Newark Community Solutions

Newark Community Solutions

Newark Community Solutions applies a problem-solving approach to low-level cases in Newark, New Jersey’s municipal courthouse.

Newark Community Solutions provides judges with increased sentencing options for non-violent offenses such as drug possession, prostitution, and shoplifting. By expanding the use of community service and social service mandates, Newark Community Solutions reduces the court’s reliance on ineffective fines and expensive short-term jail sentences, enhances procedural justice, and builds public confidence in justice. 

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973.733.5180

31 Green Street
Newark, NJ 07102
United States

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Highlights

  • Youth Impact

    Youth can be transformative leaders, addressing inequity in their communities and the factors that lead to youth involvement in the criminal legal system.  

Our Impact

  • 12,837 hours of community service performed by defendants in 2018

  • 1,126 cases in which defendants completed community-based mandates in lieu of being sentenced to jail or fines in 2018

  • 75% of Newark community members surveyed report holding positive views of alternative sentences for low-level offenses

Yaniris Gomez
“It’s extremely gratifying to work for an organization that uses creative solutions to address modern issues in criminal justice reform.”
Yaniris Gomez Senior Clinical Specialist

Photo Gallery

Ironbound Community Corporation
Something to Crow About

Ironbound Community Corporation’s LaQuan Thomas introduces one of the inhabitants of the Ironbound garden to Alternative Sanctions Specialist Lamar Mitchell.

Tonya Tucker, Victim Services Coordinator
Outstanding Contributor

Tonya Tucker, our victim services coordinator, was nominated as one of "100 People of Newark" for her outstanding contributions to the community.

Newark Community Solutions Youth Court
Youth Court Now in Session!

Newark's Youth Court trains young people to adjudicate real-life cases involving their peers while taking a restorative approach to misbehavior.

Newark Adopt-A-Lot
Community Service

Alternative Sanctions Specialist Trevor Powell works alongside clients performing community service in an Adopt-A-Lot vegetable garden.

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Partners

Newark Community Solutions is an initiative of the City of Newark and the New Jersey Administrative Office of the Courts, in collaboration with the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice. Newark Community Solutions is supported by the City of Newark and its Municipal Council, the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice, the Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey,  the PSEG Foundation, Rutgers University, and the Whole Cities Foundation.

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