Keeping Women Out of the Justice System

In 2017, in response to the rising rates of women’s incarceration, we identified Keeping Women Out of the Justice System (KWOJS) as a priority-funding theme of our grants program.

Keeping Women Out of the Justice System report cover Over five years, we provided $5 million to seven innovative projects with the following aims:

reduce women’s encounters with the justice system
reduce factors driving growth in the women’s prison population
reduce women’s incarceration and reoffending rates
provide models for reform.

The final report was released in 2023, detailing the outstanding work undertaken by the projects we funded. Together, they demonstrate a diverse range of justice responses that support women and girls to live safer, healthier lives in the community.

The first and second reports can also be read below.