Yasmin Eriksson

Yasmin Eriksson has worked with attorneys, police officers, policymakers, and formerly incarcerated people across the country to advocate for criminal justice reform. She has examined the different punitive philosophical views of attorneys based on their adversarial role in the courtroom and measured the concrete impact of their punitive attitudes on sentencing choices. Yasmin’s work at CJI is focused primarily on CJI’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI) project, assisting states with reforming their justice systems to reduce recidivism and improve public safety. Yasmin supports the JRI Phase I team that reviews a state’s adult justice system and helps with drafting, passage, and implementation of reforms. Yasmin is critical of the deeply adversarial nature of the justice system and believes strongly in diversion programs that employ restorative justice practices. She is ultimately committed to a vision of a justice system that repairs rather than exacerbates harm in communities.

Yasmin holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in Ethics, Politics, and Economics.