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How AI Highlights the Need for Better Mental Health Care

Our new brief outlines how concerns about AI and mental health treatment shed light on the need for accessible, high-quality care.

Voices of Justice: Aisha Greene on the Collective Work of Jail Reform

A conversation with Aisha S. Greene on community safety, reducing incarceration, and how to get the research in justice reform to stick.

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Designing Safe Summers

New community-led murals for Gun Violence Awareness Month showcase how art can cultivate safety and connection.

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4 Ways to Reimagine Justice in Local Courts

Our new report outlines key recommendations to help municipal courts deliver justice in more meaningful ways.

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Changing the Default Setting on the Justice System

A note from our CEO Courtney Bryan on the launch of Community Justice Solutions, our new venture to bring evidence-based innovations to courts and communities across the country.

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Access to Justice

Building Justice in the Court System

Housing Justice

Investing in Communities

People-Centered Responses

Reducing Harm and Violence

Women, Girls, and Gender Justice

168 Results

Building Justice in the Court System

Clear All

Supportive Solutions to Combat Overincarceration

Better Served by Treatment than Incarceration

Women Turning Ideas Into Actions

Kristina, Lise, and Kiran turn ideas into action.

Community Residents are the Experts

We provide communities with tools to address safety challenges.

Changemakers in Action: Orleny Rojas

Orleny Rojas, who serves as deputy director of Criminal Court Operations, believes sustainable change starts with small acts.

The Crisis on Rikers: The Time for Action is Now

The Center for Court Innovation welcomes the attention New York leaders are giving Rikers Island in the wake of the inexcusable and preventable deaths that have occurred there this year. Now is the time for swift and decisive action to prevent more harm and commit to the policies that will close the jails on Rikers Island forever.

Get the Facts: We Need to Reform Justice to Make Everyone Safe

The evidence is clear: studies conducted across the U.S. have repeatedly found that a smaller criminal system will make us safer.

We Cannot Incarcerate Ourselves to Safety: A New Report

Decades of data and experience point to the same truth: We cannot incarcerate ourselves to safety.

Building Trust with Our Vulnerable Neighbors

The way to achieve safety for everyone starts with the community.

Five Community Leaders on the Future of Justice

For 25 years, the Center for Court Innovation has invested in community-driven models for safety and justice.

Meeting Devastation with Resilience and Creativity

Our 2020 Annual Report is now available.

Reducing Incarceration in Queens, N.Y.

Jail populations across the country have been rising steadily for months, subjecting more people to the harms of incarceration with the added threat of COVID-19.

2020 Community Courts and Public Safety Conference