10/26/2021 U.S. Crime Trends in Context: A discussion with John Pfaff
Thursday, 12:30 pm, 10/26/2021, Josh Hoe of Safe and Just Michigan will host a discussion with noted criminologist John Pfaff about the headlines declaring that …
Category: Criminal Legal Reform
Criminal legal reform news and events not directly related to restorative justice or FoRJ
9/24/2021 Documentary Movie Screening and Panel Discussion on Prison Gerrymandering
Friday, 6:30–8 pm, 9/24/2021, join a screening of Drawing the Line: Inside the Effort to End Prison Gerrymandering followed by a panel discussion. Prison gerrymandering …
9/19/2021 ‘Silenced: An Unlock Civics Documentary’ Screening and Panel Discussion
Sunday, 3–6 pm, 9/19/2021, at Wayne State University Student Center # 285, join a documentary and discussion led by Nation Outside and the Sentencing Project. …
10/14/2021 National Lifer’s Association Rally at the Capitol
Thursday, 3 pm, 10/14/2021, the National Lifer’s Association and many other criminal justice organizations will hold a rally at the Michigan State Capitol building in …
10/14/2021 Safe and Just Michigan Annual Meeting
Thursday, 6–8 pm, 10/14/2021, Safe and Just Michigan will hold its annual meeting at the Lansing Radisson Hotel and livestreamed. Registration and reception will begin …
10/7/2021 Citizens for Prison Reform Annual Celebration
Thursday, 7–8:30 pm, 10/7/2021, Citizens for Prison Reform will host “A Night of Comedy,” celebrating advocacy, online at https://bit.ly/3z3datm. Trudy Williams, the chair of the …
Exhibition on Mass Incarceration at Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University
Culminating Sept. 9th, The MSU Broad Art Museum will have opened six exhibitions dedicated to mass incarceration in the U.S. A celebration of these new exhibitions will …
CREW report released
Citizens for Racial Equity in Washtenaw (CREW) was formed to gather public data on the charging and sentencing of individuals in Washtenaw County and to …