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Thirty years ago, when Rutgers-Newark alumna Nancy La Vigne entered the field of criminal justice, policy makers paid little attention to data.

Milwaukee native Ramiah Whiteside was just 17 years old when a judge sentenced him to 47 years in prison.  While Whiteside only served 20 <span class="excerpt-more">...</span>

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The large budgets allotted for urban policing must be reconsidered so that communities can explore safer alternatives.

More than one year after the first 2,500 people were released in late 2020, new data shows about 9% of those were re-incarcerated. That’s just more than half the state’s overall pre-pandemic, one-year recidivism rate of 16%.

Nearly 5,300 adults and juveniles were released from state custody under a state law that gave incarcerated people health credits to get out early.

NJs notorious womens prison is closing, but advocates and inmates say that isnt enough to curb abuse entrenched in prison culture. Whats next?

Eric Cadora, Director of the Justice Mapping Center, the map is just the beginning of the process. In this episode of Shades of Freedom, he walks us through his youth in Lebanon, and on to his work helping communities to understand their justice-related data, and then turn that information into new ways to transform the justice system and enhance community safety.