Remembering George Glass
July 2017
- 2017 POPAI Election Slate
- TV station challenging ban on airing court audio
- Due by Aug 7: Nominations for for Founder’s Award, Line Probation Officer of the Year, and Rookie Probation Officer of the Year
- This is Indianapolis' unconventional way to fight the opioid epidemic
- Scramble is on to find new ways to stop opioid overdose deaths
- NEW POPAI MEMBERS-ONLY FORUM TOPIC: Indiana Evidence Based Decision Making Initiative and Pretrial Pilot Project
- POPAI Fall Conference: Early Bird Pricing Until August 9
- It's Time to Refocus the Punishment Paradigm
- FBI opens civil rights investigation into police shooting of Aaron Bailey
- Goal of Nation's First Opioid Court: Keep Users Alive
- Agreement stops Marion County Sheriff from holding immigrants for ICE
- Nominations for for Founder’s Award, Line Probation Officer of the Year, and Rookie Probation Officer of the Year
- Lake Station teen hopeful for what new Indiana law may mean for people with epilepsy
- ISP: It's 'very dumb' to fire guns into the air on the Fourth of July
- July 7 Deadline: POPAI Board Election Intent to Run Forms - Last Call
- Jobs July 2017
- Anonymous tip leads to Anderson drug bust
- FAQ: Record Management
- Indiana Courts Public Portal
- Indiana Department Of Correction Closing Indianapolis Re-entry Educational Facility
- Smart Pretrial Webcast Series: Six Sessions
June 2017
- Seizing on Opioid Crisis, a Drug Maker Lobbies Hard for Its Product
- Opioid Dealers Embrace the Dark Web to Send Deadly Drugs by Mail
- Goff joining Indiana Supreme Court July 24
- Operation Blue Rain nets 99 arrests over three days
- Overdose video depicts probation response
- Probation department must reimburse offender’s fees
- Porter County probation chief retires after 35 years
- Holcomb praises justice pick's 'sharp legal mind'
- Teen Graduates Lawrence County Juvenile Problem Solving Court
- Indiana Supreme Court offices on the move
- Before you hire a baby-sitter, check this new online registry of child abusers
- Indianapolis Hires First Director of Re-entry
- Overdose video depicts probation response
- Reminder: 2017 POPAI Elections – Time to Submit Intent to Run
- Canine Companions
- Jobs: Chief PO (Pulaski County), District Coordinator (St. Joseph County)
- ISP working to protect K-9 officers from potent street drugs
- “Grey Death” Joins the Growing List of Lethal Street Drugs
- Information Sharing Guide
- 2017 CASA Day Celebration
May 2017
- 2017 Legislative Session Digest
- APPA announces a new resolution: Use of Monetary Judgments for Justice-Involved Individuals
- Monroe County inmates honored for educational achievements
- Brain Injury and the Criminal Justice System
- Donald “Charley” Knepple Scholarship Award Winner: Rachael A. Scott
- Drug Task Force Lays Out Strategic Plan To Combat Opioid Epidemic
- 2018 Probation Officer Minimum Salary Schedule
- Rucker retires after 26 years on appellate bench
- Addiction doc says: It’s not the drugs. It’s the ACEs – adverse childhood experiences
- Carroll corrections program will move into a larger space
- PILLARS of JUSTICE
- Juvenile Probation Officers Sworn In
- Justices will decide whether sending sexually explicit images to teens is legal
- Myths & Facts - Using Risk and Need Assessments to Enhance Outcomes and Reduce Disparities in the Criminal Justice System
- Faces of recovery: 'I see the world as a whole now'
- IU student Hannah Wilson's killer appeals conviction
- Faces of recovery: 'It would be a good thing to remember where it all started'
- 2017 POPAI Elections – Time to Submit Intent to Run
- Indiana Criminal Rule 26 UPDATE
- Why Easter cards were rejected in Indiana prisons this year.
