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Striving for Equal Opportunities and Outcomes in the Community: Dr. Cherrell Green’s Will and Advocacy for Racial Justice and Equity

by Didi Nguyen | Jan 27, 2023 | Criminal Justice, Racial Justice

Criminal legal system agencies are reckoning with how they have contributed to racial and ethnic disparities and upheld structural racism – or the formal and informal policies and practices that systematically create preferences for some groups over others. In...

Working Toward Pretrial Fairness in Cook County, IL

by Emily Numbers | Dec 12, 2022 | Criminal Justice

The first installment in a four-part series. JSP is working alongside Cook County, IL to implement the Pretrial Fairness Act (PFA). This comprehensive legislation eliminates money bond, reduces pretrial incarceration, and increases law enforcement use of citations...