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Putting Families First in the State’s Family Court System

Family Justice Initiative recommendations aim to strengthen families and increase access to justice statewide.

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How Family Courts Can Help Build Community Justice

By bringing everyone to the table, family courts can break cycles of trauma and meet families’ needs.

Voices of Justice: Multiple Pathways to Healing from Intimate Partner Violence

A conversation with Rebecca Thomforde on why addressing intimate partner violence is needed for community justice, how responses have shifted over the past three decades, and what the future of this work looks like.

30 Years of Community Justice: James Brodick and Rasmia Kirmani

James Brodick and Rasmia Kirmani sit down to discuss how the community safety landscape has changed, the ecosystem of community justice, and moving at the speed of trust.

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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.

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Closing Rikers Island: A Landmark Vote in NYC

The New York City Council took a major step toward closing the notorious Rikers Island jail complex.

Art Not Jail

Today, we celebrated the citywide expansion of Project Reset.

1,000 Circles: Restorative Justice in Schools

It’s back-to-school season, and we are continuing our work to reduce the use of unnecessary suspensions and expulsions that disproportionately affect students of color.

Justice Reform in the United Kingdom

For the past two decades, we have worked to advance justice reform in the United Kingdom.

Brownsville Stronger Together

Safety can't be produced by the justice system alone. The Brownsville Rapid Response Coalition was formed by neighborhood-based organizations in response to a mass shooting.

Strong Starts for Kids

The justice system touches people of all ages, including society’s most vulnerable—babies and toddlers.

Responding to the Opioid Crisis

As a part of our response to the opioid crisis, we have developed two new publications to help reformers build effective opioid intervention programs, save lives, and protect communities.

‘Beyond the Algorithm’: Risk Assessment and Racial Bias

Our new report about risk assessment examines the impact of the algorithms that many jurisdictions are using to measure the risk a defendant will be rearrested or fail to appear in court.