April 2017
- Doing Less Time: Some States Cut Back On Probation
- Update to Level 6 Felons and DOC Commitments
- Little 5 offenders clear their slates while cleaning up the neighborhood
- Police: Attica man found with homemade bombs
- POPAI Seeks Nominations for Vice-President
- Indiana to receive $10.9 million in funding to fight opioid epidemic
- Monroe County Jail adds new substance abuse unit for addiction recovery
- 15th Annual Indiana Juvenile Detention Association Summit
- Remembering April 28, 1997: Donald R. “Charley” Knepple
- Judge to council: Appropriate the funds
- DOC Community Corrections Funding Recommendations
- Seminar Slated on Opioid Crisis
- Appellate Court Affirms Teenager's Delinquency Adjudication
- Dangerous Drug Bulletin from Indiana State police
- Another chance: Inmate drug program shows promise in the fight against opioid addiction in Indiana
- Fewer offenders paying user fees
- Todd Leary's road back: From IU to prison to feeding the homeless
- ISU Criminology students simulate offenders reentering society
- Substance Abuse Taxes the American Workplace
- Domestic Violence Victim Gun Bill Steered to Study
March 2017
- Registration Continues for POPAI Management Institute
- New task force meant to break down language barriers, aid court interpreters
- Using Community Corrections beds not an option for Vigo jail
- Wabash Judge a Finalist for Indiana Supreme Court Position
- Now accepting applications for the Donald “Charley” Knepple Award
- COA rejects ineffective counsel claim based on judge's sentencing practices
- A brutal ending to young Avon mom's descent into heroin addiction
- March Board Meeting Minutes
- Sheriffs seek help from lawmakers for jail overcrowding
- Latest Edition of INDIANA COURT TIMES Now Available
- Where does fentanyl come from? China is primary source in U.S., and much is ending up in Ohio
- Muncie man walks free after rape conviction set aside
- 'A Matter of Life and Death' (Greenfield, IN)
- Building Trust and Legitimacy Within Community Corrections
February 2017
- Members Only Content: Legislative Update 2-23-17
- Senator urged to help fight opioid 'epidemic'
- No slowdown in expungements
- APPA is Now Accepting Applications for the 2017-2018 Leadership Institute.
- COA Affirms Revocation of Good Time Credit
- Arrestee DNA collection bill clears House panel
- When the Lion Kills Your Child
- Focus Group Reports Core Professional Competencies
- Indiana Health Department Receives funding for Overdose Prevention
- Putnamville prison program rehabilitates men, horses
- Roundup: Lawmakers advance legislation on road funding, pre-K and others
- Hendricks County Probation Officers Bust Several Sex Offenders
- Daviess County a model program for DOC
- Device could aid heroin addiction recovery
- New Thinking in Community Corrections: Building Trust and Legitimacy Within Community Corrections
January 2017
- Clark County Community Corrections addiction treatment program underway
- Bliss House to host final Valentine event; Harrison County Probation to be Honored
- Frequently Asked Questions: Criminal Rule 26 (Members Only Content)
- Members Only Content: Legislative Update 1-26-17
- Probation Officer Recognized in 2017 State of the Judiciary Speech
- Chief Justice Rush recognizes local officials, court initiatives during State of the Judiciary
- How to cut the prison population, save $18 billion a year and keep America safe
- Judge: Floyd County Courts, probation office has many needs
- TRAINING: Midwest Gang Investigators Association
- Wolf Blitzer Blames Indiana for Chicago Gun Crime
- Link between addiction, criminal justice discussed with legislators
- Legislative Update 1-13-17
- 2017 Legislative Session
- Bill would alter plea agreement, sentencing requirements
- Report: Indiana has 2nd most gun background checks
- Program having huge success with opiate crisis
- Are you ready to start 2017 with a new job in Tippecanoe or Marion County?
December 2016
- Latest (Opioid) Treatment Shows Promise
- Latest Edition of INDIANA COURT TIMES Now Available
- Carter Named to Lead Indiana Department of Correction
- Trump Justice Dept. could shift drug prosecution policies
- New Post: December Board Meeting Minutes
- State's public defender system bashed
- COA: Man’s sex-offender probation conditions 'overly broad'
- New Sentencing Calculator Tool Available
- 2017 IRAS and IYAS Initial Training Dates
- Ceremony honors graduates of St. Joseph County Veterans Treatment Court
- DNA-collection bills to be introduced in 2017 Legislature
- Senator sets 5 year goal to combat drug epidemic
- 2016 Indiana Probation Fall Training Postponed
- HOPE Probation Recorded Webinar Now Available Online
- Technology Bridges Distances for a Reentry Program in Western Wisconsin
- GPS 'Spoofing' is No Joke: Dangers of GPS Data Hacking Realized
November 2016
- Probation Statistics available from Indiana Supreme Court
- Judiciary addressing rising number of CHINS cases around state
- LOCATION 'IS EVERYTHING': Clark County juvenile probation program gets new home
- Wayne County judge completes education program
- 2017 IDOC Community Corrections & Probation Training Calendar
- Prisons fight opioids with $1,000 injection: Does it work?
