Collaboration
The Collective Impact of Suspending Suspensions
An excerpt of Twenty Years of Life: Why the Poor Die Earlier and How the Challenge Inequity
Excerpt
Tag: Criminal Justice Reform
Impact Investing
Philanthropists Must Invest in an Ecology of Change
How a “social movement ecology” framework lent new insights into substantially reducing incarceration in the United States.
Philanthropy & Funding
A Case for Giving Locally
A dollar might stretch further overseas, but it can still go far to increase welfare and tackle injustice closer to home.
Philanthropy & Funding
The Power of Early-Stage Organizations to Change Entrenched Systems
New organizations often bring new tactics to old problems, but they need funding and support to move from idea to systemic change.
Education
From Prison Back to School
Boston Uncornered gives gang-involved individuals a stipend and social support to attend college.
Human Rights
Prison Reform Goes Local
A MacArthur-backed project is funding 40 local jurisdictions' efforts to reduce their jailed populations.
Design Thinking
Design Thinking for Accountability
A new community justice system in Liberia emerges from a design-thinking approach.
Nonprofit Management
The Road to Scale Runs Through Public Systems
The president and CEO of the Annie E. Casey Foundation writes about the importance of working with public systems.
Human Rights
Law Without Lawyers
Timap for Justice trains ordinary citizens to provide legal assistance in a country—Sierra Leone—where legal professionals are scarce.
Government
Accounting for Justice
The US criminal justice system will benefit from a new tool that collects and compares data on a county-by-county basis.