SJC Exchange Library

For more than seven years, the Safety and Justice Challenge (SJC) has been rebuilding local criminal justice systems with a focus on reducing jail incarceration and racial and ethnic disparities. As the Foundation pivots to investing in the sustainability of reforms, the issue of talent and leadership is rising to the fore. Therefore, the Foundation is investing in pathways to ensure that diverse and talented leaders are prepared to guide the criminal justice system and are empowered with lessons from the SJC experience to propel future change. The Safety and Justice Talent Consortium, launching in 2024, aims to assemble a leadership pipeline of BIPOC criminal justice talent by targeting each stage of the employee life cycle—from entry level to mid-management to leadership.

This panel will discuss the issues at the core of recruitment and retention within SJC sites and propose a series of innovative and equitable leadership development strategies to address them.