"Significant legislative and constitutional improvements to New Jersey’s pretrial justice system passed in 2014 and went into effect on January 1, 2017. The Pretrial Justice Institute sat down with Roseanne Scotti, New Jersey State Director of the Drug Policy Alliance and one of the leaders in the effort to improve the state’s pretrial system, to talk about how it came about. Following is a lightly edited transcript of our conversation, which touched on the importance of building a strong coalition, clear and convincing research, enlisting stakeholder support, and being prepared to meet opposition head on. We also discussed lessons for other states considering similar improvements."
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