- Southern Indiana jail makes changes after reality show
- UPDATE: Recovery Works Survey
- Domestic violence victims fight fear on road to independence
- Indy women accused in human trafficking case involving a teenager
- IU Researcher Awarded Funding to Evaluate Criminal Justice Program
- Local law enforcement keeping a close eye on sex offenders Halloween night
- Sex offenders required to report on Halloween
- Durlauf appointed as community corrections assistant director
- COA: Mentally disabled man belongs in work release, not prison
- Ankle monitor leads to arrest of 6 in stolen vehicle case
- 2016 IACCAC Fall Training Institute
October 2016
- Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council Publishes Annual Report
- Allen County: Getting detox started in jail
- Pew Report on Polling: Public Strongly Supports Cost-Effective Alternatives to Incarceration
- Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council Approves Grant Funding Recommendations
- Revolutionary move away from paper in progress
- Indiana Evidence Based Decision Making Initiative Update
- Funding helps Orange Co. expand its probation staff
- Recovering Addicts Using Crossfit to Exercise Their Demons
- Fentanyl Exposure: 5 Safety Tips for Cops
- Indiana Criminal Justice Association Awards
- Justices Say Inmates Can’t Sue Private Employer for Unpaid Wages During Incarceration
- KNOX POLICE ISSUE WARNINGS ABOUT CLOWN SIGHTINGS
- Abuse against women: The secret no one wants to talk about
- Board Meeting Minutes for October 2016 and The Annual Meeting Are Online
- Bell v. State: Trial court must consider defendant's ability to pay before entering restitution order
- Hamilton Co. inmates pour into empty juvenile justice center
- Driving Under the Influence of Cannabis
- POPAI Fall Conference Photos - 2016
- Report: Probation, parole sentences decrease without risking public safety
- Presentations from APPA's 41st Annual Training Institute Now Available for Download
September 2016
- New study: State needs 17 more judicial officers
- February trial set for Elkhart woman in newborn son's death
- Regional Stakeholder Training on the IRAS and IYAS
- IACCAC Fall Training Institute November 15-18, 2016
- POPAI Members Only Content: Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council August Proposed Minutes, September Draft Agenda
- Beber named top probation officer of the year
- An Effective but Exhausting Alternative to High-School Suspensions
- Indiana courts aim to end bail for many people arrested
- Bail Reforms Encourage Risk Assessments In Pretrial Release Decisions
- 2016 Line Probation Officer of the Year: Edward Beber
- 2016 Founder's Award Winner: Susan Rice
- Checking out: Drug users take advantage of public libraries
- Why ITT closing hits veterans hardest
- Indiana Trooper Saves Heroin User's Life
- This small Indiana county sends more people to prison than San Francisco and Durham, N.C., combined. Why?
- Criminal Justice Training: How to Address Brain Injury with Criminal Justice Involved Population
August 2016
- Dangerous new drug linked to 50 deaths, 2 in Indiana
- Speedy guilty verdict for Batesville man
- Supercharged heroin puts Indy on alert
- High Rates Of Opioid-Addicted Babies Born To High-Risk Moms
- Notre Dame and Holy Cross lead transformational liberal arts education program at Indiana prison
- Judge: 65 years for man who fatally slammed baby to ground
- Trauma and the Courts
- Indiana JDAI Newsletter
- Thinking For a Change 4.0
- Meet the Candidates
- Stepping ahead of addiction
- Parole authorities: 'Pokemon NO' for sex offenders
- Indiana's Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council website goes live
- Reminder: Nominations for for "Founder's Award", “Line Probation Officer of the Year”, and “Rookie Probation Officer of the Year”
July 2016
- Court rules detention of youth who reported drug justified
- Offender on parole gets probation revocation reversed
- Marion County Jail still overcrowded, despite $800,000 in new funds
- New Clark County Community Corrections director chosen
- Sex Offender Caught Playing Pokemon Go with Teen
- Task Force Created
- Probation numbers causing concern among Indiana counties
- Can Indiana trade overcrowded jails for treatment reform?
- POPAI Supports Indiana Evidence-Based Decision Making (EBDM) Initiative
- 2016 POPAI Election and Absentee Voting
- Can Indiana Trade Overcrowded Jails for Treatment Reform
- Revisions to Overtime Pay Regulations in the Fair Labor Standards Act: Likely Impact on Nonprofit Employment
- Elkhart County staff unveils Juvenile Resource Center plan to help youth with mental health issues
- 'How come we can afford a new hotel, but we don’t have money to help homeless people?'
- June Board Meeting Minutes are available on the website.
- Latest Edition of INDIANA COURT TIMES Now Available
- Growing probation rolls worry county officials in Indiana
- Panel looks at progress of daunting overhaul of Indiana criminal justice system
- Lawmaker: Indiana 'blew it' by not ensuring man had no guns prior to Calif. gay pride arrest
- Deadline for mandatory e-filing nears for Hamilton County, Indiana appellate courts
- Nominations for for Founder's Award, Line Probation Officer of the Year, and Rookie Probation Officer of the Year
- Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Linked to Reductions in Opioid Overdose Deaths
June 2016
- Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council - June 20, 2016 Update
- 2016 POPAI Elections - Reminder
- Suspicious indicators can help foil terrorists before they strike
- Making an Impact with Justice in Mind
- 2017 PO Minimum Salary Schedule CORRECTED
- Madison County inmates offered alternative treatment for opioid addiction
- Brock Turner case: Probation department's report spared scrutiny
- Members Only Discussion: Internet Presence
- Having a Parent Behind Bars Costs Children, States
- 2016 POPAI Elections Reminder
- Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council News
- The POPAI Fall Conference Celebrates its 20th Year in 2016!
