Criminal Justice

CCE consistently tackles difficult issues across the continuum of the criminal justice system, from the criminal arrest process to adjudication, sentencing reform, and the collateral effects of a criminal record. CCE has achieved lasting and progressive results to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of criminal justice processes in the District of Columbia, including recommendations advocating the establishment of community courts in the DC Superior Court, to better methods for summoning police officers to testify in trials; from promoting a comprehensive method to seal criminal arrest, conviction and actual innocence cases, to revising DC's disorderly conduct statutes.

Currently CCE is promoting low-cost recommendations to increase opportunities in the job market for thousands of previously incarcerated persons while alleviating many of the risks that employers face when hiring them. Read more ...

CCE is examining DC's pretrial release and misdemeanor arrest processes to determine if improvements can be made. Read more ...