Women's Justice Institute (WJI)

The Women’s Justice Institute (WJI) collaborates with a wide range of stakeholders nationwide to promote de-carceration of women and girls through implementation of gender responsive, trauma-informed and family-centered policies and programs designed to address their unique risks, strengths and needs throughout the justice continuum. 

Through collaboration, we grow sustainable systems change strategies centered on a public health approach, and advance them through cultivating a meaningful dialogue among women and girls with lived experiences, corrections officials and frontline staff, the law enforcement community, elected officials and policymakers, social service providers, academics and other thought leaders from across the nation.  

For more information and to reach WJI Co-Founders Alyssa Benedict and Deanne Benos:  womensjustice.net.