transforming justice

Editor Mikki Morrissette recently attended the global, virtual @SkolFoundation three-day conference focused on “Closing the Distance.” Here are a few

April 15 — From a story by Axios: Black people are killed by police at higher rates than white people in

Advocacy updates related to equity and justice

Prisons and penitentiaries (derived from the word penitent) were considered by early Christians as a way for people to reflect on their sins in isolation and emerge obedient. Eventually, Schenwar and Law write, the mission of penitence evolved into “the need to establish racialized control.”

We are building a conversation with some of the women featured in our April issue about the Missing and Murdered

The Pohlad Foundation will invest in innovations in public safety, law enforcement, anti-racism work, and is seeking applicants from the seven-county metro area.

Over 10,000 people are still serving life for crimes committed when they were under 18-years-old.

Punishment culture encourages the view that an individual deserves harm — that the individual person is a “bad” person. Punishment marks someone as not worthy of belonging.

Data suggests that prison is not an effective deterrent.

If an immigrant is convicted even of a non-violent or minor offense, many years later that conviction can lead to deportation orders.

Over the last five years, 60 percent of officer-involved shootings occur in Greater Minnesota.

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