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.
The Crime Report spotlights two new Center for Court Innovation publications that highlight the work of opioid treatment courts, which offer critical tools to address the opioid epidemic.
Newark Youth Court offers teenagers restorative justice for low-level cases, with real cases reviewed and real sentences decided by a judge and jury of their peers. NJTV News visits the courtroom to follow the progress of a case and hears from youth who want to pursue careers as prosecutors and community advocates.
Examining the debate over racial bias in risk assessment tools used in courtrooms, The Marshall Project features our study, 'Beyond the Algorithm,' which explores the use of the algorithm as one tool in a larger framework in support of a more fair and just system.
Center for Court Innovation director Greg Berman discusses 25 years of the Center's work with Dutch organization de Rechtspraak as we continue to "push, poke, and prod the justice system to be more effective and more humane." Interview available courtesy of de Rechtspraak. (See also video of Berman's candid Q & A with Center alum Chris Watler reflecting on his quarter-century tenure.)
Legislation like the recent New York State justicereforms is a powerful tool, but it's no magic bullet. As former New York Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman and our director, Greg Berman, argue, lasting change also requires the slow grind of transforming practice and culture.
NBC Nightly News visits Newark Youth Court, where young people serve as judge and jury for low-level cases involving their peers. Cases result in real sentences that foster accountability and provide young people the help needed to avoid further involvement in the justice system.
With significant reforms aimed at reducing the harms of the justice system passed in New York State, Adam Mansky, our director of criminal justice, outlines three of our programs already in place that also represent a positive vision of what justice can look like.
With significant reforms aimed at reducing the harms of the justice system passed in New York State, Adam Mansky, our director of criminal justice, outlines three of our programs already in place that also represent a positive vision of what justice can look like.
With significant reforms aimed at reducing the harms of the justice system passed in New York State, Adam Mansky, our director of criminal justice, outlines three of our programs already in place that also represent a positive vision of what justice can look like.
We all know what's wrong with the criminal justice system (fairness and humanity are often in short supply). Drawing from our work, our director, Greg Berman, describes some community-based solutions—like violence interruption, trauma-informed care for the justice-involved, and social workers rather than bail or detention pretrial—that are already making a difference.