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WHAT'S
NEW
 Insight Project Began a New Cycle The Insight Project is a comprehensive theatre-making class offered by the Court Employment Project (CEP), an alternative-to-incarceration program addressing the needs of court-involved youth at CASES. Following the success of the company's first and second cycle productions of the original plays Bird's Eye View and Brazil at Theatre Row Studios on 42nd Street, the Insight Project will focus its next cycle on bringing these productions into the community.
Bird's Eye View raises challenging questions about becoming an adult while negotiating family loyalty, ethical and legal behavior. Brazil explores the impact of a single act of violence and the struggles of those affected to make sense of the incident. Both scripts are original pieces, written in the course of the Insight Project's work by the participants and Writer-in-Residence Todd Pate, and inspired by the participants' life experiences.
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The Center for Alternative
Sentencing and Employment Services was established in 1989 when the Court
Employment Project and the Community Service Sentencing Project - originally
demonstration projects designed and managed by the Vera Institute of Justice
- were gathered under the umbrella of a single, independent non-profit corporation.
Today, with a staff of 140 and an annual budget of $9 million, CASES provides
services and supervision for over 10,000 offenders a year.
The mission of CASES is to increase the understanding
and use of community sanctions that are fair, affordable, and consistent
with public safety. For more than 30 years, CASES has worked with the justice
system to find sentencing alternatives that respond to justice system needs.
By addressing the factors that underlie criminal behavior, such as poor
education, lack of community support, inability to get and keep a job, substance
abuse and low self-esteem, our programs help young and adult offenders re-integrate
into society. We offer structured alternatives that are more substantial
than probation, but less costly and intrusive than jail or prison. CASES
and its programs contribute to safer streets, improve lives and save taxpayer
dollars each year.
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