WASHINGTON, May 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Justice Department, in partnership with the Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center released a new publication today, Reentry Housing Options: The Policymakers' Guide, which provides practical steps that lawmakers and others can take to increase public safety through better access to affordable housing for individuals released to the community.

WASHINGTON, June 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new study released today of more than 20,000 men and women entering jail offers the most accurate accounting in more than two decades of the number of adults with serious mental illnesses in these facilities. Using screening instruments to identify individuals entering jails with the most serious mental illnesses and the greatest need for comprehensive and continuous treatment, a team of researchers from the nonpartisan Council of State Governments Justice Center and Policy Research Associates found that 14.5 percent of males and 31 percent of females -- or 16.9 percent overall -- met that criteria.

ROCKVILLE, Md., June 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- HHS' Ag

Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, chairman of the National Governors Association, left, Canadian Ambassador to the United States Frank McKenna and Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. perform with Canadian country music singer George Canyon at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C., Saturday.