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 Oregonian covers the first session of the Bud Clark Commons Community Court, the first in the nation located in a homeless facility, and quotes the Center for Court Innovation's director of technical assistance, Julius Lang.
The Portland Tribune profiles the first community court in a homeless facility. The Center for Court Innovation's director of technical assistance, Julius Lang, calls the court a possible next step in the evolution of community courts.
The Brooklyn Rail profiles Groundswell, a beautification organization that works with the Red Hook Community Justice Center to offer community service options.
The National Council on Crime and Delinquency honored the Center for Court Innovation's video, "Testing New Ideas," podcast series, "New Thinking," and publication, "Learning by Doing" in the 2011 PASS Awards.
Child Welfare Watch, of the Center for New York City Affairs at The New School, posts footage of a discussion on youth violence, which features Reean Charles, organizer at Youth Organizing to Save Our Streets (YO S.O.S.), among others.
A piece from Stateline on New York State Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman's juvenile justice reform agenda highlights the alternative sentencing options for youth offered by Bronx Community Solutions.
Center for Court Innovation Director Greg Berman talks with the Berkeley Center for Criminal Justice about community justice and criminal justice reform.
In the New York Law Journal, Greg Berman and Al Siegel of the Center for Court Innovation argue that "this is not the time to consider scaling back our commitment to community-based services for troubled youth."
The Crime Report covers Assistant U.S. Attorney General Laurie Robinson's remarks at Community Justice 2012, an international conference on community justice in Washington, D.C.
The New York Daily News profiles the Brownsville Youth Court, a new youth court in Brooklyn that offers offenders ages 10 to 18 an alternative to the conventional criminal justice system.