SJC Exchange Library

As part of the Safety and Justice Challenge, a national initiative to reduce mass incarceration by changing the way America thinks about and uses jails, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Center for Court Innovation convened jail reduction and victim advocates for a facilitated roundtable discussion focused specifically on the role of victims in pretrial supervised release programs.

The roundtable focused on three areas: defendant eligibility, conditions of release, and compliance monitoring. Participants discussed strategies for involving victims in the development of supervised release programs; risk assessment and victim safety; and the role of race and gender identity.

This document highlights this far-reaching and complicated discussion, drawing on the voices of the participants for illustration, texture, and nuance. While the roundtable certainly raised more questions than it answered, both the commitment of the participants to justice reform and the potential for progress in this area were palpable.

#Victims
#victimservices
#rethinkjails​​​