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Season 2 of Freedom Dreams Podcast Out Now!

This season on Freedom Dreams we’re amplifying community-led solutions to violence and harm. We called on some of the boldest people we know to learn lessons from what they’re building. And of course, we asked them what their freedom dreams are. Our new season begins tomorrow, February 22nd! On our first episode of season two...
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Statement on Tyre Nichols

Once again we are joined together in a cycle of grief and rage at police violence. The conditions under which Black people live under threat in this country seem to have no end. Tyre Nichols should be alive today. Our hearts ache for his family, for his child and for his loved ones. He was...
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Impact Report 2018-2022

The contents of this report are a source of h o p e, reminding us how far we’ve come in our fight to shrink jails, prisons, and policing and realize true safety for our communities. Thousands of supporters have partnered with us in the last nearly 5 years to advance the movement for abolition. Thank...
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Statement on Lawsuit Against Unlawful Shotspotter Contract

Detroiters have made themselves clear to City Council: we want to live in safe and vibrant communities with proven solutions for public safety, not bogus ones like more surveillance and policing. Today, the Detroit Justice Center, Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice, and Schulz Law PLC filed a lawsuit against the Detroit City...
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Press Release Regarding ShotSpotter

Detroit Justice Center Calls on City Council to Halt Expansion of ShotSpotter Detroit City Council voted last week to uphold the contract for ShotSpotter in the two neighborhoods where it is already in operation. The Detroit Justice Center opposes the use of this surveillance technology and argues that it should not be expanded across the...
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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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DJC Files Lawsuit Against Detroit Police and Local Landlord for Illegally Evicting Young Mother

Press release from Detroit Justice Center, Detroit Will Breathe, and Detroit Eviction Defense
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