Vera is a partner in the Public Safety Performance Project, an operating project of The Pew Charitable Trusts. Launched in 2006, the project supports in-depth research and public and policy-maker education to help states increase public safety, manage corrections spending and hold offenders accountable. The Public Safety Performance Project seeks to help states advance fiscally sound, data driven policies and practices in sentencing and corrections that protect public safety, hold offenders accountable and control corrections costs. The project helps states diagnose the factors driving prison growth and provides policy audits to identify options for reform, drawing on solid research, promising approaches and best practices in other states. The initiative also helps state officials, practitioners and others share state-of-the-art knowledge and ideas through policy forums, public opinion surveys, multi-state meetings, national, regional and state-level convenings, and online information about what works. For more information about the project, visit Pew's Public Safety Performance Project website.