- Howard County eliminates probation position Chief probation officer asks for consideration in future for workload
- Prisoners’ code word caught by software that eavesdrops on calls
- Reentry from Prison-An Offender’s Story
May 2016
- Teen courts across Northwest Indiana dole out justice
- 2016 Knepple Scholarship Awarded to Wabash County Probation Officer
- 2017 Minimum Salary Schedule for Probation Officers
- New Indiana Rule on Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC)
- Ind. Decisions - Court authorizes bulk release of data excluded from public access re certain juvenile cases
- No savings seen yet in state prisoner shift
- Taking it to the streets: Probation officers addressing gun violence with community presence
- Swarens: Aubrey’s journey — from sex trafficking victim to survivor
- Henry County Probation Officer JoAnn King Cronk Obituary
- Training Helps Inmates Build A Bridge To Life Outside Prison Walls
- Connecting People Returning from Incarceration with Housing and Homelessness Assistance
- Extended-release naltrexone lowers relapse rates in ex-offenders
- Latest Edition of Indiana Court Times Now Available
- DOC Commissioner Approves Community Corrections Grant Awards
- Man Who Was Visiting Friend Not Subject To Illegal Search
April 2016
- MA launches new breathalyzer system with facial recognition
- 2017 Community Corrections Grant Recommendations
- 177 people ticketed between Thursday and Sunday
- Remembering April 28, 1997: Donald R. "Charley" Knepple
- Now fighting opioid abuse: A drug Vivitrol found to prevent relapse; at least $800 a dose
- Register Now for Webinar: Reentry Housing Options for Sex Offenders
- How to Find Active Gang members On Facebook
- Pilot Evaluating People for Pre-Trial Release Nears Start
- Family Support Court graduates first two participants
- 7 things to know about local human trafficking
- Chief Probation Officer: Hendricks County
- INDIANA’S JUSTICE REINVESTMENT JOURNEY: A Revamped Criminal Code
- Environmental Scan 2015
- Ripley County Community corrections program a success
- The Risks and Rewards of Pretrial Release
- Juvenile Defense Stakeholder Group Meeting Information
March 2016
- Pharmacists, state court administration enlisted in fight against meth labs
- When Stars Align
- Road to Recovery Show
- Mass. probation chief: State 'over-criminalizing people'
- Moved by a man's progress, judge steps off bench for a hug
- Former homeless man returns to court to shake judge's hand
- Indy hosts national forum outlining police-community relations
- Now accepting applications for the Donald “Charley” Knepple Award
- Alcohol Monitoring: A Vital Part of Probation
- 15 justice semifinalists remain
- The Changing Relationship Between Ex-Criminals and Their Parole Officers
- Current Job Postings
February 2016
- Pseudoephedrine, captive hunting bills advance
- The Dropout Problem: Part 2
- Interstate Compact Alert
- Purdue-Richmond will be hosting a Graduate School Open House
- County cracks down on probationers on Super Bowl Sunday
- Grant Program Working to Keep Low Level Criminals Out of Prison
- Community-Based Treatment sees first graduate
- Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council Minutes Posted
- Commissioners moving forward with community corrections proposal
- County moves to relocate probation department
- Congress: drugmakers planned price hikes to boost profits
January 2016
- 12-year-old murder suspect denied mental health treatment for months
- Young: Federal re-entry programs continue to benefit community
- Panel recommends FDA approve implant to treat opiate addiction
- New Public Forum: Community Corrections Collaborative Network
- Pretrial release project to test assessment tool
- Indiana Chief Justice: Drug Crisis Flooding Courts, Welfare System
- Ex-convict who owes victims $8M vacations at beach resort
- 2016 State of the Judiciary
- Senator Merritt Proposes New Bills to Tackle Drug Epidemic
- Rush sites growth of problem-solving courts during State of Judiciary
- POPAI Legislative Update
- New POPAI District 4 Representative
- Clay County finds alternative temporary housing for juvenile offenders
- Another shot at Sunday alcohol sales is likely.
