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Open Society-U.S.’s Soros Justice Fellowships fund outstanding individuals to undertake projects that advance reform, spur debate, and catalyze change on a range of issues facing the U.S. criminal legal system.
We are taking a moment to pause and analyze the future of our three U.S. based fellowship programs. This means we will not be issuing a call for proposals for 2025 fellows, as we would have done this fall.
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Alden Loury
2000Alden Loury will write a series of stories exploring how and why African Americans have suffered the greatest casualties in Chicago's "war on drugs" at every stage of the criminal justice system. -
Betsy Ginsberg
2000Betsy Ginsberg will challenge discrimination against mentally and physically disabled prisoners in New York, focusing on the biases which disabled prisoners face. -
Heba Nimr
2000Heba Nimr will assist INS-detained immigrants, their families, and communities in their efforts to change public opinion and the local law enforcement policies which have led to skyrocketing detention rates for non-citizens. -
John Biewen
2000John Biewen will produce "Beyond the Lock Up Society," a series of public radio documentaries exploring the stories of political and law enforcement leaders in the US (and Canada) who are rejecting America's unprecedented resort to incarceration... -
Lenore Anderson
2000Lenore Anderson will provide legal education and advocacy training to parents whose sons and daughters face incarceration, and to support them in their efforts to reform harsh incarceration policies. The project is expected to reduce the... -
Robin Busch
2000Robin Busch will expand a new college program at Sing Sing Correctional Facility and raise public awareness of the importance of higher education for prisoners. The project will help prepare inmates for life outside of prison and will highlight... -
Sasha Abramsky
2000To write a series of articles that will explore how today's incarceration boom will affect tomorrow's society, looking at acculturation, and the economic and political problems faced by ex-inmates and the broader community. Specific issue areas... -
Steven Rubin
2000Steven Rubin will photograph asylum seekers, permanent residents, "lifers" and children incarcerated as a result of the 1996 Immigration Law, following the course of their detention through hearings and appeals to deportation and release, and... -
Vanita Gupta
2000Vanita Gupta will reform the existing, race-biased drug sentencing laws affecting non-violent offenders who are people of color. The project will provide trial and post-conviction representation of those clients particularly victimized by... -
Alexander Rundlet
1999Alexander Rundlet will provoke debate about the quality of indigent defense provided in Georgia and promote solutions through a strategy combining education, advocacy, and litigation. -
Andrea Black
1999Andrea Black will advocate for reform of INS detention policies, by enforcing and expanding adequate conditions in INS facilities; disseminating high-quality legal rights information to detainees; and working with traditional service providers to... -
Andrew Lichtenstein
1999Andrew Lichtenstein will produce "Inside America's Prisons," a series of photographic essays focusing on four thematic areas related to American prisons. -
Dan Collison
1999Dan Collison will produce "Ex-Offender Stories" following high-risk ex-offenders for six months starting with their release from jail. -
Eric Whitney
1999Eric Whitney will produce "Frontier Justice? Crime & Incarceration in the American West," a series of reports on crime and incarceration issues in the American West for the High Plains News. -
Kevin Pranis
1999Kevin Pranis will develop and implement a model program to train 30-40 high school, college, and graduate students as advocates for criminal justice reform. -
Maria McLaughlin
1999Maria McLaughlin will assess and improve the quality of pre-release counseling and planning for seriously mentally ill state prisoners. -
Monique Hoeflinger
1999Monique Hoeflinger will represent inmates in cases involving guard brutality in Alabama's and Georgia's prisons and jails, and improve public awareness of abuse inmates face. -
Nell Bernstein
1999Nell Bernstein will produce "How Incarceration Affects Families & Children," a series of stories looking at the impact of rising incarceration rates, particularly for women, on the structure of the American family. -
Salim Muwakkil
1999Salim Muwakkil will produce "Is the Future of Black Leadership Gang Related?", examining the impact of ex-inmates and gang leaders in leadership positions in the Black community. -
Shiu-Ming Cheer
1999Shiu-Ming Cheer will challenge misperceptions about the nature of the non-citizen detainee population in Los Angeles County jail facilities and implement system-wide improvements in legal access for detainees. -
Tonya McClary
1999Tonya McClary will create a model project in three geographical areas linking litigation, media, and community advocacy, in order to mobilize against the death penalty. -
Abira Ashfaq
1998Abira Ashfaq will represent detained immigrants with criminal convictions in New England and to help raise awareness of the legal repercussions for immigrants with criminal convictions. -
Angela Daker
1998Angela Daker will provide legal representation and counseling for students in the low-income, high-crime neighborhood of West Town, where children confront a discouraging array of legal problems. -
Barbara Kaban
1998Barbara Kaban will represent young people in delinquency hearings, to work closely with the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services on related due process issues, and to conduct outreach to city and state agencies on educational needs of... -
Brent Pattison
1998Brent Pattison will provide legal advocacy on behalf of juvenile offenders with physical and mental disabilities and to help them avoid further contact with the juvenile justice system.
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