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Tell Detroit City Council to Defund DPD!

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.
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Meet Our 2026–27 Formerly Incarcerated Artist in Residence

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.
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Indigenous Thinking has Answers for Restorative Justice

What if we broke out of the institutional mindset and looked to Indigenous philosophies to inform Restorative Justice alternatives?
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Solutions for Women’s Huron Valley from Women Serving Long Time at WHV

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.
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Dare to Struggle, Dare to Win!

Last November, DJC launched our 2025 year-end fundraising campaign—Dare to Struggle, Dare to Win. We’re deeply grateful to share that, with your support, we hit our goal and have already begun putting these funds to work in service of local movements fighting for liberation.
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Reflections on the Present Moment: MLK Day 2026

As we enter into this new year, we are taking time for our anger and sadness and we are renewing our fight for abolition.
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DJC Backs Tlaib’s Body Cam Paywall Bill

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) introduced the Stop Body Camera Paywalls Act to prevent local and state governments from restricting access to police body camera footage behind an obstructive paywall. DJC supports the bill.
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Announcing the 2026 DJC Formerly Incarcerated Artist Residency

Announcing our 2026 Formerly Incarcerated Artist Residency open to all formerly incarcerated artists in Michigan.
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Community care is the answer to Detroit’s overdose crisis

Read our joint op-ed with the Drug Policy Alliance about our collaboration for the Reform Conference in Detroit.
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