Reimagining justice solutions

We engage with policymakers, practitioners, and communities to implement policies and programs that reduce the system’s reliance on incarceration, keep people in their community, and lead to more equitable and effective outcomes at all points in the system.

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Public Safety Assess...

CEPP assists jurisdictions in implementing the Public Safety Assessment (PSA), a research-based tool that evaluates the likelihood that a person charg...

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Implementing the Ill...

The Fair Access to Indigent Representation (FAIR) Act establishes Illinois’s first statewide public defender system, marking a historic shift in how t...

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Gender Equity Work a...

Recognizing and addressing the distinct needs of women in the justice system leads to better outcomes for them, their families, and their communities....

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Public Safety Assess...

The Commonwealth of Virginia is advancing its pretrial system through the statewide implementation of the Public Safety Assessment (PSA), a research-b...

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CEPP Justice Policy ...

CEPP seeks to ensure that currently and formerly incarcerated people have opportunities to apply their experience, collective skills, and intellectual...

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Gender Justice Pretr...

This project emerges from the urgent need to interrupt a 50-year trend of rising pretrial detention and incarceration of women, despite them having th...

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CEPP’s Racial ...

CEPP recognizes that racial inequity and disparity persist at every phase of the criminal legal system, with devastating effects on BIPOC communities....

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Addressing Racial an...

CEPP is working to address racial and ethnic disparities in the pretrial system in Outagamie County, Wisconsin. CEPP is collecting and analyzing local...

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