Voices of Justice: Transforming Holding Cells with Soft-Firm
A conversation with the Talitha Liu and Lexi Tsien, the architects redesigning holding cells into a flexible programming and community space at the Midtown Community Justice Center.
This Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we are highlighting the work of our gender and family justice team which helps communities and courts respond to intimate partner violence.
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.
4 Ways to Maintain the Safety and Dignity of LGBTQ+ Youth
How do we maintain the safety and dignity of LGBTQ+ youth through their mandated contact with city systems—schools, foster care, and juvenile justice? Our Youth Justice Board is seeking to answer that question.
As program associate of the Youth Justice Board, Jennelle Ramdeen helps young people acquire skills to research and make recommendations about public policy issues that affect their lives. She teaches participants “how to think critically, make connections, [and] have the tools to analyze and be responsible researchers."
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.
Six Ideas for Reform: Reduce Police, Invest in Communities
As communities across the country grapple with the relationship of police to the communities they're meant to serve, New York has set an April 1 deadline for jurisdictions to adopt reform plans.
