CORI

CJI, with support from The Boston Foundation and the Gardiner Howland Shaw Foundation, has embarked on a statewide effort to improve outcomes in the Massachusetts criminal justice system. This project has a number of components geared toward identifying problems and gaps in the system, developing solutions and assisting in the implementation of reforms designed to increase public safety and reduce the costs of the corrections system.

Examining the Massachusetts Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) system and its impact on ex-offenders seeking employment and housing.

With funding from the Gardiner Howland Shaw Foundation, CJI manages, produces, and distributes the Coming Home Reentry Resource Directory, a compilation of services available to ex-offenders returning to or living in Greater Boston communities.