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A recap of the Re-imagining Safety Michigan launch event at the Love Building!Read More

Every year, we celebrate DJC’s birthday together, reflect on where we’ve been as an organization, and this year, we’ve updated our Defund DPD and Wayne County Jail infographics!Read More

Wayne County has built a $670-million dollar complex that went almost $150 million over budget, including a new jail. Our fact sheet includes information on the jail project, data on the harms jails cause to individuals, families, and communities, and ideas for possible alternatives.Read More

A fact sheet that covers how much the city spends on the Detroit Police Department, what the police do with that money, a grounding statement from our Executive Director on what it means to defund the police, and a few ideas on where our tax dollars could go instead.Read More

A Letter from DJC Board Member Gregory McKenzie &  April Friendraiser Update at Alkebu-lan VillageRead More

we are encouraging our supporters in Detroit to weigh in on the March 30th public budget hearing at 5 pm. We've drafted some language for you to contact your city councilor.Read More

Detroit-based multidisciplinary artist, musician, and poet Cozine Welch joins the Detroit Justice Center to develop No More Heroes: a visionary performance work about what freedom really looks like in the body, long after the bars are gone.Read More

What if we broke out of the institutional mindset and looked to Indigenous philosophies to inform Restorative Justice alternatives?Read More

An open letter from women serving long time at the Huron Valley Women's prison about how to improve the conditions at the prison and also significantly reduce the population inside the prison in order to make conditions safer.Read More