The NYC Justice Corps seeks to develop the capacity of neighborhoods to address the reintegration challenges of their young adults reentering from the criminal justice system and to instill in those young adults a sense of civic responsibility and accountability to the communities to which they return. In the process, the NYC Justice Corps seeks to tangibly improve the Corps members’ prospects for personal and professional success.

NYC Justice Corps achieves this through two main programs:

• COMMUNITY BENEFIT PROJECT TOOLBOX: Service projects designed and completed by young adults that fill an important need in the community where the young people live. Unlike traditional community service, community benefit projects combine a youth development approach with restorative justice and workforce development strategies.  

• YOUTH DEVELOPMENT TOOLBOX: Serves 18-24 year olds with strategies to reduce recidivism, promote workforce readiness, and restore young adults’ relationships with their communities are implemented within a youth development framework. 

NYC Justice Corps is administered by the the Institute for Justice and Opportunity (formerly Prison Reentry Institute (PRI)) at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Alexis Yeboah-Kodie is the Program Coordinator.

LOCATIONS:

BRONX JUSTICE CORPS: Phipps Neighborhoods, 1409 Fulton Avenue, Bronx, NY 10456, Program Director: Vanessa Vanterpool ((347) 329.4004, ext. 5050, VVanterpool@phippsny.org)

HARLEM JUSTICE CORPS: Center for Court Innovation (CCI), 127 West 127th Street, New York, NY 10027, Program Director: Trisa Edmondson ((646) 593.8520)

BROOKLYN NEW YORK JUSTICE CORPS: Center for Alternative Sentencing & Employment Services, Inc. (CASES), 510 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11216, Program Director: Willard Beale ((212) 553.6652, wbeale@cases.org)

QUEENS JUSTICE CORPS: Center for Alternative Sentencing & Employment Services, Inc. (CASES), 89-31- 161st Street, Jamaica, NY 11432, Program Director: Willard Beale ((347) 796.4111, wbeale@cases.org)