Outcomes from a Jail-Based Veterans Housing Unit
This brief focuses on the effectiveness and potential impact of veterans housing units in correctional facilities, which aim to provide unique rehabilitation and support for incarcerated veterans.
This brief focuses on the effectiveness and potential impact of veterans housing units in correctional facilities, which aim to provide unique rehabilitation and support for incarcerated veterans.
This brief explores results of a 2024 survey about how community supervision agents identify veterans under pretrial supervision, probation, and parole and whether their offices make referrals tailored to the veteran population.
Better identification of veterans in prisons is essential for connecting them with services, yet inconsistent definition and methods hinder accuracy. This report assesses current practices, estimates veteran populations, and makes recommendations to improve accuracy.
Military veterans have more than twice the risk of suicide death as non-veterans. This brief examines a federal program designed to identify veterans with the highest suicide risk in order to provide enhanced outreach and support. It finds that the prediction model had low accuracy for identifying veterans who died by suicide.
Led by two former defense secretaries, CCJ commission also says Congress should reverse policy that bans VA healthcare for veterans behind bars
Identifying reliable biomarkers for PTSD may provide clinicians with an objective measure to use in diagnosing people at high risk for the disorder, leading to improved prevention and treatment strategies.
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