The Institute for Social Justice (ISJ) is a non-profit professional national and international organization. It was organized in the year 1999 to provide up to date information and be a catalyst to professionals that work in policy making, criminal justice, juvenile justice, law enforcement and the legal and social science field. The Institute for Social Justice (ISJ) is a learning Institute. ISJ plants seeds and assists in fertilizing these seeds and also assists professionals, organizations, associations, programs and the community-at-large, in helping it to grow.