The Veterans Justice Commission is examining the extent and nature of veterans’ involvement in the criminal justice system and developing recommendations for evidence-based policy changes that enhance safety, health, and justice.
Launched in August 2022, the Commission is assessing the risk factors that drive veterans’ justice-system involvement, the adequacy of transitional assistance for military service members as they reenter civilian life, and the effectiveness of the justice system response when veterans break the law.
The Commission is chaired by former U.S. Defense Secretary and U.S. Senator Charles Hagel and includes former Defense Secretary and White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta as well as 13 other leaders representing veterans, the military, the Veterans Administration, community advocates, and various sectors of the justice system.
Commission Recommendations
![From Duty to Dignity: Supporting Service Members in Their Transition to Civilian Life](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/VJC-transition-civilian-life.jpg)
From Duty to Dignity: Supporting Service Members in Their Transition to Civilian Life
In its second set of recommendations, the Veterans Justice Commission proposed a series of actions to boost support for service members in transition.
![Honoring Service, Advancing Safety: Supporting Veterans from Arrest Through Sentencing](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/VJC-supporting-veterans.jpg)
Honoring Service, Advancing Safety: Supporting Veterans from Arrest Through Sentencing
In its first set of recommendations, the Commission calls for better identification of veterans at the front end of the justice system, increased diversion of veterans away from prosecution and incarceration, and a national center to advance best practices for justice-involved veterans and coordinate support.
The Challenge
The Opportunity
Commission Publications
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Exploring Biomarker Technology to Enhance the Diagnosis and Treatment of PTSD in Justice-Involved Veterans
Identifying reliable biomarkers for PTSD may provide clinicians with an objective measure to use in diagnosing people at high risk for the disorder, leading to improved prevention and treatment strategies.
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Reflections: A Conversation With Veterans About Transition and Their Experiences in the Criminal Justice System
What do justice-involved veterans have to say about the adequacy of support for service members as they transition back to civilian life, the risk factors that drove their involvement with the criminal justice system, and their path through the system? We went straight to the source.
![american-healthcare](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AdobeStock_582506897-1-scaled-e1721762288187.jpeg)
Healing on the Inside: A History of Healthcare for Incarcerated Veterans
This brief examines the history of healthcare for incarcerated veterans, highlighting challenges and obstacles as well as opportunities to improve outcomes.
![Racial Disparities Among Veterans](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/racial-disparity-among-veterans.jpeg)
Racial Disparities Among Veterans
What does the data tell us about racial disparities among veterans? This fact sheet provides a snapshot, examining the racial breakdown for arrests, incarceration, homelessness, military justice, and more.
![Unwavering Intent: Congress' Enduring Commitment to Veterans Benefits](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/congress-veterans-benefits.jpg)
Unwavering Intent: Congress' Enduring Commitment to Veterans Benefits
The VA denies benefits to service members assigned an “other than honorable” discharge. Does that practice align with what Congress intended, and what’s best for veterans and public safety?
![From Service to Sentencing: Unraveling Risk Factors for Criminal Justice Involvement Among U.S. Veterans](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/service-to-sentencing.jpg)
From Service to Sentencing: Unraveling Risk Factors for Criminal Justice Involvement Among U.S. Veterans
How might military service be linked to criminal justice system involvement? This brief explores risk factors that may explain connections between service and criminal behavior among U.S. veterans.
![Suicide Among Justice-Involved Veterans: Understanding Risk and Meeting Needs](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/suicide-justice-involved-veterans.jpg)
Suicide Among Justice-Involved Veterans: Understanding Risk and Meeting Needs
This brief examines research on the overlapping risk factors for veteran suicide and justice system involvement, as well as some unique effects that criminal justice contact may have on veteran suicide.
![Alternatives to Prosecution and Incarceration for Justice-Involved Veterans: A Model Policy Framework](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/prosecution-incarceration-alternatives.jpg)
Alternatives to Prosecution and Incarceration for Justice-Involved Veterans: A Model Policy Framework
Veterans encountering the criminal justice system confront a patchwork of interventions designed to help them, but many fall through the cracks. This policy roadmap encourages jurisdictions to expand alternatives to prosecution and incarceration for veterans and allow those whose cases are diverted to pursue record expungement.
