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This story is featured in the Michigan Justice Fund’s 2023 Annual Report. The criminal legal system – which touches one out of three Americans – can be shifted by reforming...
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This story is featured in the Michigan Justice Fund’s 2023 Annual Report. The criminal legal system – which touches one out of three Americans – can be shifted by reforming...
This story is featured in the Michigan Justice Fund’s 2023 Annual Report. Headquartered in Lansing, Michigan Works! is deeply integrated into local communities through offices and physical service centers...
This story is featured in the Michigan Justice Fund’s 2023 Annual Report. Fueled by personal experiences and a deep knowledge of the challenges of reentry, the founders developed programs...
This story is featured in the Michigan Justice Fund’s 2023 Annual Report. Throughout its history, GRWRC has been a trailblazer, introducing innovative approaches tailored to uplift disadvantaged populations and...
Hudson-Webber Foundation President and CEO Melanca Clark, left, and Community Foundation President Richard (Ric) DeVore co-moderated a Mackinac Policy Conference panel about public-private partnerships. Panelists included Michigan Justice Fund Director...
By Liv Velarde, Program Assistant for the Michigan Justice Fund Conversations around incarceration often center around men, but women now account for 1 in 4 jail admissions and the number...
By Liv Velarde, Program Assistant for the Michigan Justice Fund Amanda Alexander is the Executive Director of the Detroit Justice Center. She founded the organization in 2018 and is phasing out...
This story was originally published in our 2021 Annual Report. Nearly 100,000 people in Michigan are currently in prison, on parole, or on probation. Among those, roughly 40,000 individuals are...
Across the country, amid protests against police violence and vehement calls for social justice, Americans are engaging in conversations about how and where racial inequities are harming — and have...