- Indiana Naloxone Project brings training to police and jail officers
- Recovery Works Update
- Tippecanoe program aims to break cycle of incarceration
- Woman Beats DUI Rap With Claim Her Body Brews Alcohol
December 2015
- The Dropout Problem: Part 1
- Panel on R.I. Probation Releases its Study
- FINAL REPORT: 2015 Corrections and Criminal Code Interim Study Committee
- 39 graduate at 40th Drug Court
- Addiction Impact Panel gives grieving parents a platform
- IRAS/IYAS Training and Recertifiication for 2016
- Lifeline Law could be extended to include illegal drugs
- Indiana prosecutors call for harsher sentences on drug offenses
- December Board Meeting Minutes
- Community-Based Responses to Justice-Involved Young Adults
- Ga. leads US in probation; critics say money is reason
November 2015
- Human trafficking victims find ‘safe places’ in Tippecanoe County
- Retired Henry County Probation Officer Michael Cassidy
- Latest Edition of INDIANA COURT TIMES Available
- Shelter care growing at Kinsey
- After Thousands Of Inmates Released Early, Probation Officers Will Be Watching
- HEA 1006 Power Point from Probation Officer Regional Meetings
- State funds for felon treatment programs start flowing
- Howard County receives grant from Indiana Department of Correction
- Indiana Program to get Offenders Treatment not Prison Cell
- Elkhart County officers learning more about teen brains
- ‘Dabbing’ a new drug choice for Tippecanoe teens
- New POPAI Vice-president Appointed
- POPAI Seeks Applicants for District 4 Representative
- Indiana Supreme Court rules against officer’s ‘0INK’ plate
- Chief PO Sinks Honored
- Executive Board Meeting Minutes for November 5, 2015
- Announcing New Recovery Works Website & Listserv
- Johnson County Drug Dealer Arrest Sweep
- As a probation officer, I have to believe that people can change (Ireland)
- Probation officer Gina Sanderson’s Womanhood Program helps educate, empower
October 2015
- Obama announces new steps to combat heroin, prescription drug abuse
- POPAI Seeks Applicants for Vice-President
- Indiana 2014 Probation Report Published
- Indiana Man Avoids 25 years on Sex Offender Registry, Given Probation
- JRAC FY2016 Community Corrections Expansion Grant Recommendations
- Indiana giving military veterans a second chance
- Indiana Supreme Court Justice receives national award for work with children
- Fake urine a problem for Ohio drug screens
- Free APPA Course: Key Provisions in the Affordable Care Act
- October Board Meeting Minutes
- 2015 POPAI Line Probation Officer of the Year Award
- Indiana Supreme Court upholds arrest, felony charges in 'spice' case
- 2015 POPAI “Rookie” Probation Officer of the Year Award
- SAVE THE DATES: 2016 POPAI New CPO Training, Management Institute & Chief PO Summit
- U.S. to release 6,000 inmates in one of the largest mass discharges from federal prisons in American history
- Professionals tackle the issue of juveniles in solitary
- New NIH-funded study shows possible link between e-cigarettes and initiation of tobacco use
- 2015 Fall Conference Photos
- POPAI Founder's Award presented to Joe Hooker
- Communities request more funds than DOC has available
- 2015 POPAI Election
- POPAI By-laws Revised at Annual Business Meeting
- County Looking Into Probation Office Expansion
September 2015
- Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council (JRAC): September 25th Meeting Documents
- Alcohol, Tobacco, and Prescription Drug Use By Teens Declines
- Latest Issue of INDIANA COURT TIMES Available
- Elkhart Four felony murder convictions overturned by Indiana Supreme Court
- Defendant Cites Membership in First Church of Cannabis for Pot Use
- Washington City Offices Close Friday 9/18 To Honor Former Mayor
- Florida woman had 3,714 cutting weapons in trailer
- Solutions offered for Indiana's criminal justice ills
- Court documents on Indy drug ring read like a movie script
- Appeals court rules Marion County judicial elections unconstitutional
- POPAI Fall Conference Spotlight: Keynote and Closing Presentation
- (Greene) County Council continues to cut during their second day of budget hearings (probation officer salaries area of contention)
- New officers to target heroin abuse in (Hancock) county
- Indiana Attorney General visits Jeffersonville to address awareness of human trafficking
August 2015
- Ramsey County (MN) probation officer celebrates 37 years of lives changed
- Witness disputes account of probation officer's visit
- Judge wants education for jailed juveniles
- McHenry County (IL) probation officers taking individual approach with juvenile offenders
- Deadline Extended for Rookie and Line Officer of the Year Awards.
- Second Chances: Indiana’s Evolving Expungement Law
- Last Chance To Submit Applications For 2015 Rookie Probation Officer of the Year and Line Probation Officer of the Year Awards
- Indiana Sex Offender's Porn Ban tossed out by Appeals Court
- What happens when a minor commits a crime?
- How a dating app hookup landed a teen on the sex offender registry (Elkhart, Indiana)
- Court suspends probation officer demotions
- YOUTH RESOURCES: Vanderburgh County Teen Court helps juvenile offenders
- Pence cancels BMV contract, asks for ethics investigation
- Community Corrections Grant Application & Collaboration Plan Trainings
- Attention Permanency Roundtable Scribes
- First veteran graduates from special St. Joseph County court
- 2015 Election Slate
July 2015
- Technology led parole officer to a Jacksonville victim's grave and police to a suspect
- Podcast: Social Media During Emergencies-Craig Silverman-BuzzFeed
- Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council Meeting Minutes July 1, 2015
- Heroin-related overdose deaths quadruple since 2002
- Kinsey Center changing its focus: Facility seeks to serve more children in shelter care, leaving residential model
- Nominate Your Probation Officer Peers
- Is prison most economical crime preventer?
