Community Investment

It is time to move from investing billions of dollars in failed prison models to investing in proven, effective community-based solutions.

Research shows that there is virtually no relationship between incarceration and crime rates – and that spending time in prison may actually increase the likelihood of a person returning to prison. By contrast, studies reinforce that local interventions that involve families and communities have positive impacts on people and improve community safety.

The solutions to our nation’s failed mass incarceration experiment lie with those who are most proximate to the issues. Heroes exist in the very neighborhoods that are most often relegated for being riddled with crime and violence. These models need to be resourced and replicated around the country.