Innovative Social Work and Criminal Justice Research Center finds a home at FSU

The College of Social Work celebrated the Institute for Justice Research and Development on Thursday, April 18th at the Augustus B. Turnbull Center. A crowd of 100 was in attendance to learn more about the newest multidisciplinary research institute to find a home at FSU. Newly appointed Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections Mark Inch headlined the event. Inch spoke about the recent passage of the First Step Act and how the criminal justice system should take a holistic approach to retribution, incapacitation, and deterrence, with meaningful rehabilitation and restoration of the nearly 12,000 individuals released from prisons each week across our nation. “IJRD is an exciting new force in making meaningful change in our Florida communities,” Secretary Inch stated.