- Teens sentence their peers in Tippecanoe County program
- NEW Community Corrections Grants Now Available (Probation may apply for funds)
- APPA Atlanta Call for Presenters
- SAVE THE DATE: 2016 PO Annual Meeting
- Proposed POPAI Bylaws Revision
- 2015 Legislative Updates Available to POPAI Members
- ACLU: RFRA must let sex offenders worship at churches with schools
- June Board Meeting Minutes
June 2015
- POPAI President Letter: Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council
- Indiana Probation officer charged with misconduct
- Salem man’s attempt to skip court (probation hearing) foiled by poorly written letter
- States Try To Remove Barriers For Ex-Offenders
- Indiana Supreme Court State v. Brishen R. Vanderkolk
- A FUTURE for students with a PAST: Whitley school putting troubled kids on better path
- Overdose now #1 cause of accidental death in St. Joseph County
- Intent To Run For Elected Office
- Floyd County's top leaders take a stand against budget cuts
- Recovering drug addict moved away from old life in VW
- Reminder - Intent To Run For Election
- New Job Posting: Probation Officer Job in Owen County
- 2015 Indiana Judicial Center's Legislative Session Digest
- Former Lake County (Indiana) probation officer pleads guilty to official misconduct
- Job Cuts Part Of Tippecanoe Court Services Reorganization
- Justice center developer offers scaled-down plan
May 2015
- Murdered mother's family questions probation officer (Florida)
- Can One Man End the Global Drug War?
- 2016 Minimum Salary Schedule for Probation Officers
- Editorial: Some funding for corrections
- 2015 POPAI Elections
- Probation officer finds meth lab during home visit
- Trauma among Girls in the Juvenile Justice System
- 2015 Knepple Scholarship Awarded
- Insane Clown Posse - Insane Clown Posse Scrap Tour Over Probation Issues
- How 4 teens became murderers without killing anyone
- 2015 POPAI Elections - Time to Submit Intent to Run
- Board Meeting Minutes
- The dirty little secret of drug abuse
- Work to prevent opiate drug abuse
- Flakka, synthetic drug behind increasingly bizarre crimes
- 2015 Legislative Session Ends - How did bills followed by POPAI fare?
- Why Not Start Addiction Treatment Right In The ER?
April 2015
- St. Joseph County youth detention alternative gets grant
- Firefighters rescue man who wedged inside wall to evade probation violation arrest
- Are Police Violating Privacy With GPS Tracking?
- Another Porter County Adult Probation Officer Retires: Mr. Rick Staresina
- New Job Post: Juvenile Probation Officer in Harrison Circuit Court
- Indiana Legislature nearing deadline with unsettled issues
- UPDATED Indiana Bills Followed by POPAI
- Work release may address overcrowding
- Smell Leads Police to body found in Indiana Home by Corrections Officer
- Boone working to expand juvenile justice system
- Technology & Intimate Partner Violence
- Chasing smoke
- Ambiguous probation condition leads to reversal of violation finding
- States Move to Ban Powdered Alcohol Before It Hits the Market
March 2015
- Indiana ranks second in incarcerated parents: 'I've missed way too much already'
- Local corrections funds in doubt House and Senate at odds on money needed
- Tully: The story of our heroin epidemic must be told
- Latessa: A Tool for Helping to Predict Crime Risk
- Letter from POPAI President re: HB 1006 and State Probation Funding
- List of Indiana Bills Followed by POPAI
- New Job Posted: Assistant Chief Probation Officer in Los Angeles
- One and Done: How INcite is reducing redundant DNA collection
- 4 held on drug charges after Whitley probation check
- Pilot program identifies brain injuries in inmates
- February 2015 POPAI Board Meeting Minutes
- Now accepting applications for the Donald "Charley" Knepple Award
- States Predict Inmates' Future Crimes with Secretive Surveys
February 2015
- Criminal justice bill offering funds for treatment programs heads to full House
- Juvenile delinquency down in Indiana and nationally
- Judge to schools: stop arresting so many kids
- Pilot rehabilitation program shows success
- Details surface in sex charge against former in-home detention officer
- SAMHSA’s new report tracks the behavioral health of America
- Policing The Teen Brain
- County jails fear onslaught of addicts, mentally ill from prisons
- Supreme Court seeks state funds for technology, access to courts
- Porter County Adult Probation Officer Bob Hanaway Retires After 25 years of Service.
- Indiana Switching Vendor for License Plate Production
- Proposed bill to protect juveniles involved in human trafficking
- POPAI on Facebook and LinkedIn
January 2015
- January 2015 Board Meeting Minutes
- United Way: Support 2-1-1
- 2 arrested after Clarksville traffic stop (man claims to have 'probation marijuana')
- 2015 State of the Judiciary - Indiana Courts: Working to Fulfill the Promise of Justice
- Pence's $51M prison expansion proposal met by skepticism
- What will happen to probation and parole in 2015?
- Clark County getting new probation head
- An Interesting Take On Graduated Sanctions: The Hawaii Edition
- New Laws Going into Effect on First Day of 2015
- How Funding Mental Health Could Keep People Out Of Prison
- Monroe County Probation Pilot Program Could Be State Model
- December 10 Board Meeting Minutes
- Doing the right thing: Probation officer returns money found
December 2014
- Region legislators to craft state laws through committee work
- Is Indiana ready to legalize Marijuana?
