Virginia Seeks Better Solutions for Its Youth

“Taxpayers pay $108,820 a year per juvenile in placement.”

Sorry, Virginia taxpayers, but the hard, cold fact is that you’re wasting your money.  While government officials attempt to find answers to ever-increasing costs for juvenile placements (that years of research shows doesn’t decrease future criminal behavior), a Hampton Roads editorial recently echoed the pleas of organizations [...]

Rethinking how to finance social outcomes

As our friends “across the pond” spend more time and resources getting serious about how private investors can tackle deep-rooted societal issues, which usually become the first to fall victim to government program cuts, they are coming up with some innovative ideas; one in particular known as social impact bonds.

As [...]

Pew Center on the States releases report on prison counts in the U.S.

“For the first time in nearly 40 years, the number of state prisoners in the U.S. has declined. Survey data compiled by the Public Safety Performance Project of the Pew Center on the States, in partnership with the Association of State Correctional Administrators, indicate that as of January 1, 2010, there were 1,403,091 persons under [...]