Association of Prosecuting Attorneys

The Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (the Association) is a national organization that works to enhance the effectiveness of prosecutors to create safer communities through a more just and equitable legal system. The Association provides training, technical assistance, and public education, to ensure that prosecutors have the knowledge and support they need to advance criminal justice reforms. More specifically, the Association regularly convenes prosecutors from its membership- including from various Safety and Justice Challenge (SJC) sites- to amplify information and strategies that help to propel reform. This award supports the Association’s upcoming roundtable convening to identify strategies to better connect, support, and retain women of color in the field of prosecution.

The Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (the Association) is a national organization that works to enhance the effectiveness of prosecutors to create safer communities through a more just and equitable legal system. This award supports the Association’s continued participation as a strategic ally in the Safety and Justice Challenge. As a strategic ally, the Association provides training, technical assistance, and public education, to ensure that prosecutors have the knowledge and support they need to advance reforms that are consistent with the SJC goals for alternatives to incarceration and the reduction of jail use and improved racial equity in justice outcomes. Specifically, the Association convenes Leadership Institutes for prosecutors from various Challenge sites, amplifies information and SJC strategies to its members and the general public, and collaborates with other strategic allies to help propel the movement to eliminate the misuse and overuse of jails.

The Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (APA) is a national organization that works to enhance the effectiveness of prosecutors to create safer communities through training, technical assistance, and public education. JustLeadershipUSA is a national organization that builds local power within communities across the nation to dismantle oppressive systems. This award supports a partnership between APA and JustLeadershipUSA to establish a Race Equity Committee of national criminal justice stakeholders to create policy recommendations and actionable items that directly address racial and ethnic disparities throughout the criminal justice system. While many system stakeholders have employed various strategies to advance racial equity, research indicates that racial and ethnic disparities persist in the criminal justice system. For this reason, eliminating racial disparities requires innovative, collaborative, and intentional changes. National associations can act in concert to reduce racial and ethnic disparities across the country, by establishing a unified national policy agenda, coupled with practical guidance for cross-collaboration and community engagement. 

The Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (the Association) is a national organization that works to enhance the effectiveness of prosecutors to create safer communities through training, technical assistance, and public education. This award supports the Association’s continued participation as a strategic ally in the Safety and Justice Challenge, the Foundation’s criminal justice reform initiative aimed at reducing over-incarceration and eliminating racial disparities by targeting the misuse and overuse of jails. As a strategic ally, the Association convenes and conducts Leadership Institutes for prosecutors in Safety and Justice Challenge Network sites, uses multiple communication channels to disseminate information on jail incarceration reduction efforts to its members and the general public, and collaborates with other strategic allies to help build a movement aimed at eliminating the misuse and overuse of jails.

The Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (the Association) is a national organization that works to enhance the effectiveness of prosecutors through training, technical assistance, and public education. This award supports the Association’s continued participation as a strategic ally in the Safety and Justice Challenge, the Foundation’s criminal justice reform initiative aimed at reducing over-incarceration by targeting the misuse and overuse of jails. As a strategic ally, the Association convenes and conducts Leadership Institutes of prosecutors in Safety and Justice Challenge Network sites, uses multiple communication channels to disseminate information on jail incarceration reduction efforts to its members and the general public, and collaborates with other strategic allies to help build a movement aimed at eliminating the misuse and overuse of jails.