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    When Young People Go to Prison for Life

    by Matt Watkins

    April Barber Scales was a pregnant 15-year-old when she received two life sentences; Anthony Willis was 16 when he was sent away for life. After more than 25 years behind bars, they each received something desperately rare: clemency. They describe how they fought against a prison system that "sets you up for failure." We also hear from an organization in Baltimore that works exclusively with young people at high risk of violence. Rather than arrests and incarceration, what do these young people need?

    Addressing Racial Disparities, Diversion, Reducing Trauma, Reducing Violence, Reentry, Youth Initiatives
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    When Incarceration Is Automatic: Mandatory Minimums and Race

    by Fred Butcher, Amanda Cissner, and Michael Rempel

    Mandatory minimum sentencing laws took shape amid the “tough-on-crime” push of the late 1970s, making a signal contribution at the origins of our mass incarceration era. How would eliminating these laws—in whole or in part—affect the stark racial disparities in who is in prison in New York?

    Addressing Racial Disparities, Bail Reform, Diversion
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    From Taxi to Takeoff: Planning and Implementing Early Diversion in Los Angeles

    by Oceana R. Gilliam, Chidinma Ume, Darcy Hauslik, Brett Taylor, and Lenore Lebron

    In this report, the Center for Court Innovation’s West Coast Initiatives team shares valuable lessons derived from its experience in helping to plan and launch equitable early diversion programs in Los Angeles. The insights offered here can provide guidance for other diversion initiatives in efforts to bridge the gap between legal systems and communities while caring for vulnerable populations.

    Community Justice, Diversion, Reducing Trauma, Rethinking Incarceration
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    Emphasizing the Harms

    by Matt Watkins

    A recent two-day training for Manhattan prosecutors was a drumbeat on the harms of incarceration, part of a wider effort by D.A. Alvin Bragg to expand the use of alternatives such as treatment and restorative justice. But in a newly cramped climate for criminal justice reform, can that effort become a reality? New Thinking investigates.

    Addressing Racial Disparities, Bail Reform, Diversion, Reducing Trauma, Restorative Justice, Treatment Courts
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    The Red Hook Community Justice Center Celebrates Judge Alex M. Calabrese

    by William Harkins

    In his 22 years as presiding judge of the Red Hook Community Justice Center, Judge Alex Calabrese has always taken a people-centered approach in his courtroom, understanding the underlying issues that brought people to court and suggesting services and programs that would help address them. We are incredibly grateful for Judge Calabrese's service. He has made a deep and lasting impact on the residents of Red Hook and the justice system as a whole.

    Community Justice, Diversion, Youth Initiatives
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    Prosecutors, Violence, and the Challenge to Real Reform

    by Jennifer A. Tallon, Olivia Dana, and Elise Jensen

    Prosecutors make many of the most vital choices in a case unilaterally. Yet little is known about how they arrive at decisions in the most consequential cases: those charged as violent. Results from our national survey of prosecutor offices show a willingness to try new approaches but also suggest how prosecutors conceive of and prosecute violence can be rife with inconsistencies.

    Bail Reform, Diversion, Restorative Justice, Treatment Courts
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    Fact Sheet: The Bronx Community Justice Center

    The Bronx Community Justice Center works to create a safer, more equitable Bronx through community-driven public safety initiatives, youth opportunity, and economic mobility efforts focused in the South Bronx. Our vision is to support the South Bronx community to become a safe and thriving place where local ownership, community-led investment, and youth opportunity can flourish. The Bronx Community Justice Center works toward this vision by focusing on community safety, restorative practices, and youth and economic development.

    Community Justice, Diversion, Placemaking, Reducing Trauma, Reducing Violence, Youth Initiatives
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    A Guide to Arts and Diversion

    An alternative to the traditional system, Project Reset has looked to innovate again by partnering with arts institutions to create meaningful arts-based programming. Project Reset’s partnerships with the New Museum and the Brooklyn Museum are the latest chapter in a longer history of work in the arts.

    Diversion, Arts and Justice, Rethinking Incarceration
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    Fact Sheet: Opportunity Youth Part

    Opportunity Youth Part is a New Rochelle City Court initiative that serves emerging adults who are facing misdemeanor or felony charges and are not in school, are unemployed or under-employed, and are typically disconnected from positive services. The court takes a community-centric approach to resolve cases and incorporates restorative justice and procedural fairness practices with the goal to support the participants’ success.

    Rethinking Incarceration, Community Justice, Diversion
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    The Will to Decarcerate: COVID-19 and NYC's Early Release Program

    by Andrew Martinez, Joanna Weill, Lina Villegas, Camille Wada, Michael Rempel, and Tia Pooler

    Jail populations can be reduced swiftly and humanely—where the political will exists. That is the primary lesson to emerge from our study of New York City’s Early Release Program. Quickly constructed as the pandemic first hit Rikers Island in March 2020, the program helped drive the city's jail population to its lowest level in 75 years. With the curtailment of those efforts, the population has since increased by 60 percent.

    Addressing Racial Disparities, Diversion, Reducing Trauma

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