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National Criminal Justice Month at CEPP

In 2009, the U.S. Congress established March as National Criminal Justice Month to promote awareness around the causes and consequences of crime, as well as strategies for preventing and responding to it. CEPP collaborates year-round with local partners to help them analyze their systems, identify where things can be improved, and explore the best solutions for them to advance sustainable and equitable system change.

We work with practitioners, policymakers, and communities to reimagine the justice system—from pretrial to reentry—as one that enhances well-being for all. In the spirit of National Criminal Justice Month, we want to share with you some of our recent work:

Kicking off the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)-sponsored Community Supervision Resource Center (CSRC) at the American Probation and Parole Association (APPA) Winter Training Institute in Philadelphia
Planning for the next phase of our Advancing Pretrial Policy & Research (APPR) work
Presenting at the annual Beyond the Bars Conference at Columbia University’s Center for Justice in New York City

As always, we encourage our audience to contact us to learn about how we can support your team.

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Kicking Off the CSRC at APPA

As part of our new Community Supervision Resource Center, CEPP presented at APPA’s 2023 Winter Regional Training Institute in Philadelphia on “Understanding Interpersonal Violence: Victimization and Violence Perpetrated by Women.” CEPP’s senior manager Erica King and program associate Keilah Joyner were joined by Tamika Cheree Henry, a survivor and advocate of domestic violence and intimate partner violence (DV/IPV) and the founder and CEO of I Am Here, a nonprofit committed to helping survivors of violent tragedies and DV heal and rebuild their lives.

Our team provided a thought-provoking overview of the complexity of supervising those charged with DP/IPV, including when those charged are women who are also survivors of violence. The training discussed how to build pretrial, probation, and parole strategies and broader criminal justice system responses that not only reduce DV/IPV but also support community well-being.

Learn more about our plans for the CSRC on our website.

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Advancing Pretrial Policy & Research

Although just four years “young,” CEPP's Advancing Pretrial Policy and Research (APPR) initiative has become the “go-to” source for pretrial justice resources, training, and technical assistance. Our team recently met in Denver, Colorado, to reflect on where we’ve been and to chart a course for the future. We have some ambitious goals for 2023 as we continue to work to advance pretrial justice nationwide.

To learn more about what APPR is working on, visit our website.

Explore Our Work on the NRCJIW

Scaling System and Community Strategies at Beyond the Bars

The work of scaling and sustaining community justice strategies requires interfacing with systems that are fraught with challenges for directly impacted women. CEPP’s National Resource Center on Justice-Involved Women (NRCJIW) attended this year’s Beyond the Bars Conference at the Center for Justice at Columbia University to discuss strategies that advance racial, gender, and class equity in pretrial, community supervision, and reentry spaces.

This session connected with CEPP’s work building pretrial support for justice-involved women as part of Apple’s Racial Equity and Justice Initiative. CEPP staff were joined by Yolanda Johnson Peterkin, the former director of operations for reentry at the Women's Prison Association, to discuss the tensions of working in and with the criminal justice system.

Explore CEPP's work on how to embrace the unique needs of justice-impacted women through the NRCJIW.

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