The Justice Initiative is excited to launch its inaugural cohort of pilot project recipients who are engaged in a variety of different research projects focusing on issues of incarceration including reentry, peer mentorship, aging in prison, barriers to employment, and... READ MORE

The yearlong series is a program of events that will span the spring and fall semesters of 2014 aimed at raising consciousness and engaging students, faculty and community members in dialogue around issues of incarceration and criminal justice.  The series... READ MORE

The School of Public Health continues there Dean's Seminar Series Thursday Dec 12th. Policing, Dignity and the Harm Principle: The Case of Stop and Frisk... READ MORE

Through the Investing in Justice Pilot Projects, CJI seeks to fund and support collaborative research, curricula development and conferences that are working to address issues of incarceration and criminal justice. ... READ MORE

The hunger strike at Pelican Bay is the third such action in the past two years and only the most recent in a 20-year history of protests against conditions... (Huffington Post)... READ MORE

Watch video clips of Angela Davis, Mac Lamont Hill, The Panel and NY State Senator Bill Perkins raising consciousness about current ideas and effort about ending mass incarceration and its consequences... READ MORE

Internationally acclaimed social justice activist Angela Davis will return to Columbia University on April 5 to address the group that convenes for “Beyond the Bars: Moving Forward,” the third annual conference on criminal justice ... READ MORE

Social Justice Training Institute 2013 was a Collaboration between the Criminal Justice Initiative at Columbia University School of Social Work and The Public Science Project of The CUNY Graduate Center. The Social Justice Training Institute was designed to provide knowledge... READ MORE

Beyond the Bars: Moving Forward is the third annual interdisciplinary criminal justice conference brought to you by The Criminal Justice Caucus and The Criminal Justice Initiative at Columbia University School of Social Work in collaboration with students, faculty and community... READ MORE

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