The justice system is producing ‘bad outcomes,’ says Lehigh Valley group planning to do something about it Updated Dec 20, 2020; Posted Dec 20, 2020 Joe Welsh introduces himself as the executive director of the Lehigh Valley Justice initiative on Dec. 15, 2020. He announced the launch of the initiative via Zoom.Courtesy photo Facebook Share Coming up with $2,000 to bail yourself out of prison might not seem too difficult to many lehighvalleylive.com readers. But a $2,000 bail could be devastating for some of the Lehigh Valley’s low-income families, according to Joseph Welsh. Welsh is the executive director of the Lehigh Valley Justice Initiative, a criminal justice reform nonprofit that launched Tuesday in Easton.