Nashville's top public defender Dawn Deaner explains why she thinks public defending has been "set up to fail" and how working to engage the communityboth those who need public defenders and those wh

As part of our series on prosecutor power, Scott Hechinger of Brooklyn Defender Services offers a view from the other side of the adversarial process, discussing prosecutors' impact at key decision-po

An audio portrait of Make It Happen, our program working with young men of color in Crown Heights, Brooklyn affected by violence. Through interviews with participants and practitioners, the episode explores the intersections of trauma,

On 'New Thinking,' author John Pfaff outlines his argument for how prosecutors have contributed to mass incarceration and considers how much can be expected from the emerging breed of progressive D.A.

In this New Thinking podcast, Judge Courtney Wachal and Megan Sartin, the offender accountability coordinator, explain the operations of the Kansas City Domestic Violence Court, an Office on Violence Against Women designated mentor court.

The Center for Court Innovation's Greg Berman and Julian Adler discuss their new book, Start Here: A Road Map to Reducing Mass Incarceration. - Full show notes (includes pictures, resources, and episo

Since 2016, the community court in Eugene, Oregon, has met every week in the downtown library. It's part of an effort getting a lot of attention on the West Coast to bring problem-solving justice tof

On our 'New Thinking' podcast, Afua Addo, ourcoordinator of Gender and Justice Initiatives, explains our project aiding justice-involved black women who are survivors of intimate partner violence and

On our New Thinking podcast, the Oakland-based architect explains her firms mission to use design to counterincarceration and promote the use of restorative justice. She also discusses her work on o

Jordan Dressler, the director of the recently created New York City Office of Civil Justice, discusses Mayor Bill de Blasio's ambitious five-year plan to provide free or low-cost legal assista