About the team. The Reshaping Prosecution Program is dedicated to transforming what it means to be a prosecutor by focusing on the dignity of all people impacted by the criminal justice system. Prosecutors play a critical, but often hidden, role in mass incarceration as one of the most powerful actors in the criminal justice system. They decide who to charge with a crime, what crime to charge, whether to detain someone in jail pending trial, and ...
About the team. The Vera Development team dedicates their time to raising the financial resources necessary to fuel Vera's mission and programs. The Development team cultivates relationships with prospective funders, coordinates funder engagement around Vera's work, and partners with initiative leads, leadership team, and trustees to build and execute strategies for fund development. The Development intern will provide a wide range of administrat...
About the team. The People, Place and Culture (PPC) team at Vera oversees all employee-related operations, including employee engagement, talent acquisition, learning & development, and benefits. Grounded in Vera’s mission to advance justice and end mass incarceration, the PPC team approaches this work through and equity-centered lens, recognizing that how we support our people directly shapes our ability to drive systemic change. The PPC team is...
About the team. To reduce the nation’s dependence on jails, Vera's Beyond Jails Initiative is working in jurisdictions across the county to shift resources to community-driven solutions to help people thrive. Vera’s Beyond Jails work has three core strategies: statewide advocacy campaigns and coalition-building to create lasting policy change. piloting and building evidence around local decarceration strategies. and building will for change in lo...
About the team. Vera's Legal Department provides comprehensive in-house legal services to the organization, including each of its administrative departments, centers, programs, and demonstration projects, and to its Board of Trustees. This includes advising on written agreements, risk management and mitigation, lobbying and political activity, insurance, corporate governance, employment law, conflicts of interest, and compliance. . This position ...
About the team. The Data Engineering Intern for the Research Department’s Central Data Science team at Vera is an opportunity for a college student or recent grad to immerse themselves into working in a data role at a non-profit organization. Their work will support the construction and maintenance of a centralized data ingestion/processing framework and data warehouse to support researchers who work with public and/or large-scale data in nationa...
Who we are. The Vera Institute of Justice is powered by hundreds of advocates, researchers, and policy experts working to transform the criminal legal and immigration systems until they’re fair for all. Founded in 1961 to advocate for alternatives to money bail in New York City, Vera is now a national organization that partners with impacted communities and government leaders for change. We develop just, antiracist solutions so that money doesn’t...
About the team. Vera’s research is an essential component of our work to deliver justice and end mass incarceration. Our research is founded on social science principles of independence and methodological rigor and designed to deliver the knowledge that will lead to real world impact. Vera researchers generate and interpret the evidence required to understand problems, develop solutions, shift policies, and change beliefs and norms that perpetuat...
About the team. Vera’s research is an essential component of our work to deliver justice and end mass incarceration. Our research is founded on social science principles of independence and methodological rigor and designed to deliver the knowledge that will lead to real world impact. Vera researchers generate and interpret the evidence required to understand problems, develop solutions, shift policies, and change beliefs and norms that perpetuat...
About the team. Vera’s research is an essential component of our work to deliver justice and end mass incarceration. Our research is founded on social science principles of independence and methodological rigor and designed to deliver the knowledge that will lead to real world impact. Vera researchers generate and interpret the evidence required to understand problems, develop solutions, shift policies, and change beliefs and norms that perpetuat...
About the team. Vera’s research is an essential component of our work to deliver justice and end mass incarceration. Our research is founded on social science principles of independence and methodological rigor and designed to deliver the knowledge that will lead to real world impact. Vera researchers generate and interpret the evidence required to understand problems, develop solutions, shift policies, and change beliefs and norms that perpetuat...
About the Organization. The Vera Institute of Justice is powered by hundreds of advocates, researchers, and policy experts working to end mass incarceration, protect immigrants’ rights, restore dignity to people behind bars, and build safe and thriving communities. Founded in 1961 to advocate for alternatives to money bail in New York City, Vera is a leading and nonpartisan national organization that partners with impacted communities and governm...
