Over a decade, the Safety and Justice Challenge helped more than 60 cities and counties safely reduce jail use. CUNY ISLG served as data partner and intermediary throughout. Now, with MacArthur, ISLG is supporting the SJC's next phase by building on this legacy through new avenues of work.

Last year, around 2,000 people entered and were released from NYC’s jails every month. Tens of thousands more were redirected to community programs. The breadth of these systems ask: How do public systems and services ensure responses to crime hold people accountable, without adding to cycles of incarceration? Restorative justice has been used to find these answers.