Reducing the Use of Jail
Since 2014, the Center for Court Innovation has worked with the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to help plan and launch the Safety + Justice Challenge, a national initiative to reduce the use of jail across the United States.
The MacArthur Foundation today announced nearly $25 million worth of grants to support 20 jurisdictions in their local reform efforts. Going forward, the Center for Court Innovation will provide several of these jurisdictions with strategic advice and support as they implement their plans to shrink their local jail populations. This work grows out of the Center's 20 year history of creating meaningful jail alternatives in New York and providing technical assistance to jail reformers across the country and around the world.
In addition to the Center for Court Innovation, several other leading criminal justice organizations will support the participants in the Safety + Justice Challenge, including the Institute for State and Local Governance, Justice Management Institute, Justice System Partners, Vera Institute of Justice, Pretrial Justice Institute, and W. Haywood Burns Institute.
For more information about the Safety and Justice Challenge and participating jurisdictions, please visit http://www.safetyandjusticechallenge.org.