KEEPING PEOPLE OUT OF THE SYSTEM &
GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF THE SYSTEM QUICKLY
Safety + Justice Challenge: Assisting Sites in Reform
One approach to reducing the reach of the criminal legal system on individuals includes developing policies, programs, and practices reducing the reliance on jails. Planning, preparing for, and implementing these strategies takes dedicated coordination and expertise.
Funded by the MacArthur Foundation, the Safety and Justice Challenge aims to change the way America thinks about and uses jails. JSP is providing technical assistance to ten selected sites across the country to assist their criminal legal systems to safely reduce jail incarceration – with a particular focus on addressing the disproportionate impact on racially and ethnicially minoritized communities.
JSP provides technical assistance to Ada Co, ID; Allegheny, PA; Cook Co, IL; Charleston Co, SC; Lake Co, IL; Mecklenburg Co, NC; Milwaukee, WI; Multnomah Co, OR; Pima Co, AZ; City & County of San Francisco, CA.
As part of the SJC, JSP also hosts the California Network which brings together several California counties involved in the SJC to discuss their strategies, progress, and build a community of partners. Additionally, JSP hosts the Pretrial Equity Transformation (PET) Network, an open network to anyone interested in enhancing equity inside pretrial specifically.
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Pillars Guiding Our Work
Keeping People Out of the System
Keeping People Out of the System
Getting People Who are in the System Out Quickly
Getting People Who are in the System Out Quickly
Centering People Who Remain in the System and Individualizing Services
Centering People Who Remain in the System and Individualizing Services
Caring For People Who Care For People Impacted by the System
Caring For People Who Care For People Impacted by the System
We organize our work into four key pillars. The goal of these pillars is to eliminate the reach of the carceral state on people and communities, and to take care of people and staff impacted by involvement. At JSP, we acknowledge that structural racism exists both in society and within the criminal legal system. We also acknowledge an individual’s race, skin tone, gender, disability, sexuality, age, and income, and the intersection of these and other factors exacerbate the structural inequities they experience navigating the criminal legal system.
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