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Commemorating Black August and the Ongoing Fight for Freedom

By emphasizing political prisoners, Black August draws our attention to both a long legacy of Black folks’ resistance to oppression and the role of the prison in suppressing that resistance.
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DJC Welcomes New Associate Executive Director of Programs & Strategy nikkita oliver

The Detroit Justice Center is giving a warm welcome to our new Associate Executive Director of programs & strategy nikkita oliver.
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Statement On 36th District Court Cash Bail Settlement

The Detroit Justice Center supports efforts to eliminate the use of cash bail, a practice that consistently keeps many people who are presumed innocent behind bars as they await the resolution of their case simply because they are poor.
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Announcing our 2022-2023 Artist in Residence!

Announcing that Saylem Celeste will be our 2022-2023 Artist in Residence!
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Grace in Action Collectives launches 3 new cooperatives with support from DJC

Dulce Detroit, Radical Productions, and Bridging Languages are the 3 newest worker-owned cooperatives in the city of Detroit.
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DJC’s new podcast, Freedom Dreams

DJC Announces their podcast Freedom Dreams, the show where we believe another world is possible and we’re talking to the people who are building it.
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Making Communities Safe, Without the Police

Effective responses to violence—preventing it, interrupting it, holding people accountable, and helping people heal—already exist. We need to learn from and invest in them—from Amanda Alexander and Danielle Sered in The Boston Review,
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