In 2014, CA FWD launched the Justice System Change Initiative (JSCI) to help counties transform their incarceration practices to better advocate for public safety and equity while making government more efficient and accountable.

The call for change to create more equitable and just systems has taken an urgency we have not seen before in the wake of the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Andres Guardado. The following brief provides insights on the lessons learned and best practices identified by the initiative.