Resources on Race, Racism/Anti-Racism, Policing and Equality

Provides advocacy on the justice system and offers bail assistance to those in need.

The Brennan Center for Justice is an independent, nonpartisan law and policy organization that works to reform, revitalize, and when necessary, defend our country’s systems of democracy and justice.

Measures bias in policing using science. "We gather and analyze data on behaviors within public safety systems and use those data to help communities achieve safer policing outcomes."

CPP creates trauma-informed prisons and communities, through trauma-awareness education and programming. The site includes access to documentaries and podcasts.

Always challenging racial hierarchy and the social control of communities of color by the justice sector and other public systems, BI employs strategies and tactics to establish a community centered approach of justice administration that is anchored in structural well-being.

The Innocence Project works to free the innocent, prevent wrongful convictions, and create fair, compassionate, and equitable systems of justice for everyone.

Contains maps and data on police shootings and violence from Bureau of Justice statistics.

Nonprofit journalism about the criminal justice system and inequity in the U.S.

The National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (NICJR) works to reduce incarceration and violence, improve the outcomes of system-involved youth and adults, and increase the capacity and expertise of the organizations that serve these individuals. NICJR provides technical assistance, consulting, research, organizational development, and advocacy in the fields of juvenile and criminal justice, youth development, and violence prevention.

"A coalition of survivors, families, faith based communities and advocates calling for an end to torture in New Jersey correctional facilities."

The dashboard contains visual summaries of use of police force data as well as an individual report view. The data includes completed use of force reports for all law enforcement agencies in New Jersey.

The non-profit, non-partisan Prison Policy Initiative produces cutting edge research to expose the broader harm of mass criminalization, and then sparks advocacy campaigns to create a more just society.

The Raza Killings Database is a collaborative project that seeks to better accurately count the list of killings of Raza by those in a law enforcement capacity in the United States.

Reprieve is a legal action non-profit of investigators and lawyers fighting for justice equity for marginalized people facing human rights abuses.

Vera is powered by hundreds of researchers and advocates working to transform the criminal legal and immigration systems until they’re fair for all.