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.
JRI Publications
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.
Justice Reinvestment in Kansas
This overview outlines a number of criminal justice challenges in Kansas, including projected prison population growth and limited programming and treatment, and provides a summary of the stages of JRI.
Justice Reinvestment: Phase II Implementing Statewide Reforms
This brief describes the implementation phase of JRI and highlights the Crime and Justice Institute’s implementation efforts in a number of states.
The Justice Reinvestment Initiative Helps Law Enforcement Keep Communities Safe
This brief highlights how JRI has helped law enforcement in a number of states across the country.
Justice Reinvestment in Vermont
This overview outlines a number of criminal justice challenges in Vermont and provides a summary of the JRI process.
Louisiana’s Reinvestment into Recidivism Reduction and Victim Services
This brief explains how the Crime and Justice Institute helped Louisiana implement policies from 2017 criminal justice legislation that stemmed from JRI.