The Justice Reinvestment Initiative: Advancing Fair, Effective, and Efficient Criminal Justice Strategies (December 2022)
This fact sheet describes how the Justice Reinvestment Initiative works in partnership with states to analyze complex criminal justice challenges, develop and implement data-driven solutions, and maximize resources to achieve stronger communities and public safety.

Learn more about this program in the following additional publications:

• Data-Driven Programs to Improve Criminal Justice Decision-Making (January 2025)
• New Programs for and Approaches to Justice System Challenges: Case Studies of the Justice Reinvestment Initiative in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oregon, and Pennsylvania (July 2022)
• The Justice Reinvestment Initiative Improves Community Supervision (May 2021)
• The Justice Reinvestment Initiative: A Guide for States (May 2021)
• Justice Reinvestment Initiative: Maximizing State Reforms Report (April 2021)
• Justice Reinvestment: Prioritizing Prison Resources Where They Matter Most (November 2019)
• The Justice Reinvestment Initiative Helps Law Enforcement Keep Communities Safe (October 2019)
• Justice Reinvestment Initiative State Assessment Report (January 2014)

For more materials, please visit our partners:

• Crime and Justice Institute
• Council of State Governments Justice Center
• Urban Institute
• Pew Charitable Trusts