The Justice Policy Institute is a nonprofit research and public policy organization dedicated to ending society's reliance on incarceration and promoting effective and just solutions to social problems. Since 1996, JPI has evolved into one of the nation's most thoughtful and progressive voices for crafting workable solutions to age-old problems plaguing our juvenile and criminal justice systems.
Below you'll find links to recent News, Press Releases and in the left hand column, Articles about JPI's work. Use the red links on the top left to search the archives.
RECENT JPI NEWS & PRESS RELEASES
August 24, 2007: NPR FEATURES JPI AUTHOR
Listen to this NPR interview with Kevin Pranis, co-author of JPI's latest report Gang Wars...
July 19, 2007: NEW REPORT
Gang Wars: The Failure of Enforcement Tactics and the Need for Effective Public Safety Strategies
June 18, 2007: QUICK FACTS
JPI's fact sheet in response to the 2006 FBI Uniform Crime Report released on June 4th
June 5-18, 2007: PRESS RELEASE & LETTER
38 National and State-Based Organizations Voice “Grave Concerns” for Senator Feinstein’s Gang Bill
April 13, 2007: NEW ONLINE SECTION
Effective Investments in Public Safety: Factsheets, Research and Resources
March 21, 2007: NEW REPORT RELEASED BY CAMPAIGN FOR YOUTH JUSTICE
The Consequences Aren't Minor: The Impact of Trying Youth as Adults and Strategies for Reform
March 15, 2007: JPI RELEASES NEW FACT SHEET
Putting rising crime statistics in context...
February 26, 2007: JPI RELEASES NEW FACT SHEET
Gang crisis in context: What’s the real crisis, and what are real solutions?
February 26, 2007: JPI RELEASES NEW REPORT
Maryland's Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentencing Laws: Their Impact on Incarceration, State Resources and Communities of Color
December 5, 2006: JPI RELEASES NEW REPORT
Models for Change: Building Momentum for Juvenile Justice
New report, The Dangers of Detention, released at national conference to reduce pretrial juvenile detention, help cut costs and promote public safety
November 28, 2006
Incarcerating youth can aggraavate crime and frustrate education, employment and health for young people
JPI Releases fact sheet on Maryland's Election Crime Ads in Context
October 25, 2006
JPI Testifies at DC Public Roundtable: "Crime Statistics and the Washington D.C. 'Crime Emergency:' What is the real 'crisis,' and how should we respond?"
September 29, 2006
Progress and Challenges: An analysis of drug treatment and imprisonment in Maryland from 2000-2005
September 19, 2006
State spends far more on imprisonment than treatment for drug offenders; Reliance on treatment associated with drops in drug imprisonment and crime.
Law
Enforcement, Youth and Policy Groups
Denounce Mayor’s Emergency Crime Proposals
July 18, 2006
Spike in youth crime exaggerated; Crackdown on youth
not justified, employment programs more effective at dealing with
delinquency
New Study: California saw greatest drop in drug prisoners among large state prison systems
April 13, 2006
New national report shows that drug-free zone laws fail to protect youth from drug sales, worsen racial disparity in prisons
March 23, 2006
Growing movement to change ineffective laws finds support among lawmakers and law enforcement officials
Redeply Illinois hailed as model for nation
Report Shows Nation a Better Way of Handling Crimes by Young PeopleMarch 23, 2006