Metro Detroit Restorative Justice Network (MDRJN) is a special project of the Detroit Justice Center (DJC) that seeks to develop community-led responses to harm that do not rely on the police or prison systems. This project is grounded in a growing abolitionist movement in Detroit, which advocates for alternatives that focus on healing and accountability...Read More
The Detroit Justice Center, along with our partners at DTE, were featured in the above short film Road To Restoration: Michigan, put together by the team at Fined Out and JoLu Productions.Read More
We are pleased to announce that the Detroit Justice Center has been selected as one of ten recipients of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Reimagining Land Use & Zoning for Health Equity grant.Read More
We exist in times marked by both rapid decay and transformative change. Such dialectic tension largely stems from what is known as the extractive economy. The rise of the authoritarian police state, federal funding cuts towards vital human services, and the rampant exploitation of natural resources must not be understood as isolated crises but the...Read More
This year's selected artist is Jenin Yaseen, whose project proposal "We Stitch What We Are Denied," floored our panel because it "envisions a world without cages or colonizers—one where we respond to harm with care, not punishment, and hold each other instead of disappearing one another."Read More
Before the Detroit Justice Center became a national leader in the fight to transform the justice system, it was an idea we discussed at the Macomb Prison. In 2015, I was still serving a life sentence at Macomb when I met Amanda Alexander, who would found DJC years later in 2018.Read More
Couldn't make it to our celebration of our 2024-25 Artist in Residence? Read Cherise Morris' essays written during her time with DJC, and watch the video of her final reading.Read More
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and we wanted to expand upon our reflections of the Mental Wellness Convening we hosted in December 2024. We've uploaded videos from every session of the convening to YouTube for anyone who missed it.Read More
Our brilliant staff attorney, Rubina Mustafa, sat down with 888 Creative as part of a video inviting the general public to get to know DJC. Rubina has been instrumental in organizing the Road to Restoration Clinics across Michigan with our partners.Read More
Nationally, 2024 was an unpredictable year with a number of unprecedented turns. The year at DJC was not nearly so chaotic, though we did experience highs and lows. Thank you for helping us bring Detroiters’ freedom dreams to life. Check out what you’ve helped us accomplish!Read More
