Through Their Eyes
A Massachusetts jail is transforming incarceration for young adults. These are their stories.
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
Restoring Promise
An initiative to disrupt the American prison system.
Safe Prisons, Safe Communities
From Isolation to Dignity and Wellness Behind Bars
Vera is working to end the use of restrictive housing (also called solitary confinement or segregation) by partnering with states and local corrections agencies to implement safe and effective alternative strategies. Increasing evidence shows that restrictive housing—where people are held in a cell for 22-24 hours per day—is harmful to incarcerated...
Project
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Sara Sullivan
This Mental Health Month and Beyond, Collaboration Helps Police Serve Safely
People with mental illnesses and developmental disabilities are more likely to encounter police than get medical help when they’re in crisis. Lapses in communication—an individual in crisis struggling to understand an officer’s command, an officer misinterpreting that struggle as willful noncompliance and countering more aggressively, exacerbating ...
Blog Post
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Jackson Beck