We develop new forms of accountability that support a better future for all.
Too often, traditional responses to crime focused on punishment lead to cycles of harm, making it harder for people to repair their lives and leaving us all less safe in the long run. We partner with courts in New York, New Jersey, and around the country to center the dignity and humanity of every individual by connecting people to life-changing services, addressing underlying challenges, and building pathways out of the legal system. With compassionate responses that prioritize each person’s individual needs, we reduce incarceration while fostering accountability and a safer future for all.
Creating Safety for All
Typical responses to crime, like jail and prison, continue cycles of violence and trauma. Alternatives can foster accountability and create a safer future for all. Learn More.
Improving public safety and providing pathways out of the justice system by promoting opportunities for youth, investing in communities, and creating new ways of delivering justice.
We work directly with children and families, as well as with systems, to reduce and prevent system involvement, strengthen family relationships, and break intergenerational cycles of trauma.
Creating a safer, more equitable Bronx through community-driven public safety initiatives, youth opportunity, and economic mobility efforts focused in the South Bronx.
Empowering youth to become transformative leaders in their communities, addressing inequity and the factors that lead to youth involvement in the criminal legal system.
Our Syracuse team provides training and technical assistance, helps identify gaps in services, and works with communities to find strengths-based solutions to issues of crime and safety.
This Court Aims to Build Safety by Focusing on the Individual
By offering people the support and resources they need to find a better path, Manhattan’s Felony Alternative to Incarceration Court is working to build a safer New York for us all.
Punch x Center for Justice Innovation: CIRCLE UP Talkback with Jennifer Gil Vinueza
Inspired by the restorative justice circle practices depicted in Punch, audience members are invited to stay after this select matinee performance for a talkback co-facilitated by Center Staff Jennifer Gil Vinueza and a Manhattan Theatre Club Teaching Artist.
Punch x Center for Justice Innovation: The Healing Power of the Arts
A part of our collaboration with the Manhattan Theatre Club for their play ‘Punch’. Watch the play and hear from community change-makers—including Center Staff Layman Lee—who activate the arts as a vehicle for advocacy and social change, and unpack how people access art as a tool for self-expression, individual transformation, and universal connection.
