Creating a world where justice is not reliant on the criminal legal system.
Supporting thriving communities where needs are met and neighbors have agency to build joy.
The Justice 20/20 Network is an inclusive community for policy advocates, grassroots organizers, community members, those directly impacted by the criminal legal system, and all new learners hoping to make an impact.
The Justice 20/20 Network is a vehicle for those seeking to change the Illinois criminal legal system to collaborate, strategize, and coalesce power.
The Justice 20/20 Network will address the structural harms of the criminal legal system and support the creation of community conditions that lead to “No Entry” into the system, including disrupting the cycle of criminalization and incarceration. Through four working groups focused on Supporting Safe & Thriving Communities, Policing, Pre-Trial & the Courts, and Incarceration & Reentry, we hope to assemble a diverse group of stakeholders to strategize across issue areas where people typically operate in silos to holistically address the criminal legal system in Illinois.
Focusing on four areas of the criminal legal system in Illinois.
Through the four working groups, we hope to assemble a diverse group of stakeholders to strategize across issue areas where people typically operate in silos to holistically address criminalization and incarceration. Working groups meet monthly.
Supporting Safe & Thriving Communities
The Supporting Safe & Thriving Communities Working Group works together to address the policy needs of communities that have been systematically divested from and helps support a community-led vision of a thriving neighborhood.
Policing
The Policing Working Group explores opportunities to build shared goals around addressing policing practices in the state and collaborates to share information across disciplines and strategies.
Pre-Trial & the Courts
The Pre-Trial & the Courts Working Group engages closely with other existing groups to address the challenges of practices and procedures with the goal of increasing efficiency and transparency for those experiencing the system.
Incarceration & Reentry
The Incarceration & Reentry Working Group supports efforts to decarcerate Illinois prisons and address policy issues impacting people who are currently or formerly incarcerated in Illinois.