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Ending never-ending punishment: your participation needed
Hakim Crampton is the statewide organizer for a national nonprofit organization, JustLeadershipUSA, that helps formerly incarcerated people find their voice and become strong advocates for criminal justice reform. Monica Jahner was recently appointed by the [...]
National Organization Hosts Training for Criminal Justice Impacted People
Safe & Just Michigan Policy Analyst Josh Hoe recently attended a two-day training in Detroit along with several other SJM staffers. These are his impressions of the event, hosted by JustLeadershipUSA. On July 20-21, Just [...]
Will we see you in Detroit Aug. 16?
We’re looking forward to seeing our friends at our Detroit Community Meeting on Aug. 16, and we hope you can make it. The Detroit Community Meeting is an opportunity to get to know others who [...]
A Snapshot of Michigan’s Prison Population
Safe & Just Michigan acquired information from the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) last year. This data is a snapshot of everyone who was under the supervision of [...]
Joint Task Force on Jails and Pretrial Incarceration Holds First Meeting in Detroit
In Michigan, the number of people and amount of time spent in our jails has been increasing despite historically significant declines in overall crime rates. In 2017, Michigan taxpayers spent $478 million on county jail [...]
We need to see you in August
Want to connect with others who are ready to reform the criminal justice system? Interested in learning how to be a more effective communicator when you meet with your elected officials? Do you want to [...]
Why support Clean Slate? Let’s count the reasons.
Looking for a reason to support Clean Slate legislation? There are many. The proposal to expand who is eligible for an expungement of their criminal record and to automate the process of those expungements has [...]
Reflections on the Ending Perpetual Punishment Convening
Image is from the Sentencing Project’s Still Life report:https://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/still-life-americas-increasing-use-life-long-term-sentences/ Four members of the Safe & Just Michigan team attended the two-day convening on Ending Perpetual Punishment in Detroit on July 12-13. The aim [...]
CJPC Discuss Changes to Michigan’s Habitual Statute
On July 10, the Criminal Justice Policy Commission held its monthly meeting, including a report from the PRV/Habitual Offender Subcommittee suggesting an amendment to Michigan’s habitual offender statute. Safe & Just Michigan supports changes to [...]
Commission Considers Sentencing Disparities and Michigan’s Habitual Offender Statute
The June meeting of the Criminal Justice Policy Committee (CJPC) included the introduction of a new chair, the results of new research conducted on sentencing disparities in the state of Michigan and a review of [...]
Leader of JustLeadershipUSA to speak at SJM’s annual dinner meeting
Safe & Just Michigan is proud to announce that DeAnna R. Hoskins, the president and CEO of JustLeadershipUSA, will be our featured speaker at this year’s Annual Dinner Meeting. The event will take place on [...]
Criminologist joins SJM team
Anne Mahar, Safe & Just Michigan’s research specialist, joined our team in 2019. She returned to Michigan, where she grew up, after teaching criminal justice at Arcadia University in Pennsylvania. Anne said she went into [...]