Human Rights
Thinking About Punishment
An excerpt from How Trust Works on the psychology of criminal justice reform
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Tag: Criminal Justice Reform
Arts & Culture
A Voice in Prison
Arts programming in prisons is more than just rehabilitation. It’s radical activism.
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Justice by the Numbers
An innovative partnership between lawyers for the ACLU of Massachusetts and public interest technologist Paola Villarreal resulted in the single largest dismissal of wrongful convictions in US history.
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Human Rights
What Really Makes Us Safe?
An excerpt from Rich Thanks to Racism addresses shifting investments in mass criminalization to multidisciplinary systems of care.
Social Enterprise
A Better Way to Keep People From Going Back to Prison
Most programs that try to help formerly imprisoned people re-enter society and avoid reincarceration have been far from successful. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) may help turn the tide.
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Leadership
An Antidote to Orthodoxy
A new book argues that “alien” thinking can drive social change.
Human Rights
We See You: Why America Must Invest in Young Adults of Color
As the nation’s multiracial majority comes of age, just and fair inclusion are essential for economic recovery and prosperity.
Government
Toward Co-Designing a Better Criminal Justice System
To improve public services like the justice system, social innovators need to co-design solutions with people who have experienced them and find ways to cut through the organizational barriers they faced.
Human Rights
The Fight to End Cash Bail
The Bail Project began as a simple idea by Bronx public defenders to set up a fund to protect their clients from the ravages of an unfair system. Now their advocacy is part of a vanguard to overhaul US criminal justice.
Philanthropy & Funding
Funding Innovations That Break the Mold
How funders can support bold, emerging leaders and their cutting-edge ideas.