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Native American Peacemaking in the Courts of New York

Law In Action (BBC)

On BBC Radio 4, the well-known British legal commentator Joshua Rozenberg profiles the peacemaking program at our Red Hook Community Justice Center (segment starts at 17:17).

Can We Stop Both Crime and Incarceration?

Public Books

Our director, Greg Berman, reviews two new books he says offer "a healthy corrective to the pessimistic narratives about criminal justice."

More Nonprofits Embrace Data-Driven Decision-Making

Crain's New York

We have long been committed to using data to tell us what works (and what doesn't) when it comes to our reform work. As our director, Greg Berman, explains in this profile of nonprofits' use of data from Crain's New York Business: "I reject the kind of pass-fail analysis where something is a massive success or total failure... If you dig into the data, there's always something you can learn."

Patterson Houses Anti-Crime Initiative Puts Faith in Green Spaces

The Mott Haven Herald

This article features the Mayor’s Action Plan for Neighborhood Safety and the Patterson Housing tenants—known as the NeighborhoodStat team— who have decided to invest in local gardens with the goal of increasing community engagement and collective efficacy. The article highlights James Reddick of the Center for Court Innovation, along with images of tenant and stakeholder, Eric Murray, taken in the Patterson garden.

Benevolence at the Bench

US News & World Report

From our partner court in Olympia, Washington, to our Midtown Community Court in Manhattan, US News & World Report profiles the many advances in community justice across the country, calling the Center for Court Innovation the "nonprofit engine of the community court movement."

A Common-Sensical Vision of Criminal-Justice Reform

The New York Times

Sam Roberts includes our book, Start Here: A Road Map to Reducing Mass Incarceration, in his fall reading roundup.

NYC Council Majority Leader Lauds Neighbors in Action

Kings County Politics

As the Crown Heights Community Mediation Center formally changes its name to Neighbors in Action, Laurie Cumbo, the New York City Council Majority Leader, praises the organization's 20-year legacy.

Scottish Justice Reformers Draw Lessons From Red Hook, Brooklyn

The Scotsman

As Scotland looks to reduce its use of incarceration and improve outcomes for the justice-involved, a report on the recent visit and testimony before Parliament of our director, Greg Berman, and the inspiration reformers there are taking from our Red Hook Community Justice Center.

‘Start Here’ Nominated for Social Justice Prize

Goddard Riverside

Our book, Start Here: A Roadmap to Reducing Mass Incarceration, is one of six books nominated for this year's Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice, an award celebrating "the power of the written word to create change in the name of justice for all."

Supervised Release Hits Milestone as City Works Toward Closing Rikers

AM New York

A check-in on supervised release—an important, and expanding, alternative to bail and pretrial detention in New York City—as the program reaches 10,000 participants. We operate the program in three of the city's five boroughs.

The Need to Balance Police Effectiveness and Fairness

Governing

Can proactive policing continue to reduce crime while also limiting the disproportionate number of African Americans currently being arrested and jailed? Our director, Greg Berman, says yes: refine police tactics, engage communities, and invest in community crime prevention.

Restorative Justice Programs That Work

NationSwell

As part of a feature on approaches to justice "that emphasize communication over incarceration," a profile of our youth court at the Red Hook Community Justice Center.

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