- Drug Addiction Treatment in the Criminal Justice System
- Online database shows convictions bring consequences beyond incarceration
- New Ind. program would use cell phones to track, reform offenders
- 40 sex offenders to appear on Indy billboards
- Indiana Case involving term of probation to "not consume alcohol"
- POPAI "Members Only" Discussion Area Now Open to All Members
- Juvenile center unveils new computer lab
- Man in Facebook Threat Case Scrutinized for Note to Prosecutor
- APPA Leadership Institute
November 2014
- Probation and parole officer honored for stopping teen from leap off bridge
- Indiana panel hears testimony on human trafficking
- Cost of an Inmate - Tippecanoe County, IN
- Sitting at desks just part of a Probation Officer's job
- All Courts Shall Be Open
- SAVE THE DATES: POPAI Fall Training 2015 & 2016
- In-your-face Indiana boot camp gets teens out of trouble
- Adding Positive Reinforcement In Justice Settings
- Kinsey Youth Center sees uptick in mentally ill kids
- POPAI Board Meeting Minutes November 2014
- Jobs Posted
- Indiana Chief PO named Probation Executive of the Year
- Suspect in Halloween hit and run Deaths had violated probation 7 times
- Data tools credited for reducing pretrial crime
- Woman who set off pipe bombs goes before judge again, gets 3 years for probation violation
- Job Posting
- How probation officers can stay safe during home visits
- Probation And Parole In The United States, 2013
- Texas prosecutor: Indiana suspect history unknown
- Lake Detention Complex chief retires after 37 years
- POPAI Gear
October 2014
- Indiana Probation Departments Host Halloween Events for Registered Sex Offenders
- Sources: Probation officer on leave after questionable Facebook post
- Man Accidentally Texts "You Have Some Weed?" To Probation Officer
- Indiana Project screenings show need for more mental health services in youth detention
- More Older Adults Are Struggling with Substance Abuse
- 2014 Probation Fall training registration is now open
- New Bloomington mental health court starting up
- Declining PERF Enrollment, A Cause For Concern?
- How to Turn Around Troubled Teens: Research reveals that get-tough tactics may worsen rates of juvenile delinquency
- Jury finds convict guilty of stalking probation officer
- POPAI Survey Results re: Location for Annual Fall Conference
- Indiana to Address Brain Trauma Among Released Offenders
- Indiana committee hears alternatives for juvenile justice
- Drug court graduates choose treatment over prison
- Millions more sought for representation of juveniles in Indiana
- Board Meeting Minutes October 8
- Seven more counties to participate in juvenile detention program
- New state budget will carry Pence’s fingerprints; budget writers might need to put less money into state prisons but more into local probation services and mental health treatment
- New Community Corrections Program To Be Implemented
- Flipping the script: Innovative truancy effort keyed to prevention, not punishment
- Efforts renewed to protect at-risk children
- Indiana Parole Officers Fired And Arrested
- New detention model designed to lower juvenile incarceration
- Photos from the Fall Conference for the Website
September 2014
- SAVE THE DATES: Indiana Judicial Center Probation Officer Training
- The business of public safety: NWI consortium the first of its kind
- Juvenile deliquency down thanks to alternative programs
- Mentally ill inmates straining jail and DOC resources
- INcite Juvenile Reports Announcement
- North Carolina Cuts Prison Time for Probation Violators, and Costs with "Quick Dip" Policy
- Experts tell Indiana panel options to juvenile detention could pay off in savings
- County sheriffs tell dire stories of mentally ill held in local jails
- Man claims he robbed store to pay probation costs
- Cook Co. IL Probation Officer For Teen Charged With Assaulting CSU Student Suspended
- Compassion Fatigue in Probation
- IACCAC Fall Training Institute Announcement
- Judge James Fox concerned over budget cuts
- Former probation official William Burke asks for court-appointed lawyer to handle appeals
- Justice Brent Dickson Receives POPAI Founder's Award
- POPAI Presents Line PO of the Year Award to Dave Williams
- POPAI Presents Rookie PO of the Year Award to Melanie Strode
- POPAI "Members Only" Discussion Forum Now Ready
- Revised POPAI By-laws Approved, Membership Year to Change
- Judge Burge orders county to hire security for Adult Probation facilities (Lorian Co., Ohio)
- 2015 Probation Officer Minimum Salary Schedule
- Midwest Gang Investigators Association Training
- Board Meeting Minutes: 2014 Annual POPAI Business Meeting and September 5, 2014
- The Skinny on Evidence-Based Practices
- Sex offenders released early for good behavior
- Juvenile probation chief retiring after 30 years at department
- POPAI Members Only Discussion Forum
- Leaders: The 6 Golden Rules of Meeting Management
August 2014
- Blood tests for DWI cases costing Hancock County
- Delayed releases continuing problem at Marion County Jail
- Indiana excise police warn retirement home about alcohol
- Indiana Probation Standards revised effective July 1st
- County, judges reach deal to add probation officers
- Loretta Rush becomes Indiana's chief justice
- Trying To Use The "Updated" Online Indiana Code Is Incredibly Frustrating; July 1 Change-Over Exposes System's Flaws
- Juvenile detention left hanging from St. Joe budge cuts
- Poll - Annual Meeting Location
- August Board Meeting Minutes - Including News About AFCARS (Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System) Reporting
- Probation: A tougher path, voluntarily
- Synthetic drugs pose challenges for parents, schools
- Plane stowaway gets jail for probation violation
- Changing lives: Prevention and intervention to reduce serious offending
- Franklin County (Ohio) Looking At Probation Officer Communication Following Shooting
- 1 Dead, Probation Officer injured In Shooting In Southeast Columbus (Ohio)
- Kokomo officers make extra rounds to mentor juveniles on probation, keep them away from crime
- Marty Walsh misses the point in probation case
- Rush to be 1st woman to lead Indiana Supreme Court
- Probation with some POP
- Nominate your probation officer peers now!
