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Youth Justice Project

Durham’s Misdemeanor Diversion Program

Jasmine, 16, stood behind the defense table in Criminal Courtroom 4-D. She was in line with two dozen “real” adults in their 20’s, 30’s, and…

Clean Slate Clinic: The Full Rundown

On March 22nd, 2014, a coalition of community partners including the Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ), Durham Economic Resource Center (DERC), CAARE, Union Baptist…

Brutality of the Immigration Detention System

Oscar Quintero, Currently Detained Inside Etowah County Detention Center, Speaks Up on the Brutality of the Immigration Detention System Immigrant Rights Groups Block Entrance to…

Truth: 'No One Is Disposable'


Recently, Reina Gossett and Dean Spade of Sylvia Rivera Law Project came together to co-facilitate a lively and brilliant online conversation about how a prison…

Detention quotas are bad business


As the immigrant rights movement grows stronger, and as communities come together in defense of justice and dignity for all immigrants, we have the power…