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A community-driven data tool that helps shape criminal justice policy.

Where Commons is helping communities today:

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Jackson County, MO

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Monroe County, NY

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East Baton Rouge, LA

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Yolo County, CA

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In Progress

Thurston County, WA

Prosecutor

West Sacramento, CA

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Rochester, NY

Police

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Yolo County, CA

Prosecutor

In Progress

West Sacramento, CA

Police

Live Data

East Baton Rouge, LA

Prosecutor

Live Data

Jackson County, MO

Prosecutor

Live Data

Monroe County, NY

Prosecutor

In Progress

Rochester, NY

Police

In Progress

Thurston County, WA

Prosecutor

What makes Commons different:

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It’s your platform.

Commons brings together the public and their public servants to prioritize what criminal justice data should be made available and what policy goals need to be set and tracked publicly.

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It’s easy to use.

The Commons platform is user-friendly, accessible, and designed to ensure the data can be understood and put to work.

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It’s data you can trust.

MFJ is a neutral and seasoned third party in the data processing piece of this work. For this reason, you can be sure the data are valid, reliable, and trustworthy.

It's policy focused.

The Commons platform features a policy goal co-created by the public and their public servants that can be tracked over time. New policy goals are added over time.

Commons Helps Communities Make Change

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Data

The Yolo District Attorney noticed a disproportionately large number of Black defendants being referred to the office by law enforcement.

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Policy Change

To mitigate downstream impact, the D.A. opened up eligibility for diversion (which allows defendants to be diverted out of the system and into community programming); he did this by revising a policy that automatically disqualified from the program defendants with a criminal history. He also started a race-blind charging practice.

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Community Impact

Diversions of Black defendants increased 15.9 percentage points in one year and case declinations began to trend up for Black defendants.

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