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New Vera report: ''The Price of Prisons: What Incarceration Costs Taxpayers''

jverdone — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:54:35 -0600

Christine M. Leonard Named Director of Vera's Washington DC Office

mmehler — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:10:57 -0500

United Nations Releases Rule of Law Indicators Guide

mmehler — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:50:33 -0500

Whitney Tymas Named Director of Prosecution and Racial Justice Program

achasan — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:29:02 -0500

Vera Launches Cost-Benefit Knowledge Bank for Criminal Justice Website

achasan — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:39:32 -0500

MEDIA ADVISORY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, April 5, 2011

For an interview with Tina Chiu, please contact:
Alice Chasan
Communications Department
(212) 376-3064
achasan@vera.org

New Vera report on juvenile detention risk assessment

achasan — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:22:04 -0500

MEDIA ADVISORY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 7, 2011

Laura Simich named director of research for Vera's Center on Immigration and Justice

aleman — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:19:09 -0600

The Vera Institute of Justice has named Laura Simich as director of research for its Center on Immigration and Justice.

Vera Releases Process Evaluation Report on Secure Juvenile Placement Reform in Washington, DC

aleman — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:38:54 -0600

NEW YORK – A report released today by the Vera Institute’s Center on Youth Justice (CYJ) sheds light on the process the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS)—the agency responsible for all detained and committed youth in the District of Columbia—used to radically change its approach to juvenile justice.

New Report Shows States Reducing Corrections Spending While Striving to Further Improve Public Safety

aleman — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:57:12 -0500

NEW YORK – A report released today by the Vera Institute of Justice’s Center on Sentencing and Corrections suggests that after decades of increases in corrections spending, states are trying something new.

Author available to discuss policy brief on New York State’s responses to teens’ chronic school absenteeism

aleman — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:51:21 -0500

The New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) today released Getting Teenagers Back to School: Rethinking New York State’s Response to Chronic Absence, a policy brief researched and written for the agency by the Vera Institute of Justice in partnership with Casey Family Programs.