CRPOI works to centre impacted populations, ensuring that people who have lived through incarceration are key in driving evidence about it.
We center lived experience in a number of manners.
1.) CRPOI maintains a National Expert Advisory Roster. This roster is essentially a list of individuals with lived experience of criminalization, who bring expertise related to incarceration, community release, and Participatory Action Research.
Expert Advisors bring a range of individual interests, expertise and training, and are interested in supporting and advising research initiatives.
Researchers and advocacy groups who are members of CRPOI can see our full Expert Advisor Roster, and reach out directly to them to bring them into paid roles to support any and all aspects of research, from design and planning, through to study processes and knowledge sharing.
1) We want to disrupt research cultures about incarceration that contribute to the ongoing marginalization and social exclusion of impacted populations. To achieve this, we also have a National Steering Committee comprised of 8 individuals with lived experience of incarceration who will be available to:
2) Provide guidance to researchers and advocates engaged in community engaged research when things may go wrong or be complicated
3) Create resources and tools to promote best practices in meaningfully working with impacted populations in research
4) Host virtual and in person events that advance CRPOI’s goals
5) Provide thought leadership and direction for CRPOI