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
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...Read More
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...Read More
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...Read More
