The Jails and Justice Support Center (JJSC) Clearinghouse is a public online tool that serves as a one-stop shop for resources on core competency topics for jail executives, administrators, supervisors, corrections officers, policy makers, and community stakeholders.
The Clearinghouse functions as an online catalog of resources pertaining to the eight core topics for users to browse and search a variety of highly curated resources including legal documents, academic resources, guidelines, publications, videos, webinars, trainings, tools and guides, reports and summaries, and policies and practices.
If you have questions or would like to add any DOJ-sponsored resources to the Clearinghouse, please contact us at jjsc@cna.org.
Barriers and Opportunities for Suicide Prevention Among Correctional Officers: An Issue Brief for Clinicians
Drawing on research and the expertise of correctional researchers, officers, and clinicians, this issue brief describes the problem of suicide among correctional officers and identifies barriers and opportunities for suicide prevention efforts in the correctional officer workforce in the United States.
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Correctional Officer Resilience: Promoting Life Skills Strategies Among Correctional Officers
This report will highlight recent resilience-focused approaches to help mental health providers promote and support effective life skills strategies among correctional officers.
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2-Page Flyer: Guidelines for Managing Substance Withdrawal in Jails
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Key Considerations When Exploring Un-Privatizing Correctional Healthcare in Jails
This webinar examines key insights from agencies that considered or have made the transition away from privatized healthcare,
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Overdose Mapping Tool
This tool allows researchers, policymakers, journalists, and the general public to create county-level maps illustrating the relationship between community and population demographics and fatal drug overdoses—including opioids—in the United States.
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Rural Community Toolbox
Federal resources that can help rural communities become strong, healthy, prosperous, and resilient places to live and work.
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Fewer than half of U.S. jails provide life-saving medications for opioid use disorder
A new look into addiction treatment availability in the U.S. criminal justice system reveals that fewer than half (43.8%) of 1,028 jails surveyed across the nation offered any form of medication for opioid use disorder, and only 12.8% made these available to anyone with the disorder.
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Substance Abuse Videos
The eight videos included in this resource are brief, informative videos to enhance learners’ awareness and foster a deeper understanding on topics related to substance withdrawal management. These videos also serve as tools to address myths and misconceptions about substance use, substance use disorders, and substance withdrawal.
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Medicaid’s New Role in Advancing Reentry: Key Policy Changes Spring
For the first time, Medicaid is being authorized to cover some health services for individuals in the period before they are released from incarceration. This fact sheet summarizes recent changes that are taking effect.
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Attrition from Jail Reentry Program Increases Recidivism
Analyzing reentry programs that are built around peer navigators that serve as a mentor and a reference to support services during reentry.
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Rehabilitation Programs and their Relationship to Recidivism in Florida Jails
A qualitative case study that examines the effect of availability of rehabilitation programs on the success of reintegration to society.
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Privatized Jails: Comparing Individuals’ Safety in Private and Public Jails
Authors examine the differences in safety, culture, and operations between public and private jail facilities.