Changes to New York’s criminal legal system in 2019 involved multiple provisions that touched many facets of the system, but its expansion of pretrial services as an alternative to pretrial detention precipitated significant policy and operational changes. Pulling from a process evaluation of its implementation, here are some recommendations for pretrial service providers to manage the shift.

As part of the overarching goal of creating a fairer and more equitable criminal legal system, the 2019 New York Criminal Justice Reform Act made sweeping changes to how evidence was shared between prosecutors and defenders. Pulling from a process evaluation of its implementation, here are some recommendations for prosecutors to manage the shift.

An innovative assessment approach successfully measures trauma and healing among families impacted by gender-based violence. Administered by a holistic and innovative program in Manhattan that provides family-focused programming, the approach helped participants better understand their healing journeys.

Using a unique approach that focused on families as a whole, the FamilySafe Project (FSP) developed a trauma-informed approach to provide counseling services to families who have experienced gender-based violence.