Justice Policy Institute

IRAA Implementation Support Support to District-wide efforts to build a comprehensive response to the needs of those released under the Incarceration Reduction Amendment Act of 2016 (IRAA) and the Second Look Act of 2020, including providing coordination among funded legal services and reentry service providers.

Public Information Officers Learning Collaborative - JPI served as a project partner and convenor of the Public Information Officers Learning Collaborative in partnership with the Georgetown University Center for Youth Justice (formerly Center for Juvenile Justice Reform), providing support to youth justice and child welfare PIOs from across the country.

Emerging Adult Justice Reform Work in Washington, DC JPI worked in coalition with partner organizations and advocates related to advancing implementation of the Emerging Adult Strategic Plan (18-to-24-year-olds) as required under the Amended Youth Rehabilitation Act of 2018. As part of this work JPI published the report Building a Brighter Future: A Plan to Invest in DCs Emerging Adults, as well as participated in the Columbia University Emerging Adult Justice Projects innovation site cohort.

Other JPI engaged in a variety of other juvenile and criminal justice reform program activities in support of its mission, including serving as a fiscal sponsor for More Than Our Crimes; conducting research and policy work to reduce the use of long prison terms; enhancing community responses to those involved in violent crime and returning to the community after incarceration; and supporting public education related to the 50th anniversary of the Juvenile Justice and Deliquency Prevention Act.