How the criminal justice system's COVID-19 response has provided valuable lessons for broader reform: Looking to the future

Duren Cowan Banks; Camille Kempf Gourdet; Michael G. Planty; Amanda R. Witwer; Lynn Langton Austell; Brian Jackson; Michael Vermeer; Dulani Woods; Duren Cowan Banks; Sean Goodison; Joe Russo; Jeremy Barnum; Camille Kempf Gourdet; Lynn Langton; Mike Planty; Shoshana Shelton; Siara Sitar; Amanda Witwer

How the criminal justice system's COVID-19 response has provided valuable lessons for broader reform

Looking to the future

Jackson, B., Vermeer, M., Woods, D., Banks, D. C., Goodison, S., Russo, J., Barnum, J., Gourdet, C. K., Langton, L., Planty, M., Shelton, S., Sitar, S., & Witwer, A. R. (2021). How the criminal justice system's COVID-19 response has provided valuable lessons for broader reform: Looking to the future. RAND Corporation. https://doi.org/10.7249/RBA108-6

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Abstract

To better understand the challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic has created within the criminal justice system and how the various sectors of the system have adapted to those challenges, the Priority Criminal Justice Needs Initiative conducted a series of panel workshops with representatives of different sectors within the system. Panels focused on law enforcement, the court system, institutional corrections, community corrections, victim services providers, and community organizations. This brief presents key lessons learned and recommendations offered by panel workshop participants.