The mission at the core of our work
Our founding team began attending college in Chicago in 2015. That November, a dash cam video revealed that 17-year-old Laquan McDonald was shot 16 times by a Chicago police officer. In the aftermath, the city saw a proliferation of facial recognition software, gang databases, and predictive policing tools designed to expedite arrest and incarceration.
In our increasingly technology-dependent criminal justice system, there was a lack of solutions built with empathy for affected communities. That is why we started JusticeText.
As technologists of color, we are committed to strengthening public institutions to ensure criminal legal representation for all Americans, regardless of income.
Our Team
We are a group of technologists and attorneys with a commitment to racial justice.
Devshi Mehrotra
CEO
Leslie Jones-Dove
CTO
Oscar Hull
Senior Engineer
Sharon Tung
Product Designer
Jon Ervin
Chief of Staff
Caroline Hanson
Customer Success
Marcos Soares
Engineer
Fabio Dias
Engineer
Yasmin Herdoiza
Public Defender Engagement
Matan Kotler-Berkowitz
Engineer
Patrick Edmonds
Marketing
Our Supporters
Backed by partners who believe in JusticeText’s mission to close the justice technology gap.
Interested in joining us?
Join a distributed global team committed to shifting the role of technology in the criminal justice system.