The United States only accounts for about 5% of the world's population. Why then does the United States account for 25% of incarcerated people (prisoners) in the world? Click on the graphic below to enlarge Created by OnlineEducation.net At J-SAT we provide services that help federal, state, and lo... [More]

We were recently awarded a contract to continue to provide LSI-R implementation services for the state of Alaska.  This project will help develop internal training capacity for Alaska as they will be developing new trainers to help train staff on performing LSI-R assessments in their correction... [More]

Michigan has been dealing with a struggling economy longer than the rest of the nation.  They have been forced to make tough choice and re-think the size of their corrections population and reentry process.  Now, as the rest of the country struggles with the same issues, people are looking... [More]

We are just a week away from our gathering in Denver, Colorado and J-SAT is looking forward to hosting this event for the National Institute of Corrections.  We have created this page to provide critical information about the meeting for those who will be traveling to Denver and participating ... [More]

“Bringing Sense and Sensitivity to Corrections: From Programs to Fix Offenders to Services to Support Desistance” by Frank Porporino has me thinking.  As you may be able to tell from the title, Porporino is concerned that focusing on risk of recidivism and criminogenic needs may be problem orie... [More]

In response to the failure of many approaches to reducing recidivism, more and more correctional agencies are looking to Evidence-based Practices (EBPs) for help. Nationally, however, a gap has existed between knowledge of EBPs and their practical implementation in systems such as healthcare, educat... [More]

We would like to invite you to become a fan of JSAT and help us keep the discussion going about the things that are improving correctional systems across the country.  Do you have a passion for helping to see people succeed in the workforce? Want to help improve the lives of the 1 in 31 people ... [More]

We have created a resource page with a number of videos that we recently produced for the National Institute of Corrections.  The full DVD set will be available through NIC at some point, but we thought you might enjoy a preview. View our free Basic Motivational Interviewing Skills Exercise Vi... [More]

Revenue is down and budgets are getting cut, but people still need quality training.   We have put together some cost-effective strategies for maximizing your training dollars. 1. Join Forces Finding training for a handful of people at a time can be pretty tough.  If you partner up w... [More]

For 35 years incarceration rates have grown.  For every one hundred adults at least one is currently in prison or jail. The number of people on parole is four times higher than it was in 1980. Solving the problems of our current systems and ultimately reducing the level of recidivism re... [More]