Utah Justice Reinvestment: Improving Public Safety, Addressing Treatment Needs
This brief details the results of Utah’s 2015 JRI legislation and how the Crime and Justice Institute helped the state implement its goals.
JRI Publications
Justice Reinvestment Initiative in Minnesota: Improving Supervision Investments and Outcomes
This policy framework outlines policy recommendations developed as part of a JRI effort in Minnesota from 2021 to 2022.
Racial Equity in Montana’s Criminal Justice System: An Analysis of Court, Corrections, and Community Supervision Systems
In 2021 and 2022, the CSG Justice Center analyzed racial equity across Montana’s criminal justice system. This report details findings and recommendations from that effort.
Justice Reinvestment Initiative in Iowa
This brief highlights changes in criminal justice trends since the implementation of pandemic-related responses by criminal justice stakeholders in Iowa and describes what the JRI process entails.
Strengthening Community-Based Service Capacity through the Justice Reinvestment Initiative
This report describes how 10 states have strengthened community-based capacity to advance public safety goals as part of their JRI processes.
Justice Reinvestment in Vermont: Improving Supervision to Reduce Recidivism
Blurb: This policy framework outlines policy options developed as part of a JRI effort in Vermont in 2019.
Justice Reinvestment Initiative in Minnesota
This overview outlines a number of criminal justice challenges in Minnesota, presents criminal justice system trends in the state, and provides a summary of the JRI process.
Justice Reinvestment in Vermont Results of Racial Equity in Sentencing Analysis
In 2021, the CSG Justice Center analyzed racial equity in sentencing for Vermont’s criminal justice system. This report details findings and recommendations from that effort.
COVID-19 and Criminal Justice in Nevada: Learning from a Crisis
Beginning in 2018, to address significant 10-year growth in its prison population, Nevada participated in JRI. This report includes 12 recommendations stemming from the project.
An Assessment of Earned Discharge Community Supervision Policies in Oregon and Missouri
This brief details findings and recommendations from an assessment of earned discharge policies in Oregon and Missouri to understand their impact on people who are supervised, supervision staff caseloads, and more.
An Assessment of Community Supervision Incarceration Responses in Nebraska and Utah
This brief details findings and recommendations from an assessment of how Nebraska and Utah implemented reforms to more effectively respond to violations of supervision.
An Assessment of Probation Sentencing Reform in Louisiana and Georgia
This brief details findings and recommendations from as assessment of policies reforming probation sentencing in Louisiana and Georgia to understand their impact on people who are supervised and on outcomes.
Investing in Louisiana Communities Through JRI
This brief explores how investing in reentry supports is allowing each parish in Louisiana to expand programming and services that meet the needs of the people returning home to their community.
The Justice Reinvestment Initiative Improves Community Supervision
This brief highlights how JRI has helped community supervision agencies tackle various challenges.
Justice Reinvestment: An Innovative, Data-Driven Approach to Enhance Public Safety
This brief describes the JRI process and highlights which states have used it.