If insanity is defined by doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results, it is apt to call the nation’s current approach to policing insane. After each high-profile incident of police violence, the same question is asked by the public, policymakers law enforcement leaders alike: how can we change police culture?

Crime and public safety played a starring role in the Midterm election cycle with both parties centering the debate around policing and punishment and resorting to rhetoric and platitudes like “tough on crime” and “defund the police.” Both parties missed the larger point that voters understood: You can’t police your way to a safe and thriving community.

Through the Center for Policing Equity, Justice Collaboratory Member Phillip Atiba Goff is responding to the urgent need to redesign public safety systems and end the cycle of failures that steals children from their childhoods.

On March 4th, we joined Justice Collaboratory member Reginald Dwayne Betts in celebration of Freedom Reads.

The Justice Collaboratory welcomes three new members to our community.

The Justice Collaboratory announces its 2022 theme - community vitality.