Daniela Gilbert , a director at theVera Institute of Justice , explain why redefining public safety in the United States is a necessary step toward reducing offense and ending aggregated incarceration .
The Vera Institute of Justiceis a nonprofit organization that has been fighting to end mass incarceration in the United States for over 60 years. It’s powered by researchers and advocates working to transform the criminal, legal, and immigration systems across the country through the development of just, anti-racist solutions.
Daniela Gilbertworks at Vera as director of the Redefining Public Safety program and she’s spent over a decade working on community safety and policing transformation, so it’s safe to say she knows a lot about these issues. We asked Daniela some questions about how to improve safety in communities across the country and end the overreliance on prisons and police.
Safety only works if it works for everyone. Mass incarceration hasn’t made us safer. Instead, it’s led us to many of the problems we have today. Learn more about community safety and get involved in the fight to end mass incarceration and achieve true public safety from the Vera Institute of Justice.Sign up to learn more today.
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