The Next 250 Years: Building Safety, Justice, and Democracy for the Future - Part I

In this issue, and in part two that will follow, we ask a few questions that we think should guide our thinking about the future of our justice system. We highlight the current state of the issues that will most impact its future and what investments we need to make now to ensure that the next 250 years are not a return to regressive, failed tactics of the past. Our country is at a crossroads, and we have the power to decide whether we will lean into or move away from mass incarceration. Those outcomes will be shaped by the choices we make today about safety, justice, and who gets to exercise power in our communities.

Read more at the Wren Collective’s Substack Defending What Matters Most