CSG Justice Center

Name

CSG Justice Center

Legal name

The Council of State Governments Justice Center

Website

https://csgjusticecenter.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Criminal Justice Policy Research

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (922)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAFAI

Criminal Justice Reform & Legal System Advocacy

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Civil Rights, Advocacy & Public Policy Organizations

SECONDARYBPAGAEAN

Reentry & Justice-Involved Support Services

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Social Services & Community Support (Food, Housing, Family)

SECONDARYBPAIAFAE

Community Corrections (Probation, Parole & Reentry)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Justice System (Courts, Prosecution & Corrections)

Keywords

• Criminal justice policy
• Behavioral health systems
• Public safety research
• Justice reinvestment
• Reentry programs

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Federal Government Grants: Primary funding source including grant from Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Federal funding cuts have eliminated a major source of support.
2. Individual and Organizational Donations: Donations from individuals and organizations supporting the mission to improve justice and behavioral health systems.

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

CSG Justice Center is a national, nonprofit, nonpartisan policy and research organization that develops research-driven strategies to increase public safety and strengthen communities. It operates as a division of The Council of State Governments (CSG), working with leaders in all 50 states to reduce recidivism, lower correctional costs, and improve responses to people with mental health and substance use needs in the criminal justice system. The organization provides free research publications, interactive data tools, self-assessment instruments, searchable databases, and direct technical assistance to state and local policymakers and practitioners.

Product overview

The CSG Justice Center operates as a policy and research organization rather than a commercial software product company. Its offerings consist primarily of research publications, interactive data tools, self-assessment instruments, databases, and technical assistance resources focused on criminal justice and behavioral health policy. The core portfolio includes: data and analytical tools such as the Justice Data Snapshots, 50-State Report on Public Safety, and Supervision Violations Dashboard; self-assessment tools including the Stepping Up County Self-Assessment Tool and Police-Mental Health Collaboration Self-Assessment Tool; searchable databases like the National Inventory of Collateral Consequences of Conviction and Clean Slate Clearinghouse; planning resources including the Collaborative Comprehensive Case Plans and Relapse Prevention Plans; and funding tools such as the Financing the Future of Local Initiatives and Course Corrections Cost Calculator. These resources are provided free to state and local policymakers working in criminal justice and related fields.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Reentry 2030: A national initiative that aims to dramatically improve reentry success for people exiting prison and those under supervision.
• Stepping Up
• Face to Face
• Aligning Health and Safety
• Clean Slate Clearinghouse
• National Inventory of Collateral Consequences of Conviction

