Our Mission

CJI’s mission is to end mass criminalization and incarceration by building and strengthening the infrastructure of the grassroots criminal justice movement to fundamentally transform the U.S. criminal legal system. We fund where the movement is developing, shifting, and growing. We believe this movement should be led by those most impacted by the injustices of the current system, working in alliances across race, class, faith, gender, gender identity, sexuality, immigration status, and age.

Our Mission

CJI’s mission is to end mass criminalization and incarceration by building and strengthening the infrastructure of the grassroots criminal justice movement to fundamentally transform the U.S. criminal legal system. We fund where the movement is developing, shifting, and growing. We believe this movement should be led by those most impacted by the injustices of the current system, working in alliances across race, class, faith, gender, gender identity, sexuality, immigration status, and age.

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We believe that the current criminal justice system was and is a means of control rooted in slavery and Jim Crow, and designed to create an exploited underclass.

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Get Involved

We believe that the current criminal justice system was and is a means of control rooted in slavery and Jim Crow, and designed to create an exploited underclass.

Become a Member

Donate by Mail

Donate Online

Explore Our Model

Latest News

Happy Pride from CJI!

All of us at CJI wish you a very happy, safe, and liberating Pride! CJI’s commitment to Queer liberation extends beyond today, this week, and this month. The struggle for Queer liberation is a lifelong…

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Community Update

Hello, CJI Community! We hope you are all safe, happy, and well rested as we move into Spring. CJI has had quite a journey in the last year and a half, and we wanted to…

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