![Who's a Veteran? Challenges in Defining and Identifying Veteran Status](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/identifying-veterans-status.jpg)
Who's a Veteran? Challenges in Defining and Identifying Veteran Status
Who serves long sentences in the U.S.? This series of charts and analyses provided the foundation for the Task Force’s deliberations.
![From Service Through Reentry: A Preliminary Assessment of Veterans in the Criminal Justice System](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/service-through-reentry.jpg)
From Service Through Reentry: A Preliminary Assessment of Veterans in the Criminal Justice System
A preliminary assessment of the current evidence about American veterans’ interactions with the civilian criminal justice system reviews four categories: risk factors, transition from service, and the so-called front and back ends of the justice system.
Commission Members
![Charles Hagel - 24th Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense; Former U.S. Senator (NE)](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Hagel-Headshot-square-300x300.jpg)
Hon. Charles Hagel (Chair)
24th Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense, Former U.S. Senator (NE)
![Michael Boggs - Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Boggs-Headshot-square-300x300.jpg)
Michael P. Boggs
Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia
![Carla Bugg - Criminal Justice Services Coordinator, Recovery Organization of Support Specialists](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Bugg-Headshot-293x300.jpeg)
Carla Bugg
Criminal Justice Services Coordinator, Recover Organization of Support Specialists
![Andrea Finlay - Research Health Scientist, Center for Innovation to Implementation, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/andrea-finlay-300x300.jpg)
Dr. Andrea Finlay, Ph.D. (Liaison)
Research Health Scientist, Veterans Administration Center for Innovation to Implementation
![Pelicia Hall - Senior Vice President, ViaPath Technologies](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Hall-Headshot-square-300x300.jpg)
Pelicia Hall
Executive Vice President, ViaPath Technologies; Former Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections
![Greg Hamilton - Chief Customer Officer, CIVICTEC](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Council-on-Criminal-Justice-Jason-Dixson-Photography-221019-083601-5553-square-2-300x300.jpg)
Greg Hamilton
Chief Customer Officer, CIVICTEC; Sheriff of Travis County, Austin, TX (ret.)
![Mark Inch - Corrections Consultant, Mark 2.54, LLC](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Inch-Headshot-300x300.jpeg)
Major General Mark Inch
Corrections Consultant, Mark 2.54, LLC; 9th Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons; U.S. Army (ret.)
![Sergeant Major Alford McMichael - 14th Sergeant Major, U.S. Marine Corps (ret.)](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/alford-mcmichael.jpg)
Sergeant Major Alford McMichael
14th Sergeant Major, U.S. Marine Corps (ret.)
![Maryanne Miller - Four-Star General (ret.), United States Air Force](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Miller-Headshot-square-300x300.jpg)
General Maryanne Miller
United States Air Force (ret.)
![Eileen Moore - Army Nurse Corps, U.S. Army; Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Moore-300x300.jpg)
Justice Eileen C. Moore
Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal; Army Nurse Corps, United States Army
![Leon Panetta - Former White House Chief of Staff; Former U.S. Congressman (CA); 23rd Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Panetta-Headshot-square-300x300.jpg)
Hon. Leon Panetta
23rd Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense; Former White House Chief of Staff; Former U.S. Congressman (CA)
![Vincent Patton - Master Chief Petty Officer of the U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.); Senior Vice President for Leadership Development, NewDay USA](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Patton-Headshot-square-300x300.jpg)
Vincent W. Patton III, Ed.D.
Senior VP for Leadership Development, NewDay USA; 8th Master Chief Petty Officer, U.S. Coast Guard (ret.)
![Angela Salinas - Major General, United States Marine Corps (ret.); Chief Executive Officer, Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Salinas-300x300.jpg)
Major General Angela Salinas
Chief Executive Officer, Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas; United States Marine Corps (ret.)
![Ron Self - Founder and Executive Director, Veterans Serving Veterans; Former U.S. Marine](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_0108-1024x683-1-300x300.jpeg)
Dr. Ronald Self, Ph.D.
Founder and Executive Director, Veterans Healing Veterans from the Inside Out; Former U.S. Marine
![Jo Sornborger - Executive Director, Operation Mend, UCLA Health](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Sornborger-300x300.jpg)
Dr. Jo Sornborger, Psy.D.
