With $20 million in MacArthur Foundation funding, four U.S. counties are exploring ways to make sure that brushes with the law don’t end up putting people on the street bloomberg.com/news/articles/ via
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Jesse Jannetta
@JesseJannetta
Senior Policy Fellow, Justice Policy Center, Urban Institute. I research and write about justice interventions and policies. All opinions are my own.
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One of the coolest data visualizations I've seen is the 's Prison Population Forecaster. It lets you change admission rates and prison term for a number of offenses and see how the predicted population changes. apps.urban.org/features/priso
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#DoIHaveTheRightToFeelSafe? is Chicago Beyond's vision of instilling safety for all impacted by corrections, starting with people incarcerated and staff. Join Chicago Beyond and criminal legal reform leaders on 5/24 to discuss this vision.
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The produced a webinar and a fact sheet on our study of Credible Messengers, NYC's Wounded Healers: A Cross-Program, Participatory Action Research (PAR) Study of Credible Messengers. Read more about our Credible Messengers study here:
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is brilliant. Here’s a panel on prison closures where he drops science from his research on ALL prisons built in the US since the country’s founding. There are so many misconceptions about prison towns. His work dispels many of them.
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#LiveAtUrban tomorrow at 1 ET: Join , , , & other experts in the advocacy, research, & practitioner communities as they discuss strategies to promote the well-being of people who live & work behind bars.
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First, from and a report that describes specific provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that can be used to improve community safety:
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The case for participatory democracy in schools: It builds a sense of efficacy in a time of disillusionment.
: Almost 90% of voters in school #ParticipatoryBudgeting said they felt they could influence school district policy.
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When ya going to the Sweet 16!! HAIL!!
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is hiring! We’re looking for a Scientific Director to join our growing center, help lead our data science team, and advance an engaged approach to Neighborhood and Network Science. 🧵
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If you or someone you know might be interested in joining the Urban Institute's Justice Policy Center as a senior researcher, we're looking for you! urban.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Urban-Ca
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A great new resource from & helps connect community violence intervention programs with the resources they need to #endgunviolence.
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Gave a talk at SJC Network Meeting on Partnerships and Collaborations to Reduce the Use of Jails Part 1: Designing and Implementing Criminal Justice Coordinating Councils and Population Review Teams . Thanks for the great turnout! #RethinkJails - via #Whova event app
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My colleagues and I mourn the death of DeShawn McGrier peacemaker and honor his efforts to protect and serve his community. #honorpeacemakers 🙌
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CJRA's @DanielWWebster1 @JHU_GVP “It is...critical... that the city and the community really embraces the family, holds up this individual in the most respectful way possible, and make a clear statement that these workers are very highly valued, doing a very important job.” twitter.com/baltimoresun/s…
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🚘 [NEW RESEARCH ON FINES & FEES] 🚘 & I dived into how speeding ticket revenues are allocated in each state & ten cities. We found in most places, some portion goes back to courts or police funds. [1/6]
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Really enjoyed contributing to this brand new guide on how local leaders can collaborate to create safety in new and better ways: nlc.org/resource/reima
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Looking forward to and my session on building a police budget transparency tool at the #Data21 Tableau conference in just a bit! Free registration here: tableau.com/events/confere (and 's amazing tool is here: dcfpi.org/all/visualizin)
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Me: Can't believe the Pistons are on national TV. I'll check it out.
1st thing I hear from the announcer: The Pistons have missed 11 of their last 12 shots.
Very sad loss. Dane County's 'father of restorative justice' Ron Johnson dies unexpectedly at 71 madison.com/wsj/news/local via
I disagree w/way many folks are dunking on Lauren Farrell’s UI post. Anyone who’s worked/researched in low-income/minority communities shld recognize the issues she’s trying to address. Does our work address issues important to ppl we study? Are we listening+respectful partners?
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Is this a policy of the Urban Institute? Does it apply to its researchers? To the Tax Policy Center? A well-run organization doesn't let individual policy analysts make broad announcements about how research must be conducted, especially if bizarre. urban.org/urban-wire/equ
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The Denver SIB program has housed over 280 people since 2016 & reduced city spending on police, jail, ambulance, & detox services, writes : urbn.is/3g55APm Learn more:
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When it comes to more effectively addressing mass incarceration, research shows that supportive housing is part of the solution.
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Between 1995 and 2019, the number of police officers and the case clearance rate was stable, even as crime fell substantially. That means police productivity has been steadily falling.
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The proportion of youth between ages 12 and 18 reporting the presence of gangs at school in the United States has fallen by 50% in the last 10 years.
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RFP released to provide support to 10 community-based organizations in Alabama, Louisiana, or Mississippi to increase vaccine confidence and uptake. Deadline to apply is Aug 31.
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"...In essence, the pandemic period had proven that claim, to devastating effect, by showing what happened when one removed most of those services."
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"For years, advocates of criminal justice reform had been making the case that to reduce gun violence... one needed to wrap vulnerable young people in all manner of other protective services...
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.: "We are missing an enormous opportunity... We have $47 billion—$47 billion—in housing assistance. It is stunning to me that with these unprecedented resources we are going to have even one added eviction for the poor." (via )
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With the eviction moratorium set to end in October, sharing Legal Aid of DC's Tenant Empowerment Toolkit for DC residents (h/t to ) legalaiddc.org/wp-content/upl
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Making more than half your threes and all your free throws is a pretty good strategy.
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As a complement to the Long Beach Justice Lab's report on this, you can check out our case study on the Connection to Care Pilot. urban.org/research/publi
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Long Beach, Calif., in addition to other programs, tested a free transportation pilot to drive people released from the city jail directly to social or health service providers @lbpd @LongBeachCity @LongBeachPost bit.ly/3pbqlfN 5/
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I didn't realize the NBA's any uniform goes approach would carry over to the playoffs. The Heat dressed as the Pacers yesterday, and now the 76ers are dressed as the Clippers.
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"America urgently needs...community violence prevention infrastructure, a system of physical, social, political and financial connections among community violence preventionists that can support, develop and sustain...efforts to reduce gun violence."
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Two days ago, I was thinking "Aren't cicadas supposed to make noise?" Now my neighborhood sounds like the 30 seconds in a movie before the alien invaders come over the hill.
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A great opportunity for racial equity scholars! Applications due June 1.
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Help @urbaninstitute grow the field of researchers building evidence to accelerate racial justice. Apply to the Equity Scholars program, launching January 2022— deadline is 6/1. urbn.is/3xxvOBp
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Supporting Urban Institute staff’s efforts to organize:
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