Justice Lab statement on the murder of George Floyd

June 04, 2020

Read the full statement here.

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October 20, 2020

NASEM Committee Co-Chaired by Bruce Western Issues Report on Decarcerating Correctional Facilities During COVID-19

On October 20, 2020, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released a new study entitled Decarcerating Correctional Facilities During COVID-19: Advancing Health, Equity, and Safety.

October 01, 2020

Specialized Parole and Resentencing Laws for Emerging Adults

On September 30, 2020 Columbia Justice Lab's Emerging Adult Justice Project hosted a panel discussion on specialized parole and resentencing laws for people who are incarcerated for lawbreaking as emerging adults (ages 18-25).

Watch the discussion here and read Natalie Behr's report here.

August 13, 2020

More Work to Do: Analysis of Probation and Parole in the United States, 2017-2018

This research brief offers an initial analysis of newly-released data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), which report on the number of people under probation and parole supervision in 2017 and 2018. This brief seeks to put the data into the context of historical and international community supervision trends and to examine supervision rates through a racial equity lens.

June 17, 2020

Zeroing Out Youth Prisons: Lessons for Adult Justice Reform

The Square One Project releases a new paper from Vincent Schiraldi, co-founder of the Columbia University Justice Lab, titled “Can we eliminate the youth prison? (And what should we place it with?).” The paper discusses the need to eradicate the use of youth carceral facilities.

Read the full report here.

June 16, 2020

College Behind Bars: A Virtual Evening with Bard Prison Initiative

In partnership with Bard Prison Initiative (BPI) on June 11th, the Justice Lab presented a virtual evening event featuring a half hour-long screening of the acclaimed documentary series College Behind Bars.

Watch the webinar here.

Justice Lab statement on the murder of George Floyd

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