This report by the Crime and Justice Institute (CJI) shows progress made by Oklahoma County to implement earlier 2016 Task Force recommendations to reduce the jail population and promote public safety. The county’s Criminal Justice Advisory Council requested CJI’s assistance to perform a follow-up study of the county’s progress.
This publication by the Crime and Justice Institute (CJI) explores promising outcomes from the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI). The four states highlighted in this publication — Mississippi, Utah, Louisiana, and Alaska — received technical assistance from CJI in their JRI efforts. Read the full report here: Justice Reinvestment Initiative: Prioritizing Prison Resources Where They Matter…
This publication by the Crime and Justice Institute (CJI) highlights the common themes emerging from a panel discussion at the Association of Paroling Authorities International (APAI) Annual Training Conference in April 2023. Read full report here: Lessons Learned: 2023 Association of Paroling Authorities International, Annual Training Conference CJI’s panel on strategies for safely reducing community…
The latest publications from the Crime and Justice Institute (CJI) explore the prominent themes emerging from an interview and survey project with women police officers and leaders from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD). To better understand the backgrounds, experiences, and challenges of women in policing, CJI, in partnership with LVMPD, conducted a survey…
This brief by the Crime and Justice Institute (CJI) explores the impact of Louisiana’s 2017 justice reform legislation resulting from its Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI).
A new brief by the Crime and Justice Institute (CJI) spotlights the Tennessee Office of Reentry, which strives to help people exiting incarceration succeed in the community by removing barriers and improving state-coordinated reentry processes. Unlike in many states, Tennessee’s reentry office is intentionally embedded in the Department of Labor & Workforce Development, using employment…
The Crime and Justice Institute (CJI) partnered with the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) in 2019 to examine the factors driving revocations of community supervision—including probation and community control–and identify opportunities to safely reduce revocations and enhance public safety. This publication summarizes some of the findings and recommendations included in CJI’s 2022 report, Improving Outcomes…
A new report by the Crime and Justice Institute (CJI) explores the urgent challenges facing Nebraska’s corrections system—along with a path forward. Over the last decade, Nebraska increased its prison population by 21%, outpacing state population growth nearly threefold. Nebraska faces the most acute prison overcrowding in the country, with six of the ten prisons…
In September 2022, the City of Duluth partnered with CJI to conduct a racial bias audit of the Duluth Police Department (DPD). Duluth’s Racial Bias Audit Team (RBAT), a diverse group of community volunteers, developed goals and objectives for the audit, including a comprehensive assessment of Department operations, Department interactions with the community, and the…
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