Safety and Justice Challenge 2023 Research Year-in-Review
The Safety and Justice Challenge (SJC) Research Year in Review (Review) is a roundup of the latest research from sites across the initiative. The Review is compiled by CUNY ISLG, which serves as the national data intermediary and primary data and analytic partner for the SJC, as well as the manager of the SJC Research Consortium.
This edition of the Review summarizes research that took place in 2023, including new Research Consortium member organizations and reviewers, updates on newly funded work, recently published research products, and what has been learned to date across research projects about racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal legal system.
ABOUT THE SAFETY & JUSTICE CHALLENGE
In 2015, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation launched the Safety and Justice Challenge (SJC), a multi-year initiative to reduce populations and racial disparities in American jails. To advance knowledge development grounded in a research agenda that explores, evaluates, and documents site-specific strategies to safely and effectively reduce jail populations and address racial and ethnic disparities, the Foundation engaged the Institute for State & Local Governance (ISLG) at the City University of New York (CUNY) to establish and oversee an SJC Research Consortium. Consortium members are nationally renowned research, policy, and academic organizations collaborating with SJC sites to build an evidence base focused on pretrial reform efforts.