Measures for Justice Receives $3.1 Million From Pershing Square Foundation to Develop a New Way of Tracking Criminal Justice System Performance
NEW YORK, May 11, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — As a nationwide, bi-partisan push is underway to reform the broken criminal justice system, The Pershing Square Foundation announced today a $3.1 million grant in support of Measures for Justice (MFJ), the first non-profit organization to use ‘big data’ to track and compare the performance of county criminal justice systems across the country.
“Recent incidents nationwide in Baltimore, Ferguson, Cleveland, New York have demonstrated what can happen when no one is looking at the big picture.
“In establishing accountability through public performance measurements at the local level, we believe Measures for Justice could truly have a profound impact on accelerating reform throughout the criminal justice system,” said Paul Bernstein, CEO of The Pershing Square Foundation.
About Measures for Justice
Measures for Justice (MFJ) is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to develop and implement a first-of-its kind series of performance measures to assess and compare data on the lower criminal justice system. Founded in 2011, MFJ is supported by the Pershing Square Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, Echoing Green, and the Ford Foundation.
About The Pershing Square Foundation
The Pershing Square Foundation is a private family foundation, based in New York, founded in December 2006 by Karen and Bill Ackman.
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