Executive Director, Operation Mend, UCLA Health
![General Peter Chiarelli (senior Adviser) - Member, CCJ Board of Trustees; Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (ret.)](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/peter-chiarelli-300x300.jpg)
General Peter Chiarelli (senior Adviser)
Member, CCJ Board of Trustees; Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (ret.)
![Lindsey Kirchhoff – Policy Adviser](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Lindsey-Kirchhoff-Photo-e1722445850225-300x300.jpg)
Lindsey Kirchhoff
Policy Adviser, Veterans Justice Commission, CCJ
![Jim Seward - Director, Veterans Justice Commission; Former General Counsel, South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard; Colonel, U.S. Army](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Seward-Headshot-e1710882566734-300x300.jpeg)
Jim Seward (Commission Director)
Veterans Justice Commission, CCJ; Former General Counsel to Gov. Dennis Daugaard (SD); Colonel, U.S. Army
Front-End Advisory Committee Members
![Carla Bugg - Criminal Justice Services Coordinator, Recovery Organization of Support Specialists](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Bugg-Headshot-293x300.jpeg)
Carla Bugg
Criminal Justice Services Coordinator, Recovery Organization of Support Specialists
![Jac Charlier - Executive Director TASC, Inc. (Treatment for Alternatives for Safe Communities)](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/jac-charlier-300x300.jpg)
Jac Charlier
Executive Director TASC, Inc. (Treatment for Alternatives for Safe Communities)
![Greg Hamilton - Chief Customer Officer, CIVICTEC](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Council-on-Criminal-Justice-Jason-Dixson-Photography-221019-083601-5553-square-2-300x300.jpg)
Greg Hamilton
Former Sheriff of Travis County, Austin, Texas; Chief Customer Officer, CIVICTEC
![Matt Logan - Assistant Professor, Texas State University](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/matt-logan-300x300.jpg)
Matt Logan
Assistant Professor, Texas State University
![Jim Lorraine - President and CEO, America's Warrior Partners](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/jim-lorraine-300x300.jpg)
Jim Lorraine
President and CEO, America's Warrior Partners
![Meredith Mannebach - District Court Program Coordinator, Utah](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/meredith-mannebach-300x300.jpg)
Meredith Mannebach
District Court Program Coordinator, Utah
![Kathleen Meehan-Coop - Management Analyst, DeschutesSafe; Deschutes County DA's Office](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/kathleen-meehan-coop-300x300.jpg)
Kathleen Meehan-Coop
Management Analyst, DeschutesSafe; Deschutes County DA's Office
![Eileen Moore - Army Nurse Corps, U.S. Army; Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Moore-300x300.jpg)
Justice Eileen C. Moore
Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal
![Barbara Pierce - Director Justice Initiatives, Crime and Justice Institute](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/barbara-pierce-300x300.jpg)
Barbara Pierce
Director Justice Initiatives, Crime and Justice Institute
![Judge Robert Russell - Buffalo City Court (ret.); Founder, Nation's First Veterans Treatment Court](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/robert-russell-300x300.jpg)
Judge Robert Russell
Buffalo City Court (ret.); Founder, Nation's First Veterans Treatment Court
![Ron Self - Founder and Executive Director, Veterans Serving Veterans; Former U.S. Marine](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_0108-1024x683-1-300x300.jpeg)
Ronald Self
Founder, Veterans Serving Veterans
![Maureen Siedor - Legal Director, Swords to Plowshares](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/maureen-siedor-300x300.jpg)
Maureen Siedor
Legal Director, Swords to Plowshares
![Theresa Thompson - Deputy Director, Upstate Warrior Solution](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/theresa-thompson-300x300.jpg)
Theresa Thompson
Deputy Director, Upstate Warrior Solution
![Scott Tirocchi - Division Director, Justice for Vets](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/scottt-tirocchi-300x300.jpg)
Scott Tirocchi
Division Director, Justice for Vets
Model Policy Framework Committee Members
![Carla Bugg - Criminal Justice Services Coordinator, Recovery Organization of Support Specialists](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Bugg-Headshot-293x300.jpeg)
Carla Bugg
Criminal Justice Services Coordinator, Recovery Organization of Support Specialists
![John Choi - Attorney, Ramsey County](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/John-Choi-300x300.jpeg)
John Choi
Attorney, Ramsey County
![](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Ryan-Else-300x300.jpeg)
Ryan Else
