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NCSL Legislative Video Resource Center

The NCSL Video Resource Center is a collection of recorded webinars accessible for on-demand learning.

Civil and Criminal Justice

Cutting Corrections Costs While Preserving Public Safety

Corrections spending typically accounts for around 5% of state general fund budgets annually. Policy changes to reduce admissions and shorten length of stay in prisons and jails, as well as changing responses to community supervision rule violations, can be both fiscally beneficial and encourage successful outcomes for individuals involved with the justice system. Explore policy changes taken in Louisiana to cut corrections while and still keep the public safe.

Information as of May 2021.

Speakers include Elizabeth Compa, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Amanda Essex, NCSL, and James LeBlanc and Natalie LaBorde, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections.

Policing Policy Trends Balancing Accountability and Safety

Improving police accountability is a top priority in legislatures across the country. Deaths and other confrontations involving law enforcement continue to drive national conversations about policy and promote review of current state and local laws. Learn about the policies being addressed in statehouses across the country and in Congress. Speakers include Susan Frederick and Amber Widgery, NCSL.

Special Legislative Task Force Rhode Island Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights

Learn about the recent legislative responses for policing policy reforms with regards to officers' bill of rights, use of force standards, training and more. Speakers include Amber Widgery, NCSL.

Maryland General Assembly's Law Enforcement Body Camera Task Force

Learn about the recent legislative responses for policing policy reforms with regards to body cameras and law enforcement use of technology, such as dash cams. Speakers include Amber Widgery, NCSL, Senator Charles Sydnor III (D-Md.), Delegate David Moon (D-Md.) and Chief of Police Antonio DeVaul, City of Takoma Park.

Criminal Case Backlogs: Consequences of the Pandemic

Learn how many states and local courts suspended jury trials as a public health measure early on in the pandemic and how they are dealing with the case backlogs as a result. Speakers include Anne Teigen, NCSL, Elaine Borakove and Robin Wosje, Justice Management Institute, and Reagan Daly, Institute for State and Local Governance.

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