The world of criminal justice is starting to change.
We equip the prosecutors leading the charge.
The United States has over 2 million citizens in prison, at a cost of over $80 billion each year.
And it’s not effective – the 3-year recidivism rate is 68%. This is not a new problem, but the renewed sense of urgency is.
We Need Change Now.
PROSECUTORS are the ones to do it because they are the most powerful actors in the criminal justice system.
But they need data to make it happen.
Why is data so important?
True justice should be data-informed, not gut-driven. Outcomes should be fairly and evenly determined, not skewed by human-error or bias. Because every obstacle prosecutors encounter directly impacts the citizens they serve.
We believe improving coordinated access to data through innovative technology solutions is essential to equip prosecutors and implement meaningful policy change.
We work towards this goal with a dual approach: We assess diversion programs nationwide as alternatives to mass incarceration, and we utilize data analytics to identify unintentional disparities in decisions like charging, bail, plea offers, and sentencing recommendations.
OUR APPROACH:
How does it work?
Our CEO and founder is a former state prosecutor, and she oversees and manages each crucial stage of Innovative Prosecution Consulting’s work with a site office.
We have a two-part team which is led by our subject matter expert and CEO. Our policy team includes a project manager, policy fellow, and intern. Our technical/research team comprises two research professors and 2-3 research associates from American University’s Department of Justice, Law & Criminology. Our data work also extends to corrections departments.
Our work offers critical support quickly and efficiently:
We meet with the office’s staff to assess their specific data needs and goals.
We create a memorandum of understanding/contract to cover: our scope of work, deliverables, roles and responsibilities, data ownership and use, types of cases and caseloads to be analyzed, dissemination of findings, project timelines, and communications protocols.
We examine an office’s internal case management data to assess capacity limitations or missing information within a specified data set (e.g., 30,000 closed misdemeanor assault cases from 2017-2018).
We convert our data analysis into recommendations for practice guidelines, advising on such issues as:
1. Diversion programs;
2. Prosecutorial decisions (e.g., charging, bail, plea offer, sentencing, etc.);
3. Best practices used around the country (e.g., ending cash bail).
4. Assist in the development of data dashboards.
We build leaders. Based on our assessments, we will personally work with office staff individually to identify and overcome challenges to implementation, together.
We’re harnessing data to navigate technology solutions in three simple steps.
Kickoff
Assess Goals to Create a Plan
Our process tailors solutions to the unique needs and visions of each office we support. We work closely with a prosecutor’s office to assess their current practices while working in parallel to analyze their internal caseload.
Analyze
Collect & Evaluate Data
Equipped with insights from the raw data, we help structure a plan and provide resources to help each office move towards the elected district attorney’s vision. Recommendations include topics from diversion programs and prosecutorial decisions to best practices from other jurisdictions around the country, and data dashboards.
Implement
Deploy Solutions & Equip the Team
No plan should sit on a shelf; we ensure each office is equipped to bring their vision to life. We help identify and empower leaders in each office. We provide consulting on Tableau data dashboards, building staff/data capacity, change management, public relations, and other types of professional development.
Our impact is strongest when we work together.
As our CEO and founder is a former state prosecutor, she will personally oversee and manage each crucial stage of your work. Our goal is to support the office’s vision. With our policy and research team, we make an impact.
Our work is supported by the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys.
You can make a difference, too.
There is no one-size-fits-all package for how to be an agent of change.
Everyone has a role to play in the movement for social and criminal justice reform.
Right now, we are building relationships with like-minded organizations in social justice, technology solutions, and prosecutor’s offices.
Ready to take action?
Meet Our Founder & CEO, Allison Pierre.
Allison C. Pierre is an innovator. She founded Innovative Prosecution Consulting (IPC) in 2019.
Before IPC, Allison graduated from Barnard College, Columbia University and holds a J.D. from American University’s Washington College of Law. She launched her career at the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office and later became an associate in complex commercial litigation law firms in Manhattan. She also served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the U.S. Attorneys’ Office in D.C.
She has led a diverse and dynamic career as a criminal prosecutor and civil litigator. But in 2019, she made a pivotal career change from practitioner to reform advocate. After reading the New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, she was awakened to the significant disparities in criminal justice.
Reform became her new path. Specifically, using technology to drive reform. As a strategist, she connects state prosecutors to cutting- edge technology and data analysis to inform their policy decision making.
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