Criminal Justice Reform Committee Mission:

The glaring light on the dysfunctional Criminal Justice system, provoked citizen action, post Katrina. Created in June 2006, the Criminal Justice Reform Committee of Citizens for 1 Greater New Orleans sought to gain a broad based understanding of the people and processes of our criminal justice system through:

• In depth interviews of national, state and local criminal justice decision makers
• The establishment of relationships with key policy makers and stakeholders
• The Compilation of relevant data and research

Compiling their findings in January 2007, the Criminal Justice Committee released a comprehensive report to the Citizens for 1 Executive Committee; complete with recommended initiatives that called for:

1. Transparency and Accountability of Criminal Justice functions through an integrated communication system of all criminal justice divisions
2. A citizen led “watch group”
3. Need to create a broad based collaborative to further lead reform efforts
   

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