JUSTICE INNOVATION INC

National initiative: the center is a national leader in developing, studying, and disseminating a wide variety of innovative justice models. Through the center's national initiatives and research department, staff conduct mixed-method, multi-site evaluations of community, court, public health, justice, and education programs, as well as research to promote new thinking about how different systems (e.g., education, public health, criminal justice) can address problems of violence, crime, and safety. The department's training and technical assistance side provides hands-on, expert assistance to reformers around the world, including through facilitating site visits at model programs; providing training on a range of topics, from community justice to domestic violence; maintaining an array of online learning resources; and offering intensive planning and implementation support to jurisdictions seeking to launch new models. Research informs programming, programming informs research, and both research and practice inform our efforts to train and assist communities across the u.s. And internationally in adopting tailored reforms.

Policy:focused on the development of the center's policy priorities and new ventures, with an eye toward advancing leading-edge ideas and practices across the organization. In addition, the policy team is focused on developing and implementing efficient, evidence-based court practices in partnership with the new york state unified court system, as well as other criminal justice stakeholders. This work includes developing a model for individualized jail population review that aims to reduce the new york city jail population in order to help ensure the closure of rikers island, and to serve as a model for other large jurisdictions to reduce pretrial incarceration.

Center core:the center's core planning and operations staff respond to requests for planning assistance from the court system; provide supervision and oversight court programs throughout new york city and state; and develop and implement funding, communications, and technology strategies that support this work.