J4F is national network of family leaders, impacted by the justice system, working to end mass criminalization, particularly of youth and in communities of color. We are working to advance systemic policy and practice change while also building a base of those directly impacted, to help other families, and collectively achieve and sustain reforms.
A picture is worth a thousands words...using Philadelphia as an example, this graphic compares the cost, both financial and societal, of education and incarceration.
