By now, word has spread about the false arrest of Porcha Woodruff, a Black woman who was accused of carjacking at eight months pregnant in Detroit. Woodruff was the victim of faulty facial recognition technology that misidentified her and a Detroit Police Department that refused to back down when it had so obviously mistaken her...Read More
DJC’s Metro Detroit Restorative Justice Network (MDRJN) held its first restorative justice community circle keeping training this spring, reaching 14 participants, ages 18-70, who represent neighborhoods all over Detroit.Read More
The Detroit Justice Center mourns the loss of Rev. Joann Watson, who was a civil rights icon and former city council member in Detroit. Watson was the first woman to serve as executive director of the Detroit branch of the NAACP. In recent years, we had the pleasure to connect with her through the Coalition...Read More
The Detroit Justice Center opposes how the Detroit city budget is being used. We’ve seen community members call for community-based violence intervention and sustainable funding for initiatives that benefit them, and time after time we’ve seen money funneled into the law enforcement surveillance apparatus. As long as we keep reinforcing the apparatus of incarceration, we...Read More
The Detroit Justice Center (DJC) team celebrates the courageous vision, work, and legacy of our Founding Executive Director, Amanda Alexander, as she steps down on July 1. Amanda has helped us all dream bigger.Read More
Our Founding Executive Director, Amanda Alexander, will be stepping down from her role on July 1st. After an 18 month transition process, we are thrilled to introduce you to Nancy A. Parker and Felicia Thomas, DJC’s new Co-Executive Directors!Read More
Nancy Parker delivers an op-ed that reveals the negligence from city council members as they violated the Community Input Over Government Surveillance (“CIOGS”) Ordinance in the process of approving the purchase of expanding ShotSpotter technology in Detroit. Upon this discovery, the Stop ShotSpotter Detroit Coalition filed a lawsuit against the City for its failure to...Read More
While Clean Slate is a positive step forward, we believe that this bill package can still be expanded further to benefit Michigan’s most over-criminalized populations.Read More
Detroiters have been fighting displacement for decades due to illegal tax foreclosures and evictions. As the narrative of the city’s revitalization has been touted in the media, thousands of Detroit residents continue to face housing insecurity. Through a growing movement for housing justice, DJC is helping bring these practices to an end.Read More
