Vera Institute Of Justice
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Mission Statement
Vera is committed to ending the overcriminalization and mass incarceration of people of color, immigrants, and people experiencing poverty. Our vision is to build safe, healthy, empowered communities and a fair, accountable justice system. Four strategic priorities power our fight for human dignity: • End the criminalization of people of color, immigrants, and people experiencing poverty. • Reduce the use of jails, prisons, and detention centers. • Center dignity and minimize the harms of criminal legal and immigration system involvement. • Support safe and thriving communities with comprehensive strategies that ensure accountability and are rooted in public health.
About This Cause
The United States is home to less than 5 percent of the world’s population, yet nearly 16 percent of all incarcerated people—roughly two million people—are held in our jails and prisons. Our incarceration rate is among the highest in the world. However, to truly deliver safety and justice for everyone, we must end mass criminalization and incarceration. Rather than keeping our communities safe, mass incarceration has persistently and disproportionately inflicted devastating harm on people of color, immigrants, and people experiencing poverty. The Vera Institute of Justice is working to end the system of mass incarceration. Based on our six decades of experience, Vera has demonstrated that solutions that advance equal justice are also solutions that make communities healthier, stronger, and safer. These include reforms ensuring that money doesn’t determine freedom; fewer people are in jails, prisons, and immigration detention; and everyone in the system is treated with dignity.