The National Network's approach has attracted significant media attention over twenty years. This page features the most recent coverage of our work and a searchable archive of media about the National Network's projects around the nation and abroad.
The National Network convenes regular conferences, working sessions and webinars to discuss and promote developments in its core areas of operation, showcase innovations, and set research and development priorities.
"The Prisoner Reentry Institute of John Jay College, with support from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, recently released two reports on national roundtables convened to explore pretrial practice, the “front door” to the criminal justice system."
"A relatively new restorative justice program is giving young offenders in Milwaukee the chance to avoid the court system and the criminal record that comes with it."
"For about two years in Minneapolis, the police department has been measuring “positive contacts” between police and community members."
"The Tree of Hope organized an event for children who lost parents to violence to help the children grow up with a positive relationship with the police."
New Orleans has made significant progress in reducing gun violence, and now looks to take next steps.
Valerie Jarret, Senior Advisor to the President and Mitch Landrieu, Mayor of New Orleans, penned an op-ed outlining their shared vision for criminal justice reform.
An op-ed on how we can begin to build trust between police and the communities they serve.
On Stockton police officer has built strong ties with her community. 
CALIXTRO ROMIAS/THE RECORD
"Law enforcement agencies across the country have implemented radical new programs and re-trained their officers to improve relationships with minorities in their communities. "
"The Stockton Police Department has implemented a number of policies hoping to strengthen community relations."
An opinion piece on the importance of addressing racial reconciliation in order to progress in criminal justice reform.
"Hidden racial stereotypes, marginalized communities, and decades of distrust put both the police and the people they serve in danger. Can science provide the tools to defuse these tensions?"
Shannon Stapleton / Reuters
"On July 13, 2015, President Obama commuted the prison sentences of 46 nonviolent drug offenders. Here’s what their lives are like now."
"Mayor William Bell and Police Chief A.C. Roper are promising residents that they are doing everything they can to prevent what happened in Dallas."
A San Francisco public defender makes the case that mass incarceration cannot be addressed uless we address issues of mental health.
"Once a month the South Bend Police Department invites the community to join officers as they talk about crime in their community."
"Community involvement and acting on issues is the mission of the group ISAAC in Kalamazoo. It recently held its 15th anniversary banquet to celebrate several projects and look ahead to the future."
IIP board member District Attorney John Chisholm was one of many city officials who walked the streets of Milwaukee recently to learn more about their community and devise new ways to reduce violence.
"Cedar Rapids Police Chief Wayne Jerman made community building a priority when the department formed its Police Community Action Team, a 5-person patrol team tasked with tackling crime trends and quality of life issues in the city."
One Minneapolis outreach worker is "known for working with some of the hardest kids, some of the young people involved in gangs, who're looking for a way out." 
This report "provides an all-encompassing view of the City’s comprehensive murder-reduction strategy. The Progress Report details why certain initiatives were selected, who they are reaching and the results they have produced."
Washington, D.C. is making our justice system fairer by demonstrating effective alternatives to money bail. 
Katherine Frey/The Washington Post
The North Dakota State Bar Association is actively pursuing strategies to diversify its membership.
"Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced the establishment of the Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board, including the community and law enforcement leaders who will comprise the board membership. The board, as mandated by Assembly Bill 953 authored by Assemblymember Shirley Weber (D-San Diego), is tasked with helping to eliminate racial and identity profiling in law enforcement."
The Family Intervention and Restorative Services (FIRS) program was launched last week in part by King County DA Dan Satterberg. "Its aim is to keep young people out of the criminal-justice system and give them a chance to participate in anger-management and other services designed to nip problem behaviors in the bud."
