Massachusetts

CJI designs, administers, and scores promotional exams for correctional officers applying to be sergeants, lieutenants, and captains at county-based jails in Massachusetts.

CJI worked with the Greater Lowell Ex-Offender Reentry Partnership through the Greater Lowell Workforce Investment Board, and the Career Center of Lowell, to develop a three-year strategic plan to begin to slow the revolving door of incarceration in the community of Lowell, MA.

With support from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, CJI conducted a three-county examination of the preparation of prisoners for employment upon release.

With funding from The Boston Foundation, CJI conducted a public opinion study to explore the thinking of Massachusetts and Boston residents about criminal justice policy on such issues as sentencing, corrections, and prisoner reintegration.

The Gardiner Howland Shaw Foundation supported the development of CJI’s “Criminal and Juvenile Justice Policy Briefing Book” as part of its effort to promote effective and efficient criminal justice policies in Massachusetts.