Our current Fellows come from many schools across Columbia (Social Work, Teachers College, Columbia College and the School of Professional Studies), other colleges (John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York Theological Seminary, Hunter College, SUNY Downstate, Fairleigh Dickinson University)... READ MORE
Azadeh Zohrabi on the True Cost of Incarceration on Families Wednesday, January 20, 2015 12:30 p.m. — 1:30 p.m. Vera Institute of Justice 233 Broadway, 12th Floor Join us for the next Neil A. Weiner Research Speaker Series event with
IMPORTANT NOTE for REGISTRATION There is a ticket for each day of the conference. We ask that you please only register for the day(s) that you intend to come. While we fully intend to acommodate everyone who registers, registration does... READ MORE
Why Education Matters In the inaugural series of Talks@Columbia, Dr. Geraldine Downey discusses the importance of education for incarcerated people. While the student identity centers on hope, the criminal identity focuses on history – past mistakes and failures. Adopting a... READ MORE
On November 30, 2015 the Center for Justice at Columbia University, in collaboration with the Heyman Center for the Humanities Public Humanities Initiative, the Center for the Study of Law and Culture, and the Columbia University Population Research Center,... READ MORE
If you missed the 3rd Edition of The Confined Arts, here’s what you missed! In it’s third edition, The Confined Arts proved to many that the arts has the power to change perceptions because it can convey humanity and transformation. It... READ MORE
Our ongoing coding project, RikersBot, was featured in Fast Company. RikersBot is a coding and digital storytelling project created Group for the Experimental Methods in the Humanities and Center for Justice. The project brings Columbia students and Rikers students together... READ MORE
This teaching workshop brings together faculty, graduate students, administrators and community members interested in teaching in prison and in prison education programs. Speakers discuss the classes and programs they lead and share their experiences engaging in prison education. A
Justice-in-Education Initiative Wednesday, December 9, 2015 6:15 p.m. The Schapiro Center, Davis Auditorium An evening of justice poetry featuring the editors and contributor of The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip Hop. Poets read from their
With a new narrative and a brilliant group of artist, The Confined Arts will be reinvigorating the platform once again. The 3rd Edition of The Confined Arts will be a 40-day exhibition with an opening weekend consisting of visual art, live poetry, motivational
