A New Newark: Rekindling Hope with New Community Courts
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Newark, N.J., is notorious for murders, shootings and muggings, yet there are a few hopeful signs in the judicial system as a new community court is helping nonviolent offenders change their lives.
Newark Community Solutions opened earlier this year in the Newark Municipal Court to promote alternative sentencing—community service coupled with social services instead of jail and fines—to reduce recidivism and increase public trust in the courts.
The court is modeled after the 11-year-old Red Hook Community Justice Center in Brooklyn. Both are led by the nonprofit Center for Court Innovation in New York City, which tests new ideas to strengthen the justice system.
Click here to read the rest of “A New Newark” from the November issue of the ABA Journal.
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