A great new report by Selen Perker and Lael Chester at Columbia Justice Lab on emerging adults in the courts and incarceration. Emerging adult innovations point to a new paradigm geared towards human development and community investment rather than punishment.

eajustice.org/hybrid-systems

Devah Pager Bruce Western These findings suggest that reducing the use of fines and fees is unlikely to have a substantial impact on crime, nor is it likely to have a pronounced influence on the budgets of the governments that impose them: counciloncj.org/relief-from-cr…

The Columbia Justice Lab is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Scholar to work on the Raise the Age Research Project, the Punishment and Incarceration in NYC Project, and the Probation and Parole Reform Project! For more information and to apply, visit apply.interfolio.com/121687

TOMORROW: Don't miss out on an in-person discussion with Khalil Gibran Muhammad and Bruce Western on the recent publication 'Reducing Racial Inequality in Crime and Justice'

⏰ 11:30 AM-1:30 PM ET
📍Bell Hall, fifth floor, Belfer Building, HKS

Sign up here ⤵️
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Tonight! Join The Square One Project to celebrate the publication of PARSIMONY AND OTHER RADICAL IDEAS ABOUT JUSTICE with contributors Bruce Western, Jeremy Travis, Vivian D. Nixon, Katharine Huffman, Tracey Meares, Nancy Gertner, and a spoken word performance by Aisha X. Elliott ow.ly/6mUw50MT7qp

Full house last night at Busboys and Poets for the DC launch of 'Parsimony and Other Radical Ideas about Justice' edited by AV Executive Vice President of Criminal Justice Jeremy Travis and Bruce Western.

Find out more about this new book: bit.ly/3jOhHpm

Gratitude for the opportunity to share during TEDx Los Angeles the story of #LIVEFREEUSA AND lessons learned that convinced us we can have peace in our times! I appreciate your good thoughts & prayers #IAmAPeacemaker #LIVEFREE #FUNDPEACE #breakthecycleofviolence #endgunviolence

'Court Fees Criminalize Low-Income Defendants' Rebecca Goldstein UC Berkeley Law Helen Ho The People Lab & Bruce Western Columbia University Columbia Justice Lab look at how court fees criminalize low-income defendants when they can't pay. In memory of co-author Devah Pager Harvard Sociology 5/6

Which policy solutions & approaches hold the most promise for reducing racial inequality in crime & justice?

A new report from Bruce Western Khalil Gibran Muhammad & others helps answer this question and more. RSVP now for a webinar today to learn more: nationalacademies.org/event/11-15-20…

We are pleased to welcome our new Senior Fellow, Jeremy Travis, to the Justice Lab at Columbia University. Jeremy's new role at the Lab will begin in July 2023. justicelab.columbia.edu/news/jeremy-tr…

Since the 1980s, imprisonment rates have more than doubled, while most crime rates have fallen. ⁦Paul Karp⁩ previews my speech to the Australian Institute of Criminology conference #aic2022 #auspol theguardian.com/australia-news…

I Spent Over 40 Years Working in Corrections. I Wasn’t Ready for Rikers. themarshallproject.org/2022/10/28/i-s… via The Marshall Project

Today the Council on Criminal Justice released a landmark report on racial disparities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Read the whole report, but for some key takeaways, see below. counciloncj.foleon.com/reports/racial…

BREAKING 🚨: The death toll on Rikers Island and in the city’s jails have reached 17 today, surpassing the number of people who died in all of 2021. A man in a mental health observation unit was found hanging in his cell at around 2 a.m.

Join Carceral Studies at the University of Oklahoma and OK Justice Reform on September 15th at 6pm for 'Criminalizing Poverty: The Consequences of Court Fees and Fines in a Randomized Experiment', featuring scholar Dr. Bruce Western Bruce Western from the Columbia University Justice Lab. Join via FB live or Zoom!

'This is why it’s so important, when decisions like this are being made, that the voices of people with lived experiences are present.'

JLUSA President & CEO DeAnna “EnoughIsEnough” Hoskins calls for racial equity in Biden's student loan relief plan. ow.ly/UcH350Kx2cT

TOMORROW! Check out this panel on harnessing data to transform youth justice → July 28 @ 11 am ET! Register to learn more: bit.ly/3uMznDX

New paper on mental health disparities in solitary confinement: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/17…

The Columbia Justice Lab is hiring! We're looking for graduating seniors and other recent graduates to work on the Square One Project, and research projects on Rikers Island and solitary confinement. Please spread the word and apply. opportunities.columbia.edu/en-us/job/5269…

A “violence prevention infrastructure” described in this excellent piece by Papachristos and Hureau that also discusses the significant exposure to trauma faced by street outreach workers chicago.suntimes.com/2022/6/5/23153…