Season’s greetings from the Detroit Justice Center!Read More

In August 2019, the Detroit Justice Center invited the People's Paper Co-op to Detroit to do two days of workshops focused on uplifting community members with criminal records. Participants were able to shred their criminal records and make new paper from them as well as creating posters advocating for justice-involved people to be free of...Read More

Our joint statement with Just Leadership USA regarding the recent Clean Slate bills that passed through the MI House.Read More

Statement on House Bill Package 4980-85 to expand set-aside eligibility and to automate particular expungements.Read More

Happy National Co-op Month!Read More

“Imagining safety without prisons: Seeking a holistic solution to violence in Detroit” [Detroit Free Press]Read More

A traffic ticket shouldn't lead to debt or jail. Here's how to fix the system. [Op-Ed in the Detroit Free Press]Read More

Wayne County Should Build Hope For Kids, Not New Jail [Op Ed in Deadline Detroit]Read More

[Centering our freedom dreams: The fight ahead for just communities] This speech was given by DJC’s Amanda Alexander to attendees of the Smart On Crime Conference at John Jay College in NYC on September 24, 2019.Read More

A joint statement from JustLeadership USA, Michigan Faith in Action, NationOutside and the Detroit Justice Center about proposed #CleanSlate legislation in Michigan.Read More