• Excessive, Unjust, And Expensive: Fixing Connecticut’s Probation And Parole Problems

    On Tuesday, May 23, 2023 we released a new groundbreaking report with the Prison Policy Initiative titled “Excessive, unjust, and expensive: Fixing Connecticut’s probation and…

  • About #LessIsMoreNY and Parole Reform in New York State – Fact Sheet

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  • Connecticut Criminal Justice Reform Field Scan (2018) 

    Download the full Connecticut Criminal Justice Reform Field Scan, prepared by the Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice here.   In 2018, the Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice cond…

  • Bail Reform in New York — Fact Sheet

    On April 1, 2019, after years of work by grassroots groups and advocates across New York, lawmakers in Albany passed a historic slate of criminal justice reform bills to address […]

  • Supporting Letter – #LessIsMoreNY Act

    #LessIsMoreNY is a statewide coalition of community groups, service providers, and public safety experts working together to pass the Less Is More: Community Supervision Revocation Reform Act. To…

  • New York’s Less Is More Act: A Status Report on Implementation

    This report addresses the following: • A summary of the main provisions of the Less Is More Act • Progress and challenges with respect to implementation so far • Next steps and recommendations

  • Fact Sheet – #FreeThemNowCT

    COVID-19 in Connecticut Prisons and Jails: #FreeThemNowCT As Connecticut continues to confront COVID-19, Governor Ned Lamont and  state officials have failed to develop a comprehensive plan to tackle…

  • Fact Sheet – #FreeThemNowNY

    COVID-19 in New York Prisons and Jails: #FreeThemNowNY  As New York State continues to confront the worst public health crisis in the  last century, Governor Andrew Cuomo and state officials [&helli…

  • MAT in CT Jails and Prisons – Fact Sheet 

    Addressing Addiction and Preventing Overdose in CT: Providing Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) in Jails and Prisons People struggling with addiction deserve treatment and care. However, due to stig…

  • MAT in NY Jails and Prisons – Fact Sheet 

    Addressing Addiction and Preventing Overdose in NY: Providing Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) in Jails and Prisons People struggling with addiction deserve treatment and care. However, due to stig…

  • A Guide to Bail Reform in New York

    New Yorkers value justice, fairness, and equal opportunity. But our broken justice system undermines these values. On any given day in New York State, approximately 25,000 people are detained in [&hel…

  • About Bail in New York 

    The term “bail” is commonly used to describe a cash amount that has been set by a judge, to make sure that a person charged with a crime, called a […]