Lucy Litt’s new article on The [F]law uncovers how law enforcement’s data collection and surveillance tools are often inaccurate, yet they are constantly expanding. The more “sophisticated” such tools become, the harder it will be to challenge biases that underlie
Mass Incarceration
Jessenia Class’s new article on The [F]law uncovers how corporate actors funding Cop City under the guise of public safety and “neighborhood prosperity” are harming the very people they claim to serve. Read the article here. “Foundations and corporate actors
Ennely Medina’s new article on The [F]law examines how legislatively imposed bed mandates in immigration detention facilities increase the rates of immigration detention throughout the United States. While those in favor of the mandate rely on narratives about illegal immigration
Riley Evans uncovers how the commercial bail bonds industry produces human suffering in pursuit of corporate greed. It’s a story of a saloon in San Francisco and a multi-national insurer in Tokyo. It’s a story of campaign donations, complicit judges and
Connie Cheng’s powerful new article on The [F]law examines how electronic ankle monitoring, like other alternatives to detention, is billed as more humane. But a closer look reveals that corporations are still in control and immigrants are still not free.
Join this week’s “Systemic Lawyering in Times of Crisis” Webinar at: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/770662864. This week’s session, Tuesday April 21 at 12pm EST, focuses on the criminal legal system and features the following panelists: Judge Nancy Gertner, Senior Lecturer at Harvard
Here’s the video for the third session, held on April 8th, focusing on Decareration. The discussion was moderated by Harvard Law Students, Connie Cho and Rio Sharf. The Panelists were: Alec Karakatsanis: Founder & Executive Director, Civil Rights Corp. David Lewis:
The video for the second session, held on April 7th, is now available, featuring: Esme Caramello: Clinical Professor of Law and Faculty Director of Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, Harvard Law School Joey Longley: Equal Justice Works Fellow at ACLU National Prison Project
This week there will be two sessions of the “Systemic Lawyering in Times of Crisis” Webinar. The series features systemically oriented lawyers and activists in fields most affected by our latest crisis. Each session examines the special challenges posed by the crisis, the pressing needs, the
Great news from two friends of the Systemic Justice Project: A small city bordering Ferguson, Mo., has agreed to pay $4.7 million to compensate nearly 2,000 people who spent time in the city’s jail for not paying fines and fees