Dr. Ernest Drucker’s latest piece in the American Journal of Public notes the increasing consensus that the “culture of punishment” in the US has significant negative consequences for the health of the US population and calls for a new approach... READ MORE
On Tuesday Attorney General Eric Holder called on states to repeal laws restricting voting rights for formerly incarcerated individuals. “It is time to fundamentally rethink laws that permanently disenfranchise people who are no longer under federal or state supervision,” Holder... READ MORE
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2014 9:30 A.M. – 7 P.M. Moot Court Room, Benjamin N. Cardozo Law School 55 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003 PANEL ONE 10:15 – 11:45 A.M. Growing Up in Solitary: The Effects of Extreme Isolation on
The Justice Initiative is excited to launch its inaugural cohort of pilot project recipients who are engaged in a variety of different research projects focusing on issues of incarceration including reentry, peer mentorship, aging in prison, barriers to employment, and... READ MORE
The yearlong series is a program of events that will span the spring and fall semesters of 2014 aimed at raising consciousness and engaging students, faculty and community members in dialogue around issues of incarceration and criminal justice. The series... READ MORE
The School of Public Health continues there Dean's Seminar Series Thursday Dec 12th.
Policing, Dignity and the Harm Principle: The Case of Stop and Frisk... READ MORE
Through the Investing in Justice Pilot Projects, CJI seeks to fund and support collaborative research, curricula development and conferences that are working to address issues of incarceration and criminal justice. ... READ MORE
The hunger strike at Pelican Bay is the third such action in the past two years and only the most recent in a 20-year history of protests against conditions... (Huffington Post)... READ MORE
Watch video clips of Angela Davis, Mac Lamont Hill, The Panel and NY State Senator Bill Perkins raising consciousness about current ideas and effort about ending mass incarceration and its consequences... READ MORE
Internationally acclaimed social justice activist Angela Davis will return to Columbia University on April 5 to address the group that convenes for “Beyond the Bars: Moving Forward,” the third annual conference on criminal justice ... READ MORE
