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We offer research and practical tools to help criminal justice agencies create fairer, more effective systems: centering people, supporting staff, and improving outcomes at every stage of the system.

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Why so many Americans miss their day in court

TIME MAGAZINE | MARCH 21, 2026

Mavs Take ACTION!, Coca-Cola Reimagine Juvenile and Criminal Justice with Latest Edition of The HUDDLE

NBA MAVERICKS NEWS | DECEMBER 23, 2025

'Good things out there': Dallas Mavericks help justice-involved teens through mentorship

THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS | DECEMBER 19, 2025

Celebrating success in Iowa: Courageously reducing probation conditions in two Districts

IOWA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS | JUNE 19, 2025

High stakes mistakes: How courts respond to “failure to appear”

PRISON POLICY INITIATIVE | AUGUST 15, 2023

First-of-Its-Kind study finds changing Iowa probation rules greatly reduces imprisonments

DES MOINES REGISTER | AUGUST 26, 2025

Freedom without a price tag: Lucas County’s bail reform changing pretrial justice

THE BLADE | JUNE 28, 2025

Iowa Has Taken the Lead on Probation Reform

THE GAZETTE | APRIL 15, 2026

Substack

Occupational Safety is Public Safety Infrastructure by JSP

Why the conditions inside criminal justice agencies matter for the people who work there and the people they serve

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Prison Labor is Labor. All Workers Count. by JSP

What prison work reveals about dignity, accountability, and what it means to value labor behind the walls.

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What Justice Systems Miss about Compliance: Designing for the Hidden Complexity by JSP

What it really takes to appear, report, complete treatment, and follow through.

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From Surveillance to Success: Redesigning Probation’s Operating Logic by JSP

Coach Referee Model for Change (CrMC) framework for creating lasting behavior change and enhancing public safety

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Beyond Juvenile and Adult: Why Emerging Adults Need Their Own Justice System by JSP

The science has changed. Our justice system hasn't.

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Beyond Pride: Why Evidence-Based Practice Requires LGBTQ Visibility by JSP

How family rejection, housing instability, discrimination, and economic exclusion shape LGBTQ pathways into the criminal legal system, and why we rarely measure them.

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Our Challenge Isn’t Just Crime—It’s an Ineffective Response. by JSP

The criminal justice system knows how to punish failure. It struggles to create success.

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The Mental Health Crisis We Overlook in Justice Reform: Brain Injury by JSP

A conversation with Russha Knauer

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