Safeguarding Justice
Vera Institute of Justice 12th Annual Gala
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Featured Work
Statement on DOJ’s Decision to Halt Legal Orientation Program
Yesterday, Vera learned the Department of Justice is halting our Legal Orientation Program (LOP) as of April 30. LOP serves more than 50,000 people per year in 38 large detention centers and ensures that all immigrants in detention are provided with the essential information they need to navigate our complex legal system. LOP empowers program parti...
Corrections-Based Responses to the Opioid Epidemic
Lessons from New York State's Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Program
As the opioid crisis has swept the nation, more and more states are equipping their first responders and police officers with naloxone, an overdose antidote that reverses opioid overdoses and can be administered by bystanders with minimal training. This report details the efforts of New York State to implement an overdose education and naloxone dis...
Divided Justice
Trends in Black and White Jail Incarceration 1990-2013
Recent data analyses on jail incarceration—taken from Vera’s Incarceration Trends tool—reveal that although significant racial disparities still exist between black and white jail incarceration rates, incarceration rates for black people are declining, while rates for white people are rising. This report dives into the data on black and white incar...
