Women are now the fastest-growing population in the criminal legal system, and the Women’s Justice Commission is working to reduce their involvement in the system and improve outcomes when they do enter it, through trauma-informed, gender-responsive approaches.
Time limits on housing assistance do not address the root cause of housing instability, which is a major contributor to poverty, and instead of reducing public costs, they can lead to increased costs downstream in emergency services, homelessness, foster care, health care, and incarceration.
NORTHHAMPTON, MASS – A recent analysis of new data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) by…
By Esme Lipton SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Here in San Francisco County Superior Court, Dept. 12 Wednesday,…