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UpClose With Leticia Longoria-Navarro
This month’s spotlighted member is Leticia Longoria-Navarro, executive director of the Pathfinder Network and member of the CCJ Women’s Justice Commission.
National Task Force Releases Case Studies on Artificial Intelligence Use in Policing, Public Defense, and Corrections
Applying the panel’s User Decision Framework, the case studies offer a step-by-step look at how agencies and practitioners can navigate concrete AI decisions
Critical Case Studies: Three Assessments of AI in Action
The Task Force on AI developed three case studies demonstrating how its user decision framework applies to different AI tools and hypothetical use cases, with a focus on substantive decision-making considerations.
Event Recording: Policing in the Digital Age: Balancing Public Safety and Privacy
The Council on Criminal Justice’s Centering Justice initiative and a panel of experts discussed the promise and risks of emerging policing technologies, the safeguards needed to protect constitutional rights, and how innovation can be paired with oversight and accountability.
Health, Housing, and Household Circumstances Among Women on Parole
Using data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, this brief finds that women on parole are more likely to face housing instability, health challenges, and mental health and drug use disorders than men on parole.
UpClose With Janos Marton
This month’s spotlighted member is Janos Marton, chief advocacy officer at Dream.Org.