The Supervision Around the World (SAW) Project is creating a data-sharing platform to assist global criminal justice practitioners in community supervision.  Global researchers have identified best practices that help offenders reintegrate to society and different countries have implemented these practices in various manners. Through sharing positive models and supporting international collaborative efforts, our intent is to bring new ideas to the supervision industry that encourage improved outcomes.  

The SAW Project identifies countries offering community supervision services, documents current practices, builds relationships with key administrators, and is creating an interactive internet repository for gleaned program information.  With positive practices in operation, models should not need to be reinvented across borders, but rather shared.  We are building a repository of data and supportive practice details that can improve lives worldwide.  Examples of exciting and effective community corrections programs will be offered from Japan, Algiers, and the Czech Republic showing how we can learn from each other.