"Despite my personal loss, I found myself feeling empathy not just for the victims, but for the perpetrators who were, in many ways, victims themselves." A grieving mother's journey to heal her community—a collab with @thejusticecollab.bsky.social inquest.org/a-path-forwa...
Posts by The Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School
Thank you to @inquest.bsky.social for collaborating with us!
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The Notebook will restore your faith in humanity & our ability to connect to one another. Explore solidarity through topics like mutual aid, violence interruption, civil commitment & relationships behind and across bars @cornersresearch.bsky.social @jaricheson.bsky.social
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In New Haven? Celebrate the release of Notebook Volume 2 with us! Out 12/6, this edition explores of SOLIDARITIES with research, narrative, poetry and art. @jaricheson.bsky.social @veslamaeweaver.bsky.social www.justicehappenshere.yale.edu/events/the-n...
Th extraordinary scholar Tom Tyler opening the conference Procedural Justice at 50! @yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social @thejusticecollab.bsky.social
“It’s part of the narrative that these cities are incapable of administering public safety even though crime is on a downswing since the pandemic...You still need a foil to blame for problems that are real and imagined...”-Jorge Camacho, The Justice Collaboratory
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"The greatness of our justice system comes from fairness, equality and liberty before guilt is proven. Mr. Trump’s executive orders only move us further away from those goals — and thousands of Americans will pay the price."
@jeremycherson.bsky.social
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Our policy director Jorge Camacho on why Trump does not have the legal authority to militarize crimefighting in other cities. @thetrace.org @yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social
www.thetrace.org/2025/08/trum...
A critical conversation between our member Jason Stanley and
@karaswisher.bsky.social about why Trump is a fascist. Even though Jason is leaving for Toronto, he will remain a valuable member of The Justice Collaboratory.
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“I think they view their mission very differently than one rooted in local policing...That’s not what they do and that’s not what they want to do. And frankly, I don’t think that’s what anyone wants them to do, aside from Donald Trump.” -JC Policy Director, Jorge Camacho bit.ly/47ubqFy
On NPR It's Been a Minute @bmluse.bsky.social revisits her convo with Dr. Louks and JC Member Jason Stanley about the backlash to Dr. Louks, higher education at large, and why "anti-intellectualism" is prevalent in Republican politics.
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Thank you @lastweektonight.com for this critical look at juvenile justice that closes with a study by BJ Casey and Arielle Baskin-Sommers: "...studies indicate that psychopathic traits decrease with age in the majority of youth whether justice involved or not..." //bit.ly/4493bM5
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Now Available: From Outrage to Action-The Massey Commission of Sangamon County,
IL
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This week CT lawmakers will decide if young people should be given a second chance. Read this piece by @elizabethkai.bsky.social and ask your CT state legislator to pass HB 7133.
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We are proud to call Jason Stanley a member of the The Justice Collaboratory and honored that he will continue to be a member from his new home in Toronto. nyti.ms/44Eq9fU
Join us for an update from the Massey Commission and the Sangamon County community about efforts to translate a community’s outrage over the killing of of Sonya Massey by a Sangamon County sheriff’s into meaningful action. Register: bit.ly/4iHQVYa
Applauding member Phillip Atiba Solomon: "Institutions of higher education have the resources needed for a fight. They have the legal teams, the alumni networks, and the institutional influence. But more important, they also have the responsibility." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Member Jason Stanley on the path to educational authoritarianism: "The novel understanding of anti-white discrimination in these documents is a chilling manifestation of educational authoritarianism." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
JC member Dwayne Betts reminds us that poetry is meant to serve a purpose. Check out this interview with @michelmartinnpr.bsky.social on his new collection of poems Doggeral
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More immigrants will die in US custody on Trump's watch, but the Trump administration could try to hide this information from the public. Here's how.
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When are major media outlets going to cover the extraordinary white supremacist links of Vance, Musk, and many of the DOGE staffers? There is absolutely no modern parallel for what’s happening: a presidential administration taking instruction from white nationalist extremists.
A powerful reflection from JC Member Reginald Dwayne Betts: "It all goes back to prison" www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/opinion/black-prison-forgiveness.html
Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)
“It used to be that our presidents were supposed to speak out in favor of democratic values. Now university presidents are being told, 'Oh, you have to preserve your institutions.' Guess what: Universities are core democratic institutions. -JC Member Jason Stanley bit.ly/4ibMLrF
“Certainly, if I were leading the [Bureau of Prisons] or if I were working in the BOP, I wouldn’t want to suggest that there are any monstrous conditions in my facilities”
-JC Member Miriam Gohara theintercept.com/2025/02/16/t...
Do Community Violence Intervention (CVI) programs work? JC Member Andrew Papachristos explains why the randomized controlled trial (RCT) may not be the best way to evaluate social policies like CVI programs.
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