https://www.vera.org/in-our-backyards-stories/the-fox-designing-the-henhouse
Vera Institute of Justice | The Fox Designing the Henhouse
The cycle of jail expansion and construction in Terre Haute, Indiana
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https://www.vera.org/publications/unemployment-and-crime-mediating-structures-and-direct-impacts
Vera Institute of Justice | Unemployment and Crime
Not for quotation or citatio
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https://www.vera.org/publications/young-fathers-and-child-support
Vera Institute of Justice | Young Fathers and Child Support
This 1988 paper discusses the difficulties attending efforts to secure officially-mandated child support payments from young fathers.
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https://www.vera.org/events/neil-a-weiner-research-speaker-series/the-company-you-keep
Vera Institute of Justice | The Company You Keep
Using Network Science to Understand Neighborhood and Police Violence
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https://www.vera.org/unlocking-the-black-box-of-prosecution
Vera Institute of Justice | Unlocking the Black Box of Prosecution
Prosecutors play a hidden but critical role in driving--or reducing--mass incarceration.
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https://www.vera.org/what-we-do
Vera Institute of Justice | What We Do
The Vera Institute of Justice works to end mass incarceration by piloting real-world programs developed by researchers and community advocates.
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https://www.vera.org/who-we-are
Vera Institute of Justice | Who we are
Who is the Vera Institute of Justice? A national organization fighting to transform the criminal legal and immigration systems.
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https://www.vera.org/publications/what-jails-cost-statewide
Vera Institute of Justice | What Jails Cost
Spending on Jails Across the Rural-Urban Spectrum
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https://www.vera.org/advancing-universal-representation-toolkit
Vera Institute of Justice | Advancing Universal Representation
A Toolkit for Advocates, Organizers, Legal Service Providers, and Policymakers
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https://www.vera.org/advancing-transgender-justice
Vera Institute of Justice | Advancing Transgender Justice
Advancing Transgender Justice: Illuminating Trans Lives Behind and Beyond Bars
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https://www.cityandstateny.com/nyn-media/2026/03/vera-institute-names-insha-rahman-president/411826/?oref=csny-next-story
Vera Institute names Insha Rahman president - City & State New York
Rahman helped win bail reform in New York and now hopes to help the Mamdani administration create a Department of Community Safety.
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https://www.vera.org/ending-mass-incarceration/reducing-incarceration
Vera Institute of Justice | Reducing Incarceration
Vera is committed to drastically reducing the use of jails and prisons and eliminating racial disparities in our criminal legal system.
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https://www.vera.org/embracing-human-dignity?goTo=https://www.vera.org/embracing-human-dignity/from-the-president-article
Vera Institute of Justice | Financials
Embracing Human Dignity
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https://www.vera.org/events/accounting-for-violence
Vera Institute of Justice | Accounting for Violence
How to Increase Safety and Reduce Our Failed Reliance on Mass Incarceration
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https://www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/48984-vera-institute-of-justice-recognizes-uc-press-titles
Vera Institute of Justice Recognizes UC Press Titles - University of California Press
UC Press is honored to share that two of our recently published titles have been recognized by the Vera Institute of Justice as part of the annual "State of...
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https://www.vera.org/embracing-human-dignity?goTo=https://www.vera.org/embracing-human-dignity/from-the-board-chair-1
Vera Institute of Justice | Financials
Embracing Human Dignity
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https://www.vera.org/who-we-are/people
Vera Institute of Justice | People
Meet the staff and leadership behind Vera's work.
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https://www.vera.org/events/past-due-charging-for-justice-in-new-orleans
Vera Institute of Justice | Past Due
Examining the Costs and Consequences of Charging for Justice in New Orleans
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https://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/awarded-grants/grants-database/vera-institute-of-justice-151148/
151148 - Vera Institute of Justice - Ford Foundation
Feb 8, 2025 - Core support for Redefining Public Safety Initiative's work to strengthen and increase civilian crisis response alternatives that improve community safety
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https://www.vera.org/reimagining-prison-web-report
Vera Institute of Justice | Related Resources
Reimagining Prison Web Report
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https://www.vera.org/ending-mass-incarceration/criminalization-racial-disparities/public-safety/redefining-public-safety-initiative
Vera Institute of Justice | Redefining Public Safety Initiative
Vera is redefining public safety by elevating and strengthening alternatives to policing that truly keep us safe while ending racial injustice.
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https://www.vera.org/ending-mass-incarceration/criminalization-racial-disparities
Vera Institute of Justice | Criminalization & Racial Disparities
Vera is working to end overcriminalization and eliminate vast racial disparities in our criminal legal system.
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https://www.vera.org/events/transforming-the-system-together
Vera Institute of Justice | Transforming the System Together
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https://www.vera.org/behavioral-health-crisis-alternatives?goTo=https://www.vera.org/behavioral-health-crisis-alternatives/acknowledgements
Vera Institute of Justice | Acknowledgements
Shifting from Police to Community Responses
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https://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/awarded-grants/grants-database/vera-institute-of-justice-152709/
152709 - Vera Institute of Justice - Ford Foundation
Core support for the True Line Project for narrative change work that uses research, tested messages, and stories to build consensus that safety and
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https://www.idealist.org/en/nonprofit/7a7fe1c3780b48a292c3684bc255d5a2-vera-institute-of-justice-brooklyn
Vera Institute of Justice - Organization - Idealist
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https://www.vera.org/news/intro-to-criminal-justice-reform
Vera Institute of Justice | Intro to Criminal Justice Reform
Want to learn about criminal justice reform? Start here.
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https://www.vera.org/ending-mass-incarceration/dignity-behind-bars/living-conditions-in-prison/restoring-promise-initiative
Vera Institute of Justice | Restoring Promise Initiative
Restoring Promise disrupts harmful prison practices and policies through collaborative research, narrative change, and technical assistance.
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https://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/awarded-grants/grants-database/vera-institute-of-justice-152629/
152629 - Vera Institute of Justice - Ford Foundation
Tie-off core support for Vera Louisiana for a multi-pronged approach to reducing Louisiana's reliance on incarceration and improving community safety
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https://www.vera.org/the-human-toll-of-jail-2023/i-lazarus
Vera Institute of Justice | I, Lazarus
By George T. Wilkerson
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https://www.vera.org/in-our-backyards-special
Vera Institute of Justice | In Our Backyards
Ending Mass Incarceration Where It Begins
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https://www.vera.org/when-misbehaving-is-a-crime/skipping-school-can-get-kids-locked-up
Vera Institute of Justice | Skipping School Can Get Kids Locked Up?
Skipping School Can Get Kids Locked Up? with report author Mahsa Jafarian and youth advocate Dinae
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