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We're leading a movement to change the future of criminal justice.

Since 2011, Measures for Justice (MFJ) has been on a mission to make good criminal justice data available and actionable to spur reform. We do this by collecting and releasing performance data from counties; working to standardize and improve criminal justice data policies; and delivering tools and services to ensure people can use the data to best effect.

10/27/2026

Earlier this month, our team members had the privilege of presenting 'The Power of Pretrial Data: Why Quality and Standardization Matter' in Schenectady, NY and we're grateful to everyone who joined us in the River Room at the NYAPSA 2026 conference.

Thank you to the New York Association of Pretrial Service Agencies (NYAPSA) for bringing the pretrial community together and for creating space to talk about the data behind the work. And thank you to the attendees who shared how they record data, where their processes break down, and what they'd like to improve. Those honest conversations are exactly what moves this work forward.

A few things we heard in the room reminded us why this matters: pretrial professionals are committed to making good decisions and showing that those decisions work. Better data helps make that possible.

The conversation doesn't have to end here. If you want to:

✔ Talk through your agency's data challenges
✔ Learn more about standardizing your measures and data entry practices
✔ Explore how quality data can tell your agency's story

We'd love to hear from you. Send us a message or reach out to us at www.measuresforjustice.org

10/26/2026

Last week's conversation at the 2026 Access to Justice Network Conference reminded us why the work to make court data easier to access and use matters.

To the organizers, thank you for creating a space where the hardest questions in civil justice don't just get asked, they get worked on, together.

And to everyone who joined our conversation hour: Unlocking the Courthouse: Opening Access to Court Data, thank you! You showed up with your own stories, questions and experiences. That's exactly the kind of honest, grounded conversation that moves the field forward.

The conversation doesn't have to stop here.

If you're working on court data access challenges - whether it's building tools, conducting research, advocating for open data policies, or trying to measure how well your court system is performing - we want to stay in that conversation with you.

10/06/2026

What happens when AI meets trustworthy justice data?

We had the opportunity to join QuantHub's AI for Alabama fall internship cohort to talk with students from HBCUs across Alabama about the intersection of AI, data, and justice.

We have seen firsthand how AI can make justice data easier to explore and understand. Our AI Navigator, developed in partnership with Microsoft, was built to help people navigate complex justice data by simply asking questions using everyday language.

But the technology is only part of the story.

AI is only as useful as the data behind it. And when we’re applying AI to criminal justice data, trust, transparency, data quality, and human oversight matter.

Our partners from the Thurston County Prosecuting Attorney's Office joined the conversation to talk about how AI Navigator is being used in a real justice office setting and shared what they are learning along the way.

Conversations like this are important because the next generation of AI leaders will need more than technical skills. They’ll need to understand how technology can be applied responsibly to real-world challenges and how better data can help government systems become more measurable, visible, and useful to the people they serve.

Thank you to QuantHub, the Alabama Office of Civic Engagement, and Innovate Alabama for creating space for these conversations and to the students who brought such thoughtful questions and perspectives to the discussion.

We’re excited to see where they take AI next. Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/dppecMcn21Q

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10/01/2026

Criminal justice agencies across the country make consequential decisions every day about policies, resources, programs, and people. But too often, those decisions are made without a clear picture of what's actually happening across the system.

Data availability is not measurability.

Agencies can have years of data and still struggle to answer basic questions: What is working? Where are problems occurring? Are policies producing their intended outcomes? Are improvements happening?

That's the problem MFJ was built to solve. We turn fragmented data into consistent, trustworthy information, giving practitioners the measurement foundation they need to understand their systems, identify what's working, and improve over time.

You can't understand or improve what you can't measure.

09/29/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us at the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services Public Safety Symposium in Albany, NY and especially to our partners from Monroe County, NY for sharing the stage with us.

The best conversations about public safety data don’t end when the presentation does.

In “To the Dashboard & Beyond: Engaging Communities with Data in Monroe County,” members of the City of Rochester Police Department and the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office joined MFJ to explore an important question for public safety practitioners:

How do we move beyond simply publishing data to using it to create understanding, inform decisions, and engage the communities we serve?

We left with new ideas, new connections, and plenty to keep thinking about.

09/25/2026

📊 Publishing data online isn’t the finish line. It’s the beginning.

At the DCJS Public Safety Symposium, we talked about what it takes to make public safety data more than information on a screen.

In our session, “To the Dashboard & Beyond: Engaging Communities with Data in Monroe County,” MFJ joined members of the Rochester Police Department and the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office to share lessons from Monroe County’s work to make public safety data more accessible, understandable, and useful.

Because the real question isn’t just:

Can we put the data online?

It’s:
👉 Can we trust it?
👉 Can people understand it?
👉 Can it help answer questions and inform decisions?
👉 Can it support more productive conversations with the communities we serve?

That’s when data becomes more than a dashboard. It becomes information people can use.

We’re grateful to be part of this conversation and to learn from the practitioners working every day to make government data more useful for their agencies and communities.

09/17/2026

📊 The criminal justice system can't improve what it can't measure.

All parts of the justice system are collecting enormous amounts of data. But when that data is fragmented, inconsistent, or difficult to use, it becomes much harder to understand what is happening, identify problems, measure progress, and improve.

🔎 That’s the problem Measures for Justice was created to solve, turning fragmented data into trustworthy information—building the measurement capability agencies need to pursue the outcomes that matter to them.

And none of it would be possible without the people who believe this work matters and choose to support it.

🙏 To our donors: thank you.

You are helping build the foundation for better information, better decisions, and better outcomes for people and communities.

08/27/2026

Responsible AI starts with responsible data.

Our AI Navigator makes it easier to explore criminal justice data by letting users ask questions in plain language, without sacrificing transparency or trust.

Learn how we're building AI that's grounded in high-quality data and designed to help communities and justice leaders make informed decisions.

Read more: https://measuresforjustice.org/news/responsible-ai-starts-with-responsible-data-how-measures-for-justice-is-shaping-the-future-of-criminal-justice-data-with-ai/

08/24/2026

Michigan is setting a strong example for what’s possible when courts lead with transparency.

In collaboration with the Michigan Supreme Court Administrative Office, we’ve launched public access to MI court data through our National Data Portal.

This kind of work informs, builds trust, and strengthens relationships between agencies and communities.

Want to see the data? Visit https://measuresforjustice.org/michigan/

08/13/2026

The criminal justice system is made up of more than 3,000 counties across the United States.
That also means there are more than 3,000 different ways data can be collected, defined, tracked, and reported.

From county to county:
-a case may be counted differently
-outcomes may be categorized differently
-key information may not be tracked at all

So when people try to understand what’s happening in their justice system, comparison becomes difficult, and sometimes impossible. Transparency isn’t just about having data. It’s about having data people can actually trust, understand, and compare.

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