Products and services

• Stepping Up Self-Assessment Tool Interactive survey tool designed to assist counties in evaluating their current efforts to reduce the prevalence of people with mental illnesses in jails, based on a framework of six key questions county leaders need to ask.
• Police-Mental Health Collaboration (PMHC) Self-Assessment Tool Interactive survey tool that helps law enforcement agencies and their behavioral health partners assess their progress toward implementing high-quality partnership-based interventions for calls involving people with mental illnesses and co-occurring substance use conditions.
• Justice Data Snapshots State-specific data compilations providing up-to-date information on crime, arrests, behavioral health, workforce, recidivism, and other criminal justice metrics for all 50 states.
• 50-State Report on Public Safety Web-based resource combining data analyses with practical examples to help policymakers craft strategies addressing their state's specific public safety challenges, drawing on millions of data points and interviews with corrections staff in all 50 states.
• Supervision Violations and Their Impact on Incarceration Dashboard Interactive dashboard and report analyzing data from corrections departments in all 50 states to understand the impact of supervision violations on prison populations and associated costs.
• Course Corrections Cost Calculator Data-driven calculator showing how changes in probation and parole outcomes can impact a state's prison population and costs.
• Clean Slate Clearinghouse Online resource providing information on juvenile and adult criminal record clearance policies in all U.S. states and territories for people with criminal records, legal service providers, and policymakers.
• National Inventory of Collateral Consequences of Conviction Searchable database tracking more than 40,000 federal and state policies establishing legal and regulatory sanctions that limit or prohibit people with criminal records from accessing employment, housing, education, and other opportunities.
• Collaborative Comprehensive Case Plans Resources helping programs integrate behavioral health and criminogenic risk and needs information into comprehensive case plans that engage participants and reflect partnerships between criminal justice, behavioral health, and social service systems.
• Relapse Prevention Plans Resources and planning templates to help reduce relapse chances and recidivism for people with addiction returning to the community, ensuring coordination among correctional agencies, probation, parole, and community-based treatment providers.
• Financing the Future of Local Initiatives A set of funding tools including a structured planning guide for centering equity, a database of federal grant opportunities, and examples of successful funding strategies for criminal justice and behavioral health initiatives.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reentry 2030 initiative could keep 500,000+ people out of prison and save states $43 billion
• +3 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• The Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law SchoolmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 May 2026Collaborating with CSG Justice Center on Connecticut's innovative police training program on community engagement, combining academic research with practical policy implementation.
• National Resource Center on Children & Families of the Incarcerated at Rutgers University-CamdencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with CSG Justice Center to develop a first-of-its-kind plan for states to support children and families with incarcerated parents, providing evidence-based, trauma-informed strategies for corrections leaders and policymakers.
• Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy at UConncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with CSG Justice Center to develop comprehensive strategies for states to strengthen parent-child connections and reduce recidivism through trauma-informed approaches.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• RAND Corporation: Large, established research organization with longstanding work in criminal-justice policy, corrections, and policing (and the prior employer of the CSG JC Research Director). Comparable on research credibility and federal-grant-driven operation, though with much broader thematic scope.

Emerging players

• Urban Institute (Justice Policy Center): Nonprofit research organization with a Justice Policy Center producing rigorous evaluation work on criminal-justice topics at federal/state level. Overlaps with CSG Justice Center on data-driven publications and policy analysis, though the focus is broader across social policy.
• Treatment Advocacy Center: Nonprofit focused on the intersection of mental-health and criminal-justice systems, providing research and policy advocacy. Directly comparable to CSG Justice Center's Stepping Up and PMHC work on behavioral-health and law-enforcement collaboration.
• R Street Institute: Centrist nonprofit that conducts policy research and advocacy across multiple issue areas including criminal-justice reform. Comparable in producing state-focused policy work aimed at legislators, with a broader free-market ideological lens.

Direct peers

• Vera Institute of Justice: National nonprofit research and policy organization working on criminal-justice reform, including bail, sentencing, and reentry. Operates in the same space with overlapping topic areas and a similar federal/state grant + philanthropic funding model, but Vera is larger and runs direct service pilots (e.g., Safe Alternatives to Segregation).
• The Sentencing Project: National nonprofit research and advocacy organization focused on criminal-justice reform, sentencing, and reentry. Overlaps with CSG JC on research publications and policy advocacy directed at state legislators, with a more pronounced advocacy/litigation posture.
• Brennan Center for Justice: Nonpartisan law and policy institute at NYU that produces research and policy recommendations on criminal-justice reform (alongside election and democracy work). Comparable in producing state- and federal-level research briefs and convenings aimed at policymakers, with a broader issue portfolio.
• National Institute of Corrections: Federal agency within the U.S. Department of Justice that provides training, technical assistance, and resources to state and local corrections professionals. Functionally parallel to CSG Justice Center's role providing research-driven tools and assistance, though government-funded rather than nonprofit.
• Pretrial Justice Institute: National nonprofit focused on pretrial reform, providing research, training, and technical assistance to state and local jurisdictions. Smaller-scope peer within the broader criminal-justice nonprofit infrastructure.
• Council on Criminal Justice: Nonpartisan criminal-justice policy and research organization producing state-level data dashboards, task-force reports, and bipartisan convenings — a near-clone of CSG Justice Center's nonprofit-policymaker operating model across adult and juvenile justice.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CSGJC

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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Investments

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