Accountability, Healing, and Equity Inside American Prisons
What Will It Take to Transform America's Prison System?
At a time of unprecedented challenge, we’re fighting for justice reform built on bedrock American values and grounded in action at the state and local level.
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Featured Work
Changing Course in the Overdose Crisis
Moving from Punishment to Harm Reduction and Health
Drug overdose is the leading cause of accidental death in the United States, and communities across the country are struggling to respond. But the punitive approach exemplified by the “war on drugs” has driven mass incarceration, exacerbated racial disparities within the criminal justice system, and devastated communities of color. The United State...
There’s a Strong Case for Sticking With Bail Reform
The New York law has been on the books for less than a month and already the critics are on the attack.
Annual Report 2019
A Vision for Change
