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State Lawmakers Take Steps Toward Ending Mass Incarceration
When the Michigan Joint Task Force on Jail and Pretrial Incarceration released a report earlier this year recommending sweeping changes to the state’s criminal legal system – changes the ACLU of Michigan’s Smart Justice campa
It took a lawsuit to get my special needs son the help he requires | Detroit Free Press, Opinion
Four years ago, my son Jabari and other Flint schoolchildren poisoned by lead-contaminated drinking water sued the state and local school districts because they were not getting the special education services required by law.
Surviving Calhoun County Jail: An Asylum-Seeker’s Story of Incarceration During the Pandemic
What the woman we’ll call Maria most wants people to know is how very thankful she is, first to God, and then to all the people who worked to get her out of the Calhoun County Jail. Once that gratitude is expressed, though, the message she wants to send is one of alarm over the threat asylum seek
COVID-19 and Racism: Why 55% of the Berrien County Jail Population is Now Black
For nearly two years, I served as a public defender in Berrien County, representing poor people accused of committing crimes.
Keep protesting, but do it safely | Bridge, Opinion
The current state of the world is filled with both confusion and unrest. We are in the midst of a global pandemic, in addition to a battle with racial injustice and inequality. The heavily publicized death of George Floyd, following the deaths of Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, has sparked glob