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Learn more about how we've taken our Community Legal Advocate curriculum on the road and how you can democratize access to the law in your community.Read More

An end of summer essay about why we can't criminalize our youth for behaving like youth.Read More

Exploring Compatibility is a national study examining how Community Land Trusts are using the federal LIHTC program to finance affordable rental housing while preserving long-term affordability and community stewardship.Read More

The Detroit Justice Center (DJC) is pleased to announce Mariah Barrera as its 2026–27 Artist in Residence. Over the coming residency year, Barrera will develop On Earth As It Is in Prison, a photography project that reexamines one of the most familiar — and least documented — images in system-impacted family archives: the prison visitation photo.Read More

Get a recap of our Arise Detroit Neighborhoods Day and Black August events while also getting all the details on our upcoming Artist Residency Showcase!Read More

We are launching our newest survey report, called "Transformation in the Center:  A Report on the North American Survey of Community Restorative Justice Centers".Read More

Listen to the latest episode of Authentically Detroit featuring DJC's Sheba Rogers and Liz Kennedy alongside DJC Roundtable members Valerie Kelly-Bonner and Ali Lakhani.Read More

“What would it look like to reclaim the power of the individual and turn our supporters into true co-conspirators in our work?” This was one of the many questions our Development team asked ourselves as we witnessed other nonprofits halt their operations due to federal funding cuts or sudden grant revocations.Read More

Learn more about DJC's work over the past year from our 2025 Impact Report!Read More