The Choice is Yours (TCY) is a felony diversion program in Philadelphia that channels young people arrested for drug possession with intent to distribute away from jail and into education and job training services. Alberta LLoyd, TCY career training and life skills instructor, and Marta Buechler, TCY case manager, discuss some of the numerous life challenges faced by TCY participants.
In 2025, New Orleans endured a year of crisis, change, and turmoil. An unprecedented snowstorm, a terrorist attack, a jail break, the Super Bowl, and federal incursions by the National Guard and Immigration and Customs Enforcement all collided in a single year, testing the city’s resilience and straining its capacity to respond. These overlapping c ...
As AI becomes increasingly used in the criminal justice and immigration systems, the Vera Institute of Justice (Vera) is committed to promoting the accountable use of AI: systems that produce fair, just, and equitable outcomes that help end the criminalization and mass incarceration of people of color, immigrants, and people experiencing poverty. T ...
Vice president for Advocacy and Partnerships will become the sixth leader of Vera in its 65-year history.
Insha Rahman will be the next president and director of the Vera Institute of Justice and Vera Action, its sister 501(c)(4) organization. A leading political strategist and criminal justice expert, Rahman has served as Vera’s vice president for Advocacy and Partnerships and the director of Vera Action since 2020. She will make history as the first ...