The State of Justice Reform 2018
A journey through the stories that shaped American justice.
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.
Vera is committed to
Featured Work
Perry County, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Norton
Keeping the Lights On
Incarcerating the Bluegrass State
We will Not Settle in Our Pursuit of Racial Equity
We have also implemented strategies to help our board members, staff, and key partners better understand the link between the American criminal justice system and America’s history of white supremacy, including cohort visits to the Equal Justice Initiative’s National Memorial to Peace and Justice and the Legacy Museum in Montgomery, AL and relevant...
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Genia Wright
Acknowledging Black History Requires Uncomfortable Honesty
At the Vera Institute of Justice, we are committed to ending mass incarceration and ensuring equal justice for all. However, achieving these commitments—and ensuring we don’t simply repeat past mistakes—cannot be done without an explicit commitment to advancing racial equity. As we have written in some of our recent reports—and as a growing n...
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Nicholas Turner