The Center for Justice is committed to ending mass incarceration and criminalization, and advancing alternative approaches to justice and safety through education, research, and policy change. Its mission is to help transform the approaches to justice from being driven by punishment and retribution to being centered on prevention and healing. The Center is interdisciplinary and works in partnership with schools, departments, centers and institutes across Columbia, other universities, government agencies, community organizations, advocates and those directly affected by the criminal justice system.
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Slide 1: A man standing at the front of a classroom presenting a policy proposal
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Slide 2: Group pic of Beyond the Bars fellows with their fists in the air
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Slide 3: Group of Columbia graduates from the Center for Justice
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Slide 4: Three women on stage performing a spoken word
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Slide 5: Panelists on stage in chairs with one holding a microphone
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Slide 6: Group picture of program graduates with their certificates
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Slide 7: Man sitting in front of his laptop learning to code
News
22 women from 13 different states + Mexico have joined the 8th cohort of our Collective Leadership Institute, gaining skills to support their work to end carceral punishment in their state.
Co-authored by a man who returned to society two years ago after spending 24 and a half years in prison, the report makes the most comprehensive case yet for sentencing review in New York
Participation; Even in Monitoring and Evaluation? assesses participatory monitoring and evaluation (P-M&E) as a promising approach to actively involving community members, participants, and local stakeholders in assessing the progress of a project.