On the evening of September 23rd, we were thrilled to invite our community to a live screening of both Fined Out films with two panel discussions that were livestreamed on Instagram.| Detroit Justice Center
Deadline: Sunday, October 19, 2025 11:59pm| Detroit Justice Center
In the aftermath of the 2020 uprisings sparked by the killing of George Floyd, communities across the United States grappled with calls to reimagine public safety, confront police violence, and […]| Detroit Justice Center
Joint Statement on the Executive Order Targeting Cash Bail Reform| Detroit Justice Center
In the aftermath of the 2020 uprisings sparked by the killing of George Floyd, communities across the United States grappled with calls to reimagine public safety, confront police violence, and question the role of the carceral system. Amid this national reckoning, many cities began exploring alternatives to traditional policing, focusing on approaches that prioritize healing, community accountability, and safety outside the criminal justice system. However, some cities, including Detroit, ha...| Detroit Justice Center
The Detroit Justice Center, along with our partners at DTE, were featured in the above short film Road To Restoration: Michigan, put together by the team at Fined Out and JoLu Productions. The film covers our work as part of the statewide Road to Restoration clinics where we have been able to help thousands of Michiganders restore their driving licenses. As we know, driving with a suspended license can trap people in a cycle of fines, fees and court debt that can feel impossible to get out of...| Detroit Justice Center
We are pleased to announce that the Detroit Justice Center has been selected as one of ten recipients of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Reimagining Land Use & Zoning for Health Equity grant. We will utilize these funds to expand our community land trust (CLT) work and grow the affordable housing sector of our Economic Equity practice. DJC has long argued that community land trusts are an innovative way to create permanent affordable housing in Detroit, and this grant cements that CLTs...| Detroit Justice Center
We exist in times marked by both rapid decay and transformative change. Such dialectic tension largely stems from what is known as the extractive economy. The rise of the authoritarian police state, federal funding cuts towards vital human services, and the rampant exploitation of natural resources must not be understood as isolated crises but the direct outcomes of an economic system that has devalued human life and the ecology of our planet for generations.| Detroit Justice Center
Our 2025-26 Artist in Residence, Jenin Yaseen| Detroit Justice Center
Before the Detroit Justice Center became a national leader in the fight to transform the justice system, it was an idea we discussed at the Macomb Prison.| Detroit Justice Center