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Alliance of Families for Justice
This is the website for Alliance of Families for Justice. We support,
empower, and mobilize families of incarcerated people and people with
criminal records to catalyze systemic change.
Just How Racist Is the U.S. Criminal Justice System?
Policymakers, criminal justice administrators, and scholars all agree that there should be zero tolerance towards racism in any stages of the criminal justice system. And yet, there is substantial…
What makes recovery difficult for the criminal justice population?
How to Repair the Criminal Justice System
We talked to leaders and activists spearheading prison reform to find out what we can do to fix our broken penal system.
How Neuroscience is Reforming Criminal Justice
New research into how the brain works is contributing to innovative strategies for reducing recidivism and developing alternatives to incarceration.
How Can Restorative Justice Change the Criminal System?
Restorative justice is changing youth incarceration across the country.
How Skepticism Could Improve The Criminal Justice System
Can you imagine being locked up on death row for a crime you didn’t commit? What would that feel like? Would you be angry? Frustrated? Would you eventually accept your new reality? As each one of your neighbours is marched to the death chamber past your cell, would you become more scared or less? What …
Fixing the source: Rehabilitating the juvenile justice system
Something cannot come from nothing; is the way we’re treating juvenile offenders creating the larger problems we see in adult offender populations?
Fixing our broken juvenile justice system
The breaking down of old systems and definitions of justice and the building of new systems of support and protection for youth provides a huge opportunity – and this is merely the beginning …
Criminal justice reforms are next big measure of state success
Balancing public safety and constructive outcomes for offenders is key to good governance.
To reimagine the criminal justice system, start with a face-to-face connection
I urge all policymakers of all levels across the country to join these efforts and commit to following a thoughtful approach to policy that focuses not only on data, but the people behind those numbers.
When the Redemptive Power of Work Meets Criminal Justice Reform
As we continue to fight for better policies and a more fair and equitable criminal justice system, let’s not forget the powerful role that work can play in facilitating personal journeys of restoration and rehabilitation in the everyday and everywhere in-between.
3 Steps to Reform Our Juvenile and Criminal Justice Systems
As a kid who has been involved in the streets, endured racial inequality and been incarcerated facing adult time, three things comes to my mind about how we can fix this: prevention, fair treatment of kids and re-entry.
How to End Racial Bias in Juvenile Justice Risk-Needs Assessments
In courtrooms across the U.S., many judges decide whether to incarcerate youth on the basis of a “risk and needs assessment” tool that studies show is biased against young people of color. The authors of a new report offer four recommendations for improvement.
My Turn: Criminal justice reform would harm N.H., a state that does it right
Criminal justice reform is frequently discussed, however it means different things to different people. To some it is about a fair and just system protecting the rights of individuals while assuring the safety and order of our communities. To others...
Why Brown must actively guide Prop. 57's criminal justice reform
The state corrections department can't be trusted to properly implement Proposition 57.
