Commons

Community Driven. Data Informed.

Welcome To:

transparency
trust
accountability

Commons is:

A co-created space for the community, police, prosecutors, and courts to make criminal justice data transparent & shared goals public.

  • Share a goal, meet that goal

    What if the district attorney, police chief, court, judges worked with community leaders to co-create a goal and track it publicly?

  • Look at trends month over month

    What if everyone could see their community's monthly criminal justice data broken down by demographics like race, indigency, or sex?

  • Share findings directly with policymakers and media

    What if you were invited to share what you find in a form that's easy to understand?

Co-creation

These are your data. This is your criminal justice system.

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Our Partners

Where are commons?

  • Live Data
    Yolo County, CA
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    Co-created by Yolo County’s Multi-Cultural Community Council and the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office.

  • Louisiana Coming Soon

  • New York Coming Soon

"This is my dashboard, and it will be a living work of art for our community."

- Tessa Smith, Yolo Multi-Cultural Community Council

"Over the past year, Measures for Justice has been our data therapist."

- Jeff Reisig, Yolo County District Attorney

"It’s important to have honest information about what’s taking place behind the closed doors of the D.A.’s office. This is a process—being transparent, shifting paradigms, it’s a huge undertaking and a step in the right direction."

- Kara Hunter, Executive Director, Yolo Conflict Resolution Center

"This opportunity for the community to get more involved with the D.A.’s office is wonderful. The more information we have, the better."

- Claudia Ibarra, DOJ Representative, Catholic Charities, Yolo-Solano

"Data is a key part of building trust between law enforcement, the district attorney's office, and the public. If there are metrics in the data that raise questions, especially along the lines of racial disparities, it's important to call the authorities on the carpet. It’s so important to be able to see problems and make changes based on data."

- Larry Love, Pastor, Woodland Christian Church

What can court data from counties tell us?

Take a look at court data from more than 1300 counties across the country.

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Who is Measures for Justice?

Measures for Justice is on a mission to make accurate criminal justice data available to spur reform.

About MFJ

Learn about data infrastructure across the country

Data quality and availability are at the heart of what Measures for Justice does. Take a look at the power and problem of criminal justice data in our twenty-state overview.

READ OUR REPORT