Vera research staff are conducting three types of quantitative analyses in their work to help prisons safely decrease the number of people held in isolation, also known as segregation.

The Family Justice Program's research in three different kinds of jail settings showed that people in jail rely on their families for support while inside and when returning to the community.

Vera is conducting research in New York City to learn more about how decision making at discretion points in the juvenile justice system contributes to the dilemma of the overrepresentation of youth of color, known as disproportionate minority contact.