Bronx Community Solutions

Bronx Community Solutions applies a problem-solving approach to non-violent cases in the Bronx, providing judges with alternatives to jail and fines.

Bronx Community Solutions seeks to reduce the use of short-term jail sentences and build public confidence in justice. The project builds on ideas and practices tested in community courts in Red Hook, Midtown, and Harlem, which have been documented to reduce local crime and incarceration.

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Highlights

Project Reset

Project Reset is a diversion program offering a new response to low-level offending that is proportionate, effective, and restorative.
Supervised Release

The Supervised Release Program seeks to reduce the number of people held in jail simply because they cannot afford bail.

Our Impact

$340K estimated savings to New York City from community service performed by clients of Bronx Community Solutions

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8,000 Bronx Community Solutions works with more than 8,000 cases each year

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43% New York City credited Bronx Community Solutions with contributing to a 43% drop in jail sentences for misdemeanor defendants in the Bronx

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Publications & Digital Media

Publication
Fact Sheet: Bronx Community Solutions

This fact sheet summarizes the mission and impact of Bronx Community Solutions, an initiative of the Center for Court Innovation that seeks to apply a problem-solving approach to non-violent cases in the Bronx.

Problem-Solving Justice, Community Justice
Video
The Short Answer: What are Some of the Challenges to Innovation in the Court System and How do you Overcome Them?

Bronx County Criminal Court Supervising Judge George A. Grasso answers the question: What are some of the challenges to innovation in the court system and how do you overcome them?
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The Short Answer: How has Bronx Community Solutions Helped Your Office Develop Alternatives to Incarceration?

Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark answers the question: How has Bronx Community Solutions helped your office develop alternatives to incarceration?

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News

Jail or Bail? There’s a New Option

February 1, 2019
New York Times

A deep dive from The New York Times on the accomplishments and future of New York City's supervised release program, which is helping to push the city's jail population to historic lows. The article features the work of our Bronx Community Solutions. We're proud to have offered supervised release to thousands of New Yorkers since 2016.
Chief Judge Tackles Opioid Addiction in State of Our Judiciary Speech

February 6, 2018
New York Law Journal

In her State of Our Judiciary address, New York Chief Judge Janet DiFiore says the model for the Bronx's new opioid court—offering treatment and services through our Bronx Community Solutions in lieu of a guilty plea and incarceration—will be expanded across New York City.
New York Empties Its Jails

February 1, 2018
Open Democracy

Featuring the alternative sentencing work of our Bronx Community Solutions, an investigation of the factors driving New York City's historic reductions in both incarceration and crime.

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Partners

Partners include the New York State Unified Court System, Bronx District Attorney’s Office, Criminal Justice Coordinator’s Office of the City of New York, the local defense bar, and dozens of local service providers and community groups.

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