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What is a "Justice Audit?"

Whenever I hear the word “audit,” I tend to imagine a hunched-over IRS agent thumbing through a flood of manila folders in search of fudged numbers. So ...

BY Willem Patrick, & 1 more

Blog Post

09.10.2021
Criminal Law and Justice

Must Prison Be Traumatic?

Prisons in the U.S. are, by design and operation, focused on punishment. But does punishment have to be traumatizing? Could prisons and jails be places ...

BY Criminal Justice Reform Initiative

Podcast

09.07.2021
Criminal Law and Justice

Justice in Detroit

What would it take to make Detroit a “just city” – an actual sanctuary of justice for its residents? Amanda Alexander, founder and Executive Dire ...

BY Criminal Justice Reform Initiative

Podcast

07.07.2021
Criminal Law and Justice

Youth Justice in Philly

Chekemma J. Fulmore-Townsend, President and CEO of the Philadelphia Youth Network, joins us for this episode of Shades of Freedom to discuss the evolut ...

BY Criminal Justice Reform Initiative

Podcast

05.04.2021
Criminal Law and Justice

Local Elections Focus on Justice

This year, candidates in mayoral and other local elections are charting a new course with their justice-related platforms. They are moving away from so-cal ...

BY Fred Frelow

Blog Post

04.13.2021
Criminal Law and Justice

Beyond Policing

This bonus episode of the Aspen Institute’s Criminal Justice Reform Initiative's podcast Shades of Freedom is drawn from a February 2021 online event ...

BY Criminal Justice Reform Initiative

Podcast

03.11.2021
Criminal Law and Justice

Knowledge, Power and Freedom

For nearly three decades, prisoners have been denied access to a college education – but it wasn’t always that way. The Reverend Vivian D. Nixon, E ...

BY Criminal Justice Reform Initiative

Podcast

02.15.2021
Criminal Law and Justice

Transforming Justice in Oregon

The path to justice will be different in each community. Founded in the late 1800s with a state constitution that specifically excluded Black America ...

BY Criminal Justice Reform Initiative

Podcast

10.28.2020
Criminal Law and Justice

Freedom Libraries for Prisons

Listen and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts or your favorite podcast app. Dwayne Betts’ story is one of tribulation and t ...

BY Criminal Justice Reform Initiative

Podcast

09.22.2020
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