Chief Justice Valerie Stanfill discusses Maine’s courts, access to counsel, treatment courts, technology, and the responsibilities of judicial leadership in this Justice Speaks podcast episode....

AI systems can influence consequential decisions without people knowing how they are used. Meaningful regulation should preserve human control through transparency, review, and accountability....

Chief Justice Steven R. Jensen discusses judicial recruitment, access to justice, artificial intelligence, public trust, treatment courts, and emerging-adult justice initiatives in South Dakota....

The conclusion to JSI’s six-part substance use disorders series brings its principles together and offers practical steps for courts and justice agencies....

Chief Justice Raheem L. Mullins discusses mental health courts, artificial intelligence, court modernization, judicial security, public trust, and Connecticut’s judicial selection process....

Language and attitudes can influence how justice professionals evaluate behavior, impose accountability, and respond to treatment and recovery. Principle 5 examines how substance use disorder stigma affects justice-system decisions and why evidence must take precedence over labels and assumptions....

Chief Justice Jeffrey J. Funke discusses judicial leadership, treatment courts, artificial intelligence, public trust, rural access to justice, and the future of Nebraska’s courts....

Evidence should guide how the justice system responds to substance use disorders. Effective practices match interventions to individual risk and need, use drug-testing information appropriately, reinforce positive behavior, implement proven models with fidelity, and measure whether programs achieve their intended outcomes....

Accountability does not have to mean punishment alone. Principle 3 of JSI’s Substance Use Disorder series examines how purposeful responses, treatment, procedural fairness, and clear expectations can promote both recovery and lasting public safety....

Substance use disorders are treatable, and recovery is possible. Principle 2 of JSI's framework examines what effective treatment means for courts, prosecutors, law enforcement, community supervision, and treatment court teams....