About Corrections Reform Group
Corrections Reform Group strengthens individuals, institutions, and communities through evidence-informed education, leadership development, public health communication, and systems transformation. We partner with correctional agencies, higher education institutions, nonprofit organizations, and community leaders to create lasting change through practical, research-informed solutions.
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Who We Are
Our Mission
Corrections Reform Group exists to strengthen the institutions that shape public safety, family stability, and second chances, through evidence-informed training, proprietary frameworks, and systems-level design built by people who understand these institutions from the inside-out.
We partner with correctional agencies, courts, and community organizations to close the gap between policy and practice, replacing fragmented interventions with structured, measurable, and sustainable change.
What Makes CRG Different
Corrections Reform Group stands apart by treating lived experience and scientific evidence as complementary, not competing, sources of authority. Our frameworks are developed by professionals who have navigated the systems they seek to improve and are continuously strengthened through research, measurement, and evaluation rather than assumption or anecdote.
This is Experience-Informed Practice™: credibility earned through direct knowledge, accountability maintained through evidence. Rather than delivering one-time training, we partner with institutions to build practical, sustainable systems that strengthen people, improve organizational performance, and create lasting impact.
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The Expertise Behind Our Work
Robert E. Fullilove EdD
Scientific Advisor
Professor and Associate Dean, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Expertise: Public Health · Health Equity · Community-Based Research · Urban Health · Social Determinants of Health
Allie Anderson, MPH
Social & Emotional Learning Advisor
Master of Public Health (MPH); Master’s in Social and Emotional Learning
Expertise: Social & Emotional Learning · Trauma-Informed Practice · Public Health · Youth Development · Prevention Science
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Our Guiding Principles
Evidence Before Assumption
We begin with questions, examine available evidence, and remain willing to revise our conclusions as knowledge and conditions change.
Human Dignity
We recognize every person's inherent worth and promote respectful, fair, and humane engagement, including in settings involving authority, accountability, custody, or supervision.
Ethics
We align our public claims, partnerships, and practices with what can be supported, delivered, and defended responsibly.
Continuous Learning
We treat programs and practices as living systems that improve through reflection, feedback, evaluation, and experience.
Systems Thinking
We examine how people, institutions, environments, incentives, policies, and relationships interact rather than treating complex challenges as isolated events.
Service Through Leadership
We lead by serving the people, professionals, and communities our work affects, and we hold ourselves accountable to them.