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Art, Science and the Challenge of Justice Reform

The Crime Report

In this op-ed in The Crime Report, Greg Berman and Julian Adler of the Center for Court Innovation explore current challenges and opportunities for justice reformers and discuss the importance of using a data-driven approach to reform.

US-style problem-solving courts planned for England and Wales

The Guardian

This feature from The Guardian describes a pilot program, inspired by the work of reformers in New York, to bring problem-solving courts to the United Kingdom.

Brooklyn’s New Approach to Youth Crimes

The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal reports on the new Brooklyn Young Adult Court, established in partnership with the Center for Court Innovation, which prioritizes diversion for youth between the ages of 16 and 24 who have been charged with misdemeanors. (Subscription required)

Alternative Justice Success

Albany Times Union

An editorial in the Albany Times Union on former New York State Chief Judge Judith Kaye's legacy and role in establishing the Center for Court Innovation as a pioneer in justice reform.

Brooklyn organization helps teens use visual arts to stop gun violence

WPIX

This video from WPIX explores how young people at Youth Organizing to Save Our Streets are using the arts to prevent gun violence.

Brooklyn Teens Call for Peace in New Short Films on Gun Violence

DNAInfo

DNAInfo covers the #6FeetAbove anti-violence video campaign from Youth Organizing to Save Our Streets.

Bureau of Justice Assistance Awards $2 Million to Implement and Enhance Community Courts

PR Newswire

PR Newswire features the Bureau of Justice Assistance announcement of the 10 grantee sites for the 2016 Community Courts Grant program.

Youth court aims to keep peers out of trouble

MSNBC

This segment from Al Sharpton's MSNBC show "Politics Nation" profiles the work of the Brownsville Community Justice Center's Brownsville Youth Court.

Close Rikers Island? There’s an App for That.

WNYC

WNYC reports on an electronic monitoring program, operated by the Manhattan District Attorney's office in collaboration with the Center for Court Innovation, that allows young defendants to stay out of jail.

There’s a New Way for People Arrested in NYC to Avoid Jail

Vice

Vice reports on the Center for Court Innovation's supervised release program, which expanded from Brooklyn to the Bronx and Staten Island this month.

Rikers Island closing plan could spur communities’ resistance

Newsday

Although many New Yorkers favor moving detainees off Rikers Island, outreach will be required to make communities receptive to housing inmates in borough jail facilities, Greg Berman, director of the Center for Court Innovation, tells Newsday.

When Being 16 is Not So Sweet

Medium

Members of the Youth Justice Board write an op-ed for Medium on the need to include youth voices in juvenile justice reform.

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