New JPI Report
Billion Dollar Divide: Virginia's Sentencing, Corrections and Criminal Justice Challenge.
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April 23, 2014
JPI in the News, Criminal Justice News—Recidivism Rates Highlight Need for Deeper Reforms
Paul Ashton, April 9, 2014
JPI in the News, Criminal Justice News—The latest Just Policy Blog: National Crime Victims' Rights Week: Restoring the Balance of Justice
Justice Policy Institute, April 2, 2014
Criminal Justice (Adult), Drug Policy, Fiscal Policy, Positive Social Investments, Racial Disparities—Billion Dollar Divide points to racial disparities, skewed fiscal priorities, and missed opportunities for improvements through proposed legislation, and calls for reforms to the commonwealth… Continue
March 26, 2014
Announcements, Criminal Justice News—As part of JPI's analysis on Virginia's criminal justice system, we will be part of a discussion on the Commonwealth's sentencing, corrections and criminal justice approach as we release the second… Continue
Jason Ziedenberg, March 24, 2014
Announcements, Criminal Justice News—The latest Just Policy Blog: Improving Accountability, Reducing Incarceration: Shifting to Success-Oriented Federal Funding of Local Law Enforcement
Marc Schindler, March 6, 2014
Announcements, Criminal Justice News—Just Policy Blog 3.6.14: Tiny Steps to Deinarcerate and Billions for Prisons and Police
February 28, 2014
Announcements, Criminal Justice News—One year ago this week, the Justice Policy Institute released two groundbreaking reports highlighting the encouraging trend toward reduced confinement of youth nationwide.
In the year since the… Continue
JPI, June 24, 2013
Criminal Justice (Adult), Drug Policy, Juvenile Justice, Positive Social Investments, Racial Disparities—The Justice Policy Institute's 2013 published "Incarceration Generation," a coffee-table book of essays detailing the rise of mass incarceration over the last 40 years, features this pull-out… Continue
February 12, 2014
JPI in the News, Announcements, Criminal Justice News—The Justice Policy Institute is proud to welcome Jason Ziedenberg to its staff as Director of Research and Policy.
Jason, an expert in research, communications and advocacy, will help JPI maintain… Continue
February 12, 2014
JPI in the News, Announcements, Criminal Justice News—Remember the critically important report from the National Academies of Science on reforming the juvenile justice system that came out last fall, called Reforming Juvenile Justice: A Developmental… Continue
UprisingRadio.Org, January 7, 2014
JPI in the News, Criminal Justice News—JPI Executive Director Marc Schindler was featured on KPFK in Los Angles in an interview discussing Norfolk, VA's Travion Blount currently serving six life sentences plus 118 years in prison without… Continue
Judith Browne Dianis and Marc Schindler, December 30, 2013
JPI in the News—BET.com published an op-ed penned by the Advancement Project's Judith Browne Dianis and JPI's Marc Schindler on Virginia's justice system, highlighting voter disenfranchisement.
November 22, 2013
Announcements, Criminal Justice News—The Justice Policy Institute published a new policy brief on Virginia's escalating crisis within its justice system. Virginia's Justice System: Expensive, Ineffective and Unfair , calls the… Continue
Spike Bradford, November 13, 2013
Criminal Justice (Adult), Drug Policy, Fiscal Policy, Juvenile Justice, Positive Social Investments, Racial Disparities—Virginia's Justice System: Expensive, Ineffective and Unfair points to reforms that, if implemented, would result in relief for Virginians directly impacted by the justice system and taxpayers alike.
September 27, 2013
Press Releases—Today, President Obama issued his Administration's recommendations to increase funding for school resource officers (SROs) in an effort to curb school violence – an offshoot from last… Continue
Spike Bradford, September 30, 2013
Criminal Justice (Adult), Fiscal Policy, Positive Social Investments, Racial Disparities—This brief provides an update on pretrial and bail reform over the last year as a follow up to JPI's 2012 Bail Month Report Series.
August 28, 2013
Press Releases—As President Obama said today from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, the U.S. justice system should not be a pipeline from underfunded schools and to overcrowded jails. Adding to that sentiment… Continue
Melissa Neal, Justice Policy Institute, June 21, 2012
Juvenile Justice, Positive Social Investments—This brief examines the intersection of youth mental health and the justice system in Washington, D.C.