Topic: Criminal Justice Reform
Real Criminal Justice Reform
Catching up with Robert Rooks, CEO of Michael Rubin and Meek Mill’s REFORM Alliance, on its new campaign to take on our broken parole and probation system
By Larry PlattThe Greater Buffalo Racial Equity Roundtable
Well before this summer’s racial awakening, civic leaders in Buffalo came together to not only talk about race, but work on real systemic change. Is it a model for other cities?
By Larry PlattArt for Social Justice
“Points of Connection”—a collection of 10 portraits by the DA’s first-ever artist-in-residence—offers a moving look at the people impacted by, and impacting, our justice system
By Christine Speer LejeuneSustainVC
The Radnor-based firm invests in companies that address inequity, like Reconnect, whose interview with Rayshard Brooks was released just after his death at the hands of Atlanta police
By Larry PlattKenneth Walker Jr.
The North Philly native turned a former campaign office into The Unity Center, a twice-weekly food distribution site whose clients have tripled since Covid-19
By Jason PetersGrant Blvd.
The fashion company, founded by a high school teacher, doesn’t just make clothes. It models the way forward
By Jessica Blatt PressParticipatory Defense
The program that tries to even the playing field for poor defendants has collectively reduced prison sentences by 3,350 years. Now it may come to Philly.
By Thomas Fox ParryTaking on recidivism
AG Josh Shapiro is determined to make it easier for returning citizens to adjust to life after prison. Just don’t call him soft on crime.
By Larry PlattWe’re Number One!
Philly leads the nation in a dubious category: juvenile life without parole. Does it need to be this way?
By David A. LoveUnlikely Foodies
Philabundance Community Kitchen has helped 600 disadvantaged and recently incarcerated people get culinary jobs—helping to keep them out of prison
By Quinn O'Callaghan