Alysha Hall

Alysha Hall leads our work on Front-End Systems Change at Community Justice Solutions. CJS is a national venture of the Center for Justice Innovation dedicated to helping communities and jurisdictions adopt the next generation of justice policy and practice. Front-End Systems Change means narrowing the front door of the criminal legal system: collaborating with system actors, the people directly impacted, and the wider community to design and implement proven alternatives to traditional legal processing that reduce unnecessary system-contact.

Drawing on a multidisciplinary background spanning prosecution, alternative to incarceration program operations, and community-based programming, Alysha brings a collaborative and strategic approach to systems change. She is skilled at identifying the interests, priorities, and values of diverse criminal legal system stakeholders and facilitating workable solutions that accommodate competing demands while advancing reform goals. Her work focuses on translating research into practice by building upstream, evidence-based interventions that reduce system harm while expanding access to care.

At the Center, Alysha previously served as Associate Director of Research-Practice Strategies, providing national training and technical assistance. She assessed jurisdictional readiness, led community engagement efforts, and supported strategic planning to implement and sustain data-driven criminal justice reforms. Additionally, as Interim Project Director of Brooklyn Supervised Release and Director of Court Operations and Compliance at our Brooklyn Justice Initiatives, Alysha oversaw the expansion of pretrial services programming, managed cross-sector stakeholder relationships, developed key operations protocols, and helped secure funding to sustain and scale programs.

Prior to joining the Center, Alysha served as Director of Law-Related Education at Legal Outreach, Inc., where she led training and curriculum development on criminal law and procedure and built partnerships translating complex legal systems into accessible frameworks for diverse audiences. She began her legal career as an Assistant District Attorney in the Bronx with a focus on early case assessment and allegations of domestic and intimate partner violence.

Alysha’s community-based leadership includes having served as co-chair of the Criminal Justice Committee for the NAACP in Brooklyn, and as Justice Coordinator for a faith community, where she built partnerships and led efforts to educate and mobilize community members as agents of change.

Alysha holds a Juris Doctor from St. John’s University and a Bachelor of Arts with honors from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.