Criminal Defense Attorney; Co-Founder, Veterans Defense Project; U.S. Army National Guard
![John Flynn - District Attorney, Erie County, NY](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/John-Flynn-John-Flynn-headshot-2-300x300.jpg)
John Flynn
Attorney, Erie County District; President, NDAA; United States Navy
![Pelicia Hall - Senior Vice President, ViaPath Technologies](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Hall-Headshot-square-300x300.jpg)
Pelicia Hall
Executive Vice President, ViaPath Technologies; Former Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections
![Greg Hamilton - Chief Customer Officer, CIVICTEC](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Council-on-Criminal-Justice-Jason-Dixson-Photography-221019-083601-5553-square-2-300x300.jpg)
Greg Hamilton
Former Sheriff of Travis County, Austin, Texas; Chief Customer Officer, CIVICTEC
![Brock Hunter](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Brock-D-Hunter-scaled-circle-300x300.jpg)
Brock Hunter
Criminal Defense Attorney; Co-Founder, Veterans Defense Project; U.S. Army Scout
![Eileen Moore - Army Nurse Corps, U.S. Army; Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Moore-300x300.jpg)
Justice Eileen C. Moore
Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal
Transition Advisory Committee Members
![Renee Burbank - Director of Litigation, National Veterans Legal Services Program](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/renee-burbank-300x300.jpg)
Renee Burbank
Director of Litigation, National Veterans Legal Services Program
![Hector Matascastillo - Director, Life Development Resources, PA](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/hector-matascastillo-300x300.jpg)
Hector Matascastillo
Director, Life Development Resources, PA
![Carl Castro - Professor and Director of Military and Veterans Program, University of Southern California](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/carl-castro-300x300.jpg)
Carl Castro
Professor and Director of Military and Veterans Program, University of Southern California
![Timothy Grammel - Attorney-Advisor, United States Army Trial Defense Service](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/timothy-grammel-300x300.jpg)
Timothy Grammel
Attorney-Advisor, United States Army Trial Defense Service
![Patricia Harris - General Counsel, Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/patricia-harris-300x300.jpg)
Patricia Harris
General Counsel, Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.
![Chris Lawrence - Peace Officer, City of Chula Vista](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/chris-lawrence-300x300.jpg)
Chris Lawrence
Peace Officer, City of Chula Vista
![Vic Martin - Director, San Diego County Veterans Coalition](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/vic-martin-300x300.jpg)
Vic Martin
Director, San Diego County Veterans Coalition
![Sergeant Major Alford McMichael - 14th Sergeant Major, U.S. Marine Corps (ret.)](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/alford-mcmichael.jpg)
Sergeant Major Alford L. McMichael
14th Sergeant Major of the U.S. Marine Corps (ret.)
![Lawton Nuss - Kansas Supreme Court Justice (ret.)](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/lawton-nuss-300x300.jpg)
Lawton Nuss
Kansas Supreme Court Justice (ret.)
![Col. William Ostlund - Founder, Tri-Lux Effects Based Outcomes, LLC](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/william-ostlund.jpg)
Col. William Ostlund
Founder, Tri-Lux Effects Based Outcomes, LLC
![Vincent Patton - Master Chief Petty Officer of the U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.); Senior Vice President for Leadership Development, NewDay USA](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Patton-Headshot-square-300x300.jpg)
Vincent W. Patton III, Ed.D.
Senior Vice President for Leadership Development, NewDay USA; Master Chief Petty Officer of the U.S. Coast Guard (ret.)
![Patricia Ross - Commissioner of Veterans Service, Georgia Department of Veterans Affairs](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/patricia-ross-300x300.jpg)
Patricia Ross
Commissioner of Veterans Service, Georgia Department of Veterans Affairs
![Jo Sornborger - Executive Director, Operation Mend, UCLA Health](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Sornborger-300x300.jpg)
Dr. Jo Sornborger, PsyD
Executive Director, Operation Mend, UCLA Health
![Syrita Steib - Founder and President/CEO, Operation Restoration](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Steib.jpg)
Syrita Steib
Founder and Executive Director, Operation Restoration
![Maurice Wilson - Executive Director, National Veterans Transition Services, Inc.](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/maurice-wilson-300x300.jpg)
Maurice Wilson
Executive Director, National Veterans Transition Services, Inc.