- Community impact from Ind. sentencing reform in question
- Sealing Court Records: The How and the Why (Not)
- W/R REPORT: BB gun or not, shooting at judge no minor matter
- Kids Behind Bars (Indiana's Wabash Correctional Facility)
- 8-year-old arrested, taken into custody
July 2014
- Poll: The POPAI Conference, Are You Attending? Why or Why Not?
- Juvenile probation running short on detention funds
- Lawrence County allocates $175 thousand from grant for drug woes
- DEA serves search warrants at several Indiana clinics
- Credit Time Calculator
- Revised POPAI By-laws UPDATE
- Suboxone case could be first in the nation
- Leaking juvenile facility roof may be deemed county emergency
- Should juvenile offenders serve time in adult prison?
- Indiana's probation standards revised for first time since 2001
- Probation Officer shot, suspect killed
- Grant extends juvenile initiative
- New Jobs Added
- Wayne County public defender lands state honor
- POPAI By-laws Proposed Revisions
- POPAI President Appointed to Legislative Committee
- POPAI Creates New Awards to Recognize Probation Officers
- Your Opinion, Please
- Probation officer shot, suspect killed on East Side (Columbus, Ohio)
- POPAI Founder’s Award Deadline is Near – Submit Nominations by August 15th
- POPAI Elections Slate
- Counties worry about cost of criminal code changes
- Officials fear overcrowding with policy change
- Retired Chief Probation Officer Virgil Seay Obituary
- Former Chief Probation Officer Wrongful Termination Suit Targets State
- Counties Worry that Changes in Indiana's Criminal Code will Put More Financial Burden on Them
- New Era In Criminal Justice
June 2014
- In mad dash by state lawmakers, errors can happen
- 2014 POPAI Fall Conference
- June Board Meeting Minutes
- Board Elections: Remember to Send Your Intent to Run Form
- Storeowners complain new shoplifting law in Indiana too lax
- Former Lafayette, Indiana Probationer Kills Cops
- New site tracks previous meth lab properties
- IMPD: Drunk steals Marion County jail wagon
- Lawmakers to make 'technical corrections' to criminal code
- Howard Co. prosecutor plans crackdown on parents of truant children
- State board bans compounds used in making synthetic drugs
- Criminal code changes take effect in July
- What Works to Reduce Recidivism by Domestic Violence Offenders?
- Rush County LCC hears of community corrections efforts
- Indiana reforms could push greater costs on counties
- Program to target youth and young adult crime
- New Jobs June 8
- PERF benefit to decline amid fund shortfall
May 2014
- Sure, you're drunk and annoying, but are you a criminal?
- New Probation Standards Adopted for Indiana
- Evidence Based Decision Making: From Principle to Practice
- 2015 Minimum Salary Schedule for Probation Officers
- Your Story Made Here: Edge Manufacturing
- Kentucky ag agency sues for release of hemp seeds
- Meeting about curfew turned into conversation about much more
- Monroe County's corrections programs receive high grade
- Heroin Returns: Indiana sees 126 percent increase in cases
- Police add texting to crisis negotiation arsenal
- Violence sparks debate over gangs in South Bend
- IU NORTHWEST, AREA POLICE DEPARTMENTS PARTNER TO CREATE UNPRECEDENTED DATA SHARING INITIATIVE
- Law could alleviate prison overcrowding
- Community Justice 2014 Draws International Audience Seeking Evidence-Based Strategies to Reduce Crime and Recidivism
- Expungement law favors reformed criminals over victims, appeals court says
- New POPAI Website
- Knepple Scholarship Awarded
- POPAI Election 2014
- COA: Man not entitled to have restricted access to OWI conviction
- Clark judges carry heaviest caseload in Indiana
- Crime & treatment: In her courtroom full of addicts, treatment works better than punishment
- New sentencing laws prompt local worries
- Indiana To Begin Treating Low Level Offenders At Local Level
January 2014
