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Legal System
The legal system disproportionately harms Black and Indigenous people. Learn about the relationship between racism and the legal system, from police violence to mass incarceration. Support movements and organizations fighting these inequities
Providing housing, pro bono legal services, advocacy and support for women rebuilding their lives after prison
A campaign and agenda to end police violence in America. Learn about the problem and comprehensive solutions
t : @join_campaign_0
Building a movement to end the industrial prison complex. Find a chapter and access their resources (Advisory Board: Minority Black and Latinx)
t : @c_resistance
A national network of radical feminist of color organizing to end state violence and violence in communities and homes. Access their resources and toolkits
t : @incitenews
Seeking justice from the Louisville Metro Police for shooting Breonna Taylor 8 times in her bed
A data project mapping police violence
A campaign to end youth incarceration, focusing on the racial disparity of incarcerated kids (Team: Minority Black and Latinx)
A data project to evaluate police in California. Read the findings
Preventing incarceration and combatting racial and economic disparities in the bail system (Board: Black Minority, Advisory Board: Black Majority)
t : @bailproject
ig : @bailproject
Exonerates the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reforms the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice
t : @innocence
ig : @innocenceproject
The National Bail Fund Network
A directory of community bail funds (Advisory Board: Minority Black)
Journalism about the U.S. criminal justice system. Explore their projects: Election 2020, We are Witnesses, Next to Die (Board and Editorial Board: Black Minority, Publishes annual diversity report here)
t : @marshallproj
The Sentencing Project
Promoting reform in sentencing reform and advocating for alternatives to incarceration. Learn about the issues and data
t : @SentencingProj
Articles
A Black Trans Man, Tony McDade, Was Killed by Police in Florida, Devin-Norelle
An Open Letter from the Mothers of #SayHerName to the Mother of Breonna Taylor (YouTube)
A White Damsel Leveraged Racial Power and Failed, Ruby Hamad (white author)
Carceral Capitalism, Jackie Wang
How Segregration Shapes Fatal Police Violence, Gene Demby
Is Prison Necessary? Ruth Wilson Gilmore Might Change Your Mind, Rachel Kushner (white author)
Photos Reveal Media’s Softer Tone on Opioid Crisis, Michael Shaw
Police Brutality is its Own Pandemic, Liam Riley
Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings, New York Times Compilation
When The Media Treats White Suspects And Killers Better Than Black Victims, Nick Wing (white author)
Transformative Justice Explained, Kim Tran
Who’s in Solitary Confinement?, Anna Flag, Alex Tatusian, & Christie Thompson
Take Action
Ask congress to support Second Look legislation
Call on Louisville for Justice for Breonna
Contact your congressional representative through NAACP about calling for Justice Reform
Explore The Record, a curation of the best criminal justice reporting
Learn about alternatives to calling the police
Learn about prison labor as slavery
Learn about solitary confinement
Learn about racial disparity in the justice system
Listen to Code Switch's A Decade of Watching People Die
Track progress of legislation through Campaign Zero
Watch A Prosecutor's Vision for a Better Justice System
Watch Jim Crow Juvenile Justice