From political candidates to Congress and celebrity A-listers, justice reform has become the social change movement of the year.
As 2015 comes to a close, we ask you to help us continue our work by supporting JPI at this critical time.
While some are new to the cause of promoting policies and practices to end mass incarceration of adults and youth alike, JPI is continuing its legacy of reform work from the ground up.
Here's a snapshot of what we've been working on...
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PI is supporting advocates and policymakers in Virginia and Maryland to reduce prison populations, and reinvest these savings into the communities most impacted by incarceration. This year, JPI provided research, communications, and organizing assistance to advocates to push the
Partnering with the Prison Policy Initiative to Release The Right Investment
The Right Investment? Corrections Spending in Baltimore City, a joint report by the Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) and the Justice Policy Institute (JPI), was released in February 2015. The report highlighted the lack of opportunity, low levels of educational achievement, and high rates of incarceration in particular communities in Baltimore. By contextualizing the broader set of issues and circumstances, JPI set a bold policy agenda focused on reducing incarceration and investing the savings into impacted communities, which became more poignant on the heels of the tragic Freddie Gray incident. To this end, JPI's Marc Schindler and Keith Wallington both co-authored an insightful op-ed and letter to the editor, about the conditions in Baltimore city as well as the need for positive investments into marginalized communities.
Research to Reduce Joblessness Through Criminal Justice Reform
Full Employment: How Can We Get There and Stay There? Why Does It Matter?
Supporting Youth Deincarceration Campaigns in States
New campaigns are starting in a half-dozen states designed to reduce the number of young people incarcerated. JPI developed a policy brief designed to help support campaigns in a half-dozen states working with the
Youth First! Initiative to keep young people out of juvenile facilities, and build more community approaches to serve youth in their home communities.
2015 was a big year for criminal justice reform and JPI. Thank you for supporting the movement and allowing us to continue advocating for those who need it most. Supporting JPI is the
#RightInvestment. Help us promote policies that build strong, healthy, and safe communities.
A contribution today can help us work to end the
#IncarcerationGeneration and invest in communities, not cells.