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Insights, case studies, news, and updates from ISLG’s good governance research and action.
Institute Intelligence, January 2025: Launching the Prosecution Data Collaborative, Uncovering Jail Trends
A snapshot of the work we’ve done this past month.
Measuring Progress: New Insights on Bookings, Returns to Jail from SJC Communities
Building on past work, Measuring Progress has expanded to include a new set of insights, highlighting the impact of SJC strategies on the individuals cycling through the jail system, what charges they are coming in on, how long they are staying, and whether they are returning to custody.
Alameda County District Attorney’s Office Launches New Data Dashboard Portal
The ACDAO receives thousands of incident reports from police agencies to review for prosecution each year. This is the first public interactive view into that consequential work. The initial release of the dashboard provides detailed information on case referrals and cases filed.
Exploring Healing Journeys: Insights from a Recent Survey of Trauma Healing and Coping
In East Harlem, the Center for Trauma Innovation is helping participants heal from trauma and cope with challenges. A recent survey highlights how impacts vary across gender and racial identity, and how time plays an important role in healing journeys.
Institute Intelligence, December 2024: Our Year by the Numbers
A snapshot of the work we’ve done this past month, as well as a bird’s-eye-view of all the work we’ve done in the past year.
Women in Jails: What the Numbers Show, and Don’t Show
Factors leading to rising rates of incarcerated women are not well-understood or researched. Recognizing the differences in pathways that lead women and survivors of violence to jail are crucial to developing more gender-responsive, equitable, and effective criminal justice policies focused on reducing jail populations.
Protecting Globally Recognized Human Rights at the Local Level
December 10th is Human Rights Day. We’re spotlighting a few approaches that state and local governments can take to protect globally recognized human rights at the local level.
Institute Intelligence, November 2024: Research Symposium recap, building public sector data, and more
A snapshot of the work we’ve done this past month, from gathering researchers, practitioners, and advocates for the first-ever SJC Research Symposium to debuting our work supporting survivors of gender-based violence.
RECAP: Inaugural SJC Research Symposium
The Symposium provided a space—after nearly a decade of identifying and implementing data-driven strategies to safely reduce jail populations and eliminate racial and ethnic disparities—to take stock of and celebrate SJC-funded research in a more targeted way.
Voices from West Harlem: Trust in Law Enforcement, Community Cohesion & Personal Resilience
After large-scale law enforcement intervention in 2014 left the community disrupted and traumatized, the West Harlem Community Reentry and Restoration Project (WHCRRP) sought to support the people directly impacted as well as the community at large.
Introducing the Fifth Cohort of the Kriegel Fellowship for Public Service Leaders
The fifth cohort of the Kriegel Fellowship welcomes 21 chiefs of staff from across all five boroughs and the Hudson Valley. For the next few months, they will engage in discussions with policy experts, network, and build the skills to support them in their current roles and their future journeys in public service.
Filling the Gaps of Crime Data
The FBI's recently released crime data confirms what we know: the pandemic-era spike in crime has largely subsided. But what caused it? To understand the big picture, we need to go deeper than federal data, which is only released annually.