About Us

Making our communities safe, healthy, and STRONG

CCJRC launched in 1999 to challenge perpetual prison expansion and mass incarceration. We’ve led the fight for state investments in proven community-led strategies that reduce crime and strengthen neighborhoods. Through our state-level budget advocacy, well over a $100 million has been invested in community-based treatment, reentry, crime prevention and underserved victim services — and the evidence shows this works!

We work to eliminate the overuse of the criminal legal system and advance community health and safety.