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The Justice Lab’s research and findings on the pretrial process in NYC have been published in Vital City NYC’s Special Online Issue, “Inside Rikers: Jails can be safer and more humane.”
Professor Western will continue in his role as Director of the Justice Lab into 2025, and will take up the role of President at the Russell Sage Foundation in July 2025.
The following is a statement by staff in the Columbia University Justice Lab. We do not speak for the entire Lab, in which there is a diversity of opinions. However, we feel that recent events require us to speak out against University actions.
The Columbia Justice Lab praises a historic Massachusetts court ruling that determines Life Without Parole sentences for people under age 21 are unconstitutional.
Since its launch in 2017, the Justice Lab has conducted cutting-edge research, elevated the voices of those directly impacted by incarceration, and placed the convening power of a great university in the service of communities seeking to reimagine justice. This past year, the Lab has made significant strides in advancing its mission.
The Justice Lab Probation and Parole Project and Unchained partnered with the Less Is More advocacy coalition, led by Unchained and the Katal Center, on a report which details: How do community members across New York State want the cost savings from Less Is More to be invested in their communities?
The passage and implementation of the Less Is More Act in 2021 has led to a smaller parole supervision system in New York State. Our preliminary analysis also shows that there has been a significant decrease in the number of people detained in jail for technical violations of parole. This reduction is one potential avenue for cost-savings to be reinvested into communities most affected by supervision in New York State. The Probation and Parole Reform Project of the Justice Lab at Columbia University partnered with the Less is More Coalition to learn how community members across New York State want…
The series will investigate how research can contribute to the reversal of mass incarceration and help develop alternative models of community safety.
The event convened stakeholders to discuss the role of Felony ATI Court in Manhattan.
Multidimensional indicators of poverty closely related to neighborhood shootings
This May, the Justice Lab launched its inaugural Summer Fellows Program.
A Collaborative that models the importance of sustained dialogue to understand reckoning is crucial for any progress towards justice.
Examining racial disparities in the criminal legal system and reimagining justice in Oklahoma
Executives Transforming Probation and Parole (EXiT) is building a national movement to transform probation and parole.
Just how powerful and multidimensional is poverty, and how does it relate to neighborhood violence?