- January 26, 2026
Loveline Phillips never contemplated the academic path she found at the Schar School. But now that she’s discovered how her research skills can help others, there’s no stopping her.
- May 22, 2024
Health benefits for those in the correctional system need changes. A new study shows what that might look like.
- March 11, 2024
Meet the visiting research scholar who studies and teaches incarceration, rehabilitation, and recidivism here and abroad. And see why these issues are important to Ronit Peled-Laskov.
- June 13, 2023
A new collaboration between the Schar School and the University of Central Florida will help ensure people on probation and parole get the help they need while also maintaining public safety.
- November 28, 2022
A road trip of academics and professionals in jurisprudence and incarceration fields takes them to civil rights landmarks that inspire them to continue their work.
- August 31, 2022
The Schar School’s Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence is working with officials in St. Louis to improve conditions at the county’s jail. The grant is $300,000.
- August 25, 2022
An important new study of 3,100 counties shows the relationship between a community’s mental health services and the local jail population. It also shows how to reduce that population.
- December 3, 2021
A discussion among practitioners in Virginia’s criminal justice system about major reforms is long overdue. So we had one.
- October 6, 2021
Three new studies funded by the national JCOIN program address addictions and disease in justice settings.
- October 4, 2021
The Schar School’s Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence! Lands an NIH grant to mentor a scientists studying opioid abuse in criminal justice settings.