The Justice Forum – Reimagining Justice: Narratives of Inclusion How do we change the current criminal justice system, one defined by mass incarceration, a paradigm of punishment, and racial discrimination? Changing how we achieve justice through policing, courts, jails, prisons
If you would like to attend, please apply here. Schedule for The American Justice Summit (subject to change) To watch free livestream of this event, go to vicenews.com. Gerald W. Lynch Theater John Jay College of Criminal Justice November 10, 2014
Led by Dr. Josiah Rich, M.D., M.P.H. Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Brown University. Required RSVP to [email protected] by November 4th, 2014 Light refreshments will be provided.
The Columbia Prison Reform and Education Project will be hosting a teach-in on the treatment of youth on Rikers Island, the main jail complex in NYC. We will discuss punitive measures like solitary confinement, as well as movements like the
We recently had the chance to sit down with Dr. Nabila El-Bassel, who is a Professor at the Columbia University School of Social Work, the Director of the Social Intervention Group (SIG), the Director of the Columbia University Global Health Research... READ MORE
Please join the African American Policy Forum and the Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies for IN PLAIN SIGHT Towards Engendering the Fight for Racial Justice in the 21st Century WHY ARE WOMEN OF COLOR: KILLED BY STATE VIOLENCE,
New York is one of just two states in the country that automatically treats 16- and 17-year olds as adults in the criminal justice system. In recent years, advocates and legislators — including the state’s chief judge — have pushed
Is Health a Human Right? The European Perspective In this talk, Panayotis Yatagantzidis will present tentative definitions of the concept of human rights as delineated in different schools of thought and will define a constitutional cartography of the right to health
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Center for Justice at Columbia University presents Lyrics from Lockdown at Miller Theatre Thursday, Nov. 20 Bryonn Bain tells his own story of wrongful imprisonment in Lyrics from Lockdown through hip hop, spoken word, blues, comedy,... READ MORE
The Center for Justice at Columbia University is humbled and excited to present the inaugural cohort of the Beyond the Bars Fellows. The Beyond the Bars Fellowship provides students and community members with an opportunity to develop a deeper understanding... READ MORE
