Michael Jacobson

Michael Jacobson is the Director of CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance. Prior to joining CUNY in May 2013, Michael was president of the Vera Institute of Justice, serving from 2005 to 2013. He has previously held positions as the NYC Correction Commissioner, and the NYC Probation Commissioner. He is the author of Downsizing Prisons: How to Reduce Crime and End Mass Incarceration.