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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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Alina Das
2006A fellowship to launch a project to develop reentry and reintegration strategies for immigrants facing criminal charges and convictions. -
Angela Chan
2006A fellowship to launch a juvenile justice project utilizing litigation, education, and policy advocacy to obtain equal access for Asian Pacific Islander families to participate in the rehabilitation of their youth. -
Cassandra Shaylor
2006A fellowship to write a book that provides policymakers, activists, and the general public with practical, viable alternatives to prisons that contribute to safer, more democratic communities. -
Debbie Reyes
2006A fellowship to develop a grassroots project that will conduct workshops, forums, meetings, and rallies in communities directly affected by prisons, and will challenge the notion that prisons are good for the economy. -
Dee Ann Newell
2006A fellowship to work in ten pilot sites across the country to promote policies and practices that effectively respond to the needs of children with incarcerated parents. -
Elisa Della-Piana
2006A fellowship to help influence homeless policy nationally by reorienting San Francisco's approach to homelessness, underscoring why spending scarce resources on criminalization is counter-productive, and protecting homeless people from civil... -
Heather Thompson
2006A fellowship to write a book on the 1971 Attica Prison uprising and its legacy. -
Katherine Beckett
2006A fellowship to examine changes to the implementation of trespass law and its implications for access to public space and the expansion of the criminal justice system. -
Linda LaBranche
2006A fellowship to study a quarter-century in the life of the inmate-run publication The Angolite, documenting its operation and content, as well as its impact upon prisoners inside and outside of the Louisiana State Penitentiary. -
Mika'il DeVeaux
2006A fellowship to advocate within and on behalf of the Muslim community on issues regarding incarceration, reentry, and civic responsibility. -
Paul Butler
2006A fellowship to write The Future of Justice: The Radical Transformation of Crime and Punishment in America, a book that will explore how technology and new theories of human behavior will change criminal justice in the United States, and will... -
Rachel Roth
2006A fellowship to complete the book Unlocking Reproductive Rights, which critically examines the ways that imprisonment undermines women's health, bodily integrity, and status as mothers. -
Robert Perkinson
2006A fellowship to write Texas Tough, a history of American punishment with an emphasis on the country's most incarcerated and politically influential state: Texas. -
Sunita Patel
2006A fellowship to develop a replicable model for greater transparency and public accountability for detention operations in New Jersey jails. -
Susan Burton
2006A fellowship to strengthen the policy knowledge and skills of formerly incarcerated women in the Greater Los Angeles area; increase the capacity of individuals working towards policy change in the criminal justice reform arena; and bridge the gap... -
Susan Koch
2006A fellowship to complete and distribute Simple Justice, a documentary film that follows the case of Mario Rocha, a young Latino man arrested and convicted of murder on the basis of one questionable eyewitness identification and no physical evidence. -
Ursula Price
2006A fellowship to investigate Orleans Parish inmates' claims of neglect and abuse so that they may seek justice and aid in reshaping the local justice system.
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