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The Kings County Parent Support Program celebrated its 10th graduation ceremony at the Kings County Family Court in Downtown Brooklyn.  

A new edition of Good Courts featuring an introduction by former New York State Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman is now available from Quid Pro Books.

In case you missed it, New York Magazine highlighted our work with young people in Brownsville, Brooklyn as one of their 59 "Reasons to Love New York."

In Anaheim, New Approaches to Justice Reform.

The Center for Court Innovation seeks to advance the idea of procedural justice—encouraging justice agencies to treat individual arrestees, victims, defendants, and litigants with dignity and respect.

Procedural justice, and its intersections with race, policing, and justice system legitimacy, was a major theme of our summit on criminal justice challenges and innovative reform efforts.

The Red Hook Community Justice Center celebrated 15 years of justice reform this week with a party at the Brooklyn Museum.

The Center for Court Innovation is pleased to announce the release of new training resources on the National Drug Court Online Learning System.

According to a newly-released randomized controlled trial, the Harlem Parole Reentry Court has reduced re-offending and improved employment outcomes for parolees returning to Harlem from prison.

Poverty Justice Solutions is a new initiative that seeks to improve access to justice for low-income New Yorkers facing eviction.

NYC Teens Recommend Diverting More Young People From Justice System

In this article, mental health court graduation, in-program jail sanctions, and rearrest were tracked for 654 participants in the Brooklyn Mental Health Court. In general, risk factors for negative outcomes included a prior history of arrest or incarceration, having current property charges, current unemployment, homelessness at time of intake, and having a co-occurring substance use disorder. Published in the Journal of Offender Rehabilitation and available here.