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Criminal Law and Justice

Restorative Justice, the Future of Criminal Justice Reform

Together, we'll hear first-hand from some of Colorado's leading pioneers, innovators, and practitioners -- and learn how Colorado has become a national leader in criminal justice reform through Restorative Justice.

Event

06.01.2022
Criminal Law and Justice

Make Communities Safer by Listening to Residents First

Justice reform should put community members with direct experience into the driver’s seat.

BY Douglas Wood & 2 more

Blog Post

04.12.2022
Criminal Law and Justice

Criminal Justice Transformation

Anna Deavere Smith, actress, playwright, and founding director of the Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue at New York University, and Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation

BY Aspen Community Programs

Video

09.16.2020
Criminal Law and Justice

Criminal Justice Transformation

In collaboration with the Aspen Criminal Justice Reform Initiative Featuring Anna Deavere Smith, actress, playwr ...

BY Criminal Justice Reform Initiative & 1 more

Video

09.16.2020
Criminal Law and Justice

U.S. Supreme Court’s Denial of Application to Vacate Stay in the Case of Raysor v. DeSantis

Yesterday’s Supreme Court decision will disenfranchise nearly 1 million individuals in Florida. Denying people their right to vote due to unpaid debt is reminiscent of a Jim Crow era “poll tax,” continuing the systemic criminalization of the poor and people of color.

BY Douglas Wood

Blog Post

07.17.2020
Criminal Law and Justice

Criminal Justice Transformation

Featuring Anna Deavere Smith, actress, playwright, and founding director of the Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue at New York University, and Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation in conversation with Reverend Vivian Nixon, executive director of College & Community Fellowship and an Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow.

Event

06.10.2020
Racial Equity

We Must Keep Their Names Alive

The criminalization of poverty is a stark reminder of the legacy of race and the criminal justice system.

BY Douglas Wood

Blog Post

06.02.2020
Criminal Law and Justice

Now Is the Time to Transform the Criminal Justice System

People are being released from prisons during the pandemic, but what is happening in the communities they've returned to?

BY Douglas Wood

Blog Post

04.24.2020
Literature

Steph Cha on Racial Tensions and Representation

Your House Will Pay deals with a clash between two families, one black and one Korean, a year before the L.A. Uprising.

BY Aspen Words

Blog Post

02.10.2020
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