CKI’s Jordan Richardson gives a TED talk on some innovative solutions that the general public can enact to improve the criminal justice system without ever changing the law.

States across the country have shown that results-oriented funding to local probation departments spurs them to innovate or adopt new practices to reduce the likelihood of supervision failure and revocation to state lockups.

A forthcoming study by the Institute for Justice shows that asset forfeiture has no effect on deterring drug use – a common justification for the practice’s continued use.