Women’s Justice Commission

The commission’s fourth meeting focused on the impact of fines, fees, and sentencing on justice-involved women, marking the end of deliberations on front-end criminal justice system issues.

For its third convening, the Women’s Justice Commission gathered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and focused on women’s needs, experiences, and outcomes as they move through the criminal court system pretrial.

During its second meeting, the commission examined policing as a possible intervention point for justice-involved women, focusing on the efficacy of law enforcement responses to women in crises.

Coinciding with the public launch of the Women’s Justice Commission, the commission’s first meeting focused on exploring women’s pathways into the criminal justice system.

This assessment reviews existing research about women’s pathways into the system and the challenges they face from arrest through reentry.