New York City Criminal Justice Agency

Credible messengers play a critical role in the city’s response to community violence. This new practical training curriculum is designed to enhance the recruitment and training of these staff, build trauma-informed skills, and empower community-based organizations. Developed alongside a widely recognized steering committee, this Trauma Training Curriculum is meant to serve as a manual or guide for community-based organizations to train their staff on trauma, trauma-informed care, and topics often related to trauma in the context of credible messenger work.  https://lnkd.in/ew8ru--z

CJA is hiring! We have several open positions on our social work and outreach teams. If you're driven by justice reform and providing assistance to fellow New Yorkers, join our talented team. https://lnkd.in/dQ8FdBu

"It makes a difference when we know we can help people, especially young adults, to help them break the cycle." The #AtlasProject is a groundbreaking initiative to transform lives through resources and therapy. Created by the NYC Office of Neighborhood Safety and United Way of New York City in 2020, the #AtlasProject provides targeted assistance to young people in the criminal legal system. The results have been groundbreaking. While partners orgs provide many services, CJA serves as a primary source of sign-ups. Staff talk about what this program means to participants, and to them. “You can always change, and I feel like that's the opportunity that Atlas offers them.” https://lnkd.in/eBi_waS2

30 years of exclusive NYC crime data, all in one place. The Data Hub from Vital City is the perfect archival companion to CJA's pretrial dashboards, and gives an unparalleled look at NYC's historic decline in crime. CJA's pretrial data dashboards offer a more contemporary view of pretrial data, with in depth looks into arrests, release and more. Our latest dashboard focusing on court outcomes shows fascinating trends in disposition rates, alternate court programs, and sentencing rates. Vital City is one of several providers of robust pretrial data that can inform better policy and conversations. Vera Institute of Justice, New York State Unified Court System, and others have excellent tools for analyzing and visualizing this data https://lnkd.in/dQH2SFeV https://lnkd.in/dKGJpQfX

CJA has successfully worked to increase court appearance in NYC for years. With support from Urban Institute and Microsoft, we're excited to investigate new dimensions of this impactful issue. People miss court dates for many reasons, distance and lack of transport are cited as common roadblocks. Missing court can lead to severe consequences which often fall disproportionately on people of color. Our team will investigate this inequity and how it can be addressed. CJA provides authoritative pretrial data and expert analysis in NYC. For this project we'll use Microsoft's cutting edge tech in geospatial analysis, making intuitive maps that drive better policy. Congratulations to our fellow grantees, who will also be using technology and data to reform the criminal legal system and build more equitable communities. https://lnkd.in/etpcvzX6

Join CJA for a webinar presentation on our latest dashboard exploring the data behind the question: What are the court case outcomes for prosecuted arrests? https://lnkd.in/eRNa7xRj At the event, the following questions will be discussed in depth: - What is the status of cases from Prosecuted Arrests (pending or disposed), and how does it change over time? - How many cases resulted in a dismissal or a not guilty outcome compared to those with a guilty outcome or Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal (ACD)? - For individuals with a Summary Arrest, do case disposition outcomes differ between those released pretrial and those detained until case disposition? - What are the most serious sentences imposed for cases with a guilty outcome? - What was the most serious charge at sentencing for cases with a guilty outcome?

Tonight! CJA's Associate Director of Clinical Services Agnieszka Mamczur-Fuller, MA, LMHC, LPC, ACS will join esteemed colleagues at Data Collaborative for Justice to talk about what bail reform has meant for NYC. Sign up now for the free event, in person or virtual https://lnkd.in/eTqp4PiK

Recently CJA celebrated its 50th Anniversary of pursuing a better pretrial justice system in NYC. We marked the occasion by bringing together key people from our history and discussing why Justice In Practice is so vital. From the earliest days of the Release Assessment, to Supervised Release and advancements in data transparency, CJA has led the way in pretrial justice. Read more about our history, and where we're going next https://lnkd.in/eZBvn5hT

Recently CJA celebrated its 50th Anniversary of pursuing a better pretrial justice system in NYC. We marked the occasion by bringing together key people from our history and discussing why Justice In Practice is so vital. From the earliest days of the Release Assessment, to Supervised Release and advancements in data transparency, CJA has led the way in pretrial justice. Read more about our history, and where we're going next https://lnkd.in/eZBvn5hT