The Center for Justice Innovation technical assistance staff provide comprehensive support to jurisdictions as they design and implement sustainable change in their local criminal justice system. This team served as a strategic partner and technical assistance provider for the MacArthur Foundation’s Safety and Justice Challenge (SJC), a ten-year initiative focused on reducing the misuse and overuse of jails and eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal justice system.
This fact sheet captures key insights and reflections from the second annual in-person convening of the SJC Pennsylvania Network in October 2025, where policymakers and practitioners from SJC sites Philadelphia and Allegheny County met to exchange strategies on equity, data collection and evaluation and jail population reduction.
