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Empowering Justice-Impacted Women: The Women’s Resource Center’s Impact

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...

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A Job Well Done: Q&A with Amanda Alexander of the Detroit Justice Center

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...

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A better chance at a fresh start

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...

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Michigan Justice Fund Will Address Disparities in the Criminal Justice System

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...

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