Annual Beyond the Bars Conference is March 6-9, 2025!

The Center for Justice is committed to ending mass incarceration and criminalization, and advancing alternative approaches to justice and safety through education, research, and policy change. Its mission is to help transform the approaches to justice from being driven by punishment and retribution to being centered on prevention and healing. The Center is interdisciplinary and works in partnership with schools, departments, centers and institutes across Columbia, other universities, government agencies, community organizations, advocates and those directly affected by the criminal justice system.

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The 2025 Beyond the Bars Conference is March 6–9 and will focus on the theme Sankofa–looking back to move forward.