Policy Areas

TCJE focuses on strategic policy reforms that address the root causes of mass incarceration and create pathways to opportunity for communities of color. Explore our archive of policy documents dating back to 2015 to see how our advocacy has evolved over time.

Alternatives to Incarceration

These policies include drug penalty reform, harm reduction, probation reform, pretrial/bail reform, state jail reform, and more.

 

Conditions of Confinement

These policies include prison oversight, emergency management, SAFP program improvements, visitation reform, and more.

 

Parole & Reentry

These policies include parole reform, record-clearing, reentry housing options, expanded occupational licensing, peer support, and more.

 

Women's Justice

These policies include family reunification, an expansion of in-prison programming for women, better care for incarcerated pregnant women, and more.

 

Youth Justice

These policies include closing youth prisons, Second Look, school policing reform, restorative justice, Raise the Age, juvenile record sealing, and more.