Corrections and Reentry Advisory Committee Members
![Giancarlo Cambrelén Santiago - Communications Manager, DC Justice Lab](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Giancarlo-Cambrelen-Santiago-300x300.jpeg)
Giancarlo Cambrelén Santiago
Communications Manager, DC Justice Lab
![Saydyie DeRosia - Victim Services Coordinator, Oregon Department of Corrections](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Saydyie-DeRosia.png)
Saydyie DeRosia
Victim Services Coordinator, Oregon Department of Corrections
![Berlynn Flury - Director, Veterans Defense Project Board](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Berlynn-Flury-300x300.jpeg)
Berlynn Flury
Director, Veterans Defense Project Board
![Pelicia Hall - Senior Vice President, ViaPath Technologies](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Hall-Headshot-square-300x300.jpg)
Pelicia Hall
Executive Vice President, ViaPath Technologies; Former Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections
![Mark Inch - Corrections Consultant, Mark 2.54, LLC](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Inch-Headshot-300x300.jpeg)
Major General Mark Inch
Corrections Consultant, Mark 2.54, LLC; 9th Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons; U.S. Army (ret.)
![Rob Jeffreys - Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/jeffreys_thumbnail_0-2-300x300.jpg)
Rob Jeffreys
Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services
![Angela Johnson - Executive Director, Valor Village Foundation](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Angela-Johnson-300x300.png)
Angela Johnson
Executive Director, Valor Village Foundation
![Adam Luck - CEO, City Care](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Adam-Luck-300x300.jpeg)
Adam Luck
CEO, City Care
![Stephen Manley - Superior Court Judge, Santa Clara County](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Steven-Manley-300x300.jpeg)
Steven Manley
Superior Court Judge, Santa Clara County
![Michael Nail - Commissioner, Department of Community Supervision](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Michael-Nail-300x300.jpeg)
Michael Nail
Commissioner, Department of Community Supervision
![Radha Sadacharan - Medical Expert, Idaho Department of Corrections](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Radha-Sadacharan-300x300.jpeg)
Radha Sadacharan
Medical Expert, Idaho Department of Corrections
![Ron Self - Founder and Executive Director, Veterans Serving Veterans; Former U.S. Marine](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_0108-1024x683-1-300x300.jpeg)
Ronald Self
Founder, Veterans Serving Veterans
![Jack Tsai - Associate Professor Adjunct of Psychiatry; Research Director, National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans; Director, Yale Division of Mental Health Services and Treatment Outcomes Research](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Jack-Tsai-300x300.jpeg)
Jack Tsai
Associate Professor Adjunct of Psychiatry; Research Director, National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans; Director, Yale Division of Mental Health Services and Treatment Outcomes Research
![April Zamora - Division Director Reentry and Integration, Texas Department of Criminal Justice](https://counciloncj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/April-Zamora-300x300.jpeg)
April Zamora
Division Director Reentry and Integration, Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Commission Advisers
Ryan Else – Criminal Defense Attorney
Brock Hunter – Criminal Defense Attorney
Brigadier General David MacEwen – U.S. Army (ret.)
Robin Olsen – Principal Policy Associate, Justice Policy Center
Barbara Pierce – Director of Justice Initiatives, Crime and Justice Institute
Evan Seamone (in memoriam) – U.S. Army (ret.); Fellow, National Institute of Military Justice
Wesley Smith – Researcher, Texas Department of Corrections
About The Art
The banner design was created by an adult in custody designer in the Oregon Corrections Enterprises (OCE) Graphic Design program. The mission of OCE, in partnership with the Oregon Department of Corrections, is to promote public safety by providing adults in custody with work and training opportunities in a self-sustaining organization.
Supporters
Support for the Veterans Justice Commission comes from The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, Craig Newmark Philanthropies, The Just Trust, LinkedIn, the National Football League, T. Denny Sanford, and the Wilf Family Foundation, as well as the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Southern Company Foundation, #StartSmall, and other CCJ general operating contributors.