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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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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. -
Brenda Kenneally
2001Brenda Kenneally will illustrate through writing and photography the problematic nature of incarceration for victimless drug and drug-related crimes. -
Emily Bolton
2001Emily Bolton will expose errors and identify practical, system-wide adjustments to minimize wrongful convictions. The project works to reframe the debate over the importance of constitutional protections and advocate reform of a system that places... -
Jan Goodwin
2001Jan Goodwin will write a series of articles exploring restorative justice as a viable framework for the criminal justice system. -
Jessy Fernandez
2001Jessy Fernandez will launch the Community Education Project which seeks to educate poor communities of color about the nation's over-reliance on punishment and incarceration, and to support their participation and leadership in creating and... -
Linda Evans
2001Linda Evans will increase civic participation of former prisoners, launch a public education campaign highlighting the social, political, and economic obstacles faced by former prisoners and engage in policy advocacy on behalf of them. -
Marlee Ford
2001Marlee Ford will create a replicable, community-based, prevention-focused, holistic defender model that is effective at both reducing juvenile incarceration and increasing public safety. -
Michelle Dillard
2001Michelle Dillard will raise public awareness, develop an advocacy module and framework for the implementation of therapeutic interventions for children with incarcerated parents. -
Peter Markowitz
2001Peter Markowitz will establish an immigration defense project at a local community defender which ensures that criminal representation is sensitive to collateral immigration consequences and can serve as a model for defender organizations nation-wide. -
Presita May
2001Presita May will recruit community-based lawyers to represent people of color in custody; strengthen residents' links to state and local government decision-makers, and to increase and enhance communication between community residents and the police. -
Sara Catania
2001Sara Catania will examine, through a series of articles, why the public and politicians in California continue to support prosecution of severely mentally ill people for capital crimes in spite of the 1986 Supreme Court ruling which holds that... -
Xochitl Bervera
2001Xochitl Bervera will create and implement a comprehensive and creative legal strategy to support and further grassroots organizing efforts to end all incarceration for profit.
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