Center for Community Alternatives

Opponents of bail reform in New York are hoping public pressure forces legislative leaders to walk back new statewide bail policies that have been in…

Local criminal justice advocates are trying to put pressure on Albany to reform the justice system. A local coalition is trying to build support for…

Poverty has long been understood to be a root cause of crime. What's less well understood is how crime--and the criminal justice system--contribute to…

New York is one of only two states that prosecutes 16 and 17-year-olds as adults. But a broad-based coalition, made up of governmental and community…

For the past 30 years, the nation has been on an incarceration spree. While some associate that change with lower crime rates, Alan Rosenthal from the…