BJA FY 22 Jails and Justice Support Center

OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. The purpose of the Department of Justice (DOJ) Jails and Justice Support Center (the Center) is to assist jails in creating and sustaining safe, humane, and effective environments for people who are detained and incarcerated in them and for people who work in and visit them. The Center, which will be collaboratively administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance and the National Institute of Corrections, will provide the nation's jails with information, resources, training, and technical assistance to improve compliance with all constitutional and federal statutory requirements and other relevant U.S. law, regulations, standards, best practices, and guidelines.