Reform · Organisations
Organisations driving reform
NGOs, research institutes, and oversight bodies — global, regional, and national. Every entry links to the organisation's website and its most-cited publications.
Fair and Just Prosecution
nationalFounded 2017
US network of elected reform-minded prosecutors working on systemic criminal justice change.
sentencingdecarcerationprosecutorial reformHoward League for Penal Reform
nationalFounded 1866
England & Wales charity working for less crime, safer communities, and fewer people in prison.
alternativesjuvenile justicewomen prisonersInnocence Project
nationalFounded 1992
US non-profit working to exonerate wrongfully convicted people through DNA testing and reform criminal justice policy.
wrongful convictionsentencingPrison Policy Initiative
nationalFounded 2001
US non-profit producing research that exposes the harm of mass criminalization.
decarcerationdata transparencyphone justicevoting rightsThe Sentencing Project
nationalFounded 1986
US advocacy and research non-profit working to end mass incarceration and racial disparities in the justice system.
sentencingjuvenile justiceracial disparitiesvoting rightsVera Institute of Justice
nationalFounded 1961
US non-profit that drives change in justice systems through research, technical assistance, and demonstration projects.
decarcerationdata transparencyconditionsimmigration detention