The Center for Justice Innovation—and our operating programs—are regularly featured in the media. Here is a sampling of the press coverage of our work.
Staten Island's new youth court builds teenagers' skills and gives young offenders a second chance; at the same time, it warns offenders not to repeat their mistakes, writes former Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye.
Local communities must be given a greater say in determining the punishments meted out to young people if youth re-offending rates are to be reduced, says the Institute for Public Policy Research in a report that cites the Red Hook Community Justice Center as inspiration for its recommendations.
A 16-year-old who pleaded guilty to petit larceny will have his case heard in a courtroom run by young people ages 14 to 18, who will determine an appropriate sanction.
An editorial calls for the urgent reconsideration of a recently rejected plan to open a pilot community court--Scotland's first--in the east end of Glasgow.
Angela Jimenez, director of Downstate Operations, New York State Division of Parole, and Yvonne Oliver, a parole officer at the Harlem Parole Reentry Court, talk about the work of parole officers and the challenges faced by former prisoners to find work and build stable lives.
Angela Jimenez, director of Downstate Operations, New York State Division of Parole, and Yvonne Oliver, a parole officer at the Harlem Parole Reentry Court, talk about the work of parole officers and the challenges faced by former prisoners to find work and build stable lives.
Angela Jimenez, director of Downstate Operations of the New York State Division of Parole and Yvonne Oliver, a parole officer at the Harlem Parole Reentry Court, talk about the challenges former prisoners face finding work and building stable lives.
CNN takes a closer look at how Brooklyn Treatment Court uses rigorous judicial monitoring and the threat of jail to help offenders get sober, re-build their lives and avoid re-offending.
