Community Justice News Archive

A rich consideration by Urban Omnibus of the connections among justice design, courtroom procedures, and improving outcomes for defendants and their communities featuring our Red Hook Community Justice Center and Near Westside Peacemaking Center in Syracuse, N.Y.

The community court in downtown Spokane represents a marriage of two venerable pillars of democracy: the courthouse and the library.

The Eugene Weekly profiles the Eugene Community Court we helped implement through the Community Court Grant Program. 

News 12 The Bronx reports on our program, Bronx Community Solutions, coordinating a neighborhood cleanup in the South Bronx.

Inspired by our Newark Community Solutions, a new community court is set to open its doors in Jersey City in the fall, NJ.com reports.

Chelsea Now profiles the range of problem-solving justice work at our Midtown Community Court, now more than 20 years strong.

In New York Law Journal, New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and the president of the Citizens Crime Commission describe our shared Neighborhood Justice Panels project for low-level offenses in the Bronx.

Due Process, a television documentary series on law and justice, profiles Judge Victoria Pratt and the work of Newark Community Solutions and explores the concept of "procedural justice."

The Red Hook Star-Revue profiles the Red Hook Community Justice Center's Peacemaking program and the neighborhood NYPD officer about to graduate from it.

The Center for Court Innovation, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance and the Quinnipiac University School of Law, hosted Justice Innovation in Times of Change: New Challenges, New Opportunities, a one-day conference in September 2016, providing an opportunity for practitioners from both inside and outside the justice system to learn about a range of topics related to chronic lower-level offending.