Criminal Justice & Civil Liberties
R Street’s Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties Policy program works across the ideological spectrum on public policy impacting almost every stage of the criminal justice system: incarceration, juvenile justice, policing, pretrial, bail reform, reentry and sentencing. Our reforms are grounded in ensuring public safety, due process, fiscal responsibility and individual liberty.
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Jillian Snider
Policy Director, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Sarah Anderson
Associate Director, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Franklin Lee
Senior Associate, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Lisel Petis
Resident Senior Fellow, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Featured Blog
Criminal Justice Reform Efforts and Rise in Crime: Introduction
This is the introduction to a series of posts on the subject. Scroll to the end to see the most recent posts in the series. Recently, particularly horrific events—a woman shoved in front of a subway train in New York, a man driving into and killing several people at a parade in Wisconsin and several mass shootings—have captivated the…