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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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Joel Medina, Erin Siegal & Beth Caldwell
2012The team of Caldwell, Medina, and Siegal will produce a series of written and multimedia stories about the impact that mandatory, permanent deportations have on individuals, families, and communities. -
Jonah Engle
2012Engle, a journalist, will investigate the economic and institutional interests that profit from the War on Drugs. -
Lisa Riordan Seville & Hannah Rappleye
2012Journalists Riordan Seville and Rappleye will examine the nation's evolving probation systems, including the rising demand for supervision and efforts to cut criminal justice costs in local jurisdictions. -
Lynda Garcia
2012Garcia will challenge the selective enforcement of low-level offenses against communities of color through a campaign involving public education, advocacy, and litigation. -
Monique Morris
2012Morris will research how education related policies and practices lead to the overrepresentation of black girls in the juvenile justice system. -
Raphael Sperry
2012Architect and activist Sperry will engage professionals in the architecture and planning fields on the issue of mass incarceration, advocating for new priorities in public investment rather than increased prison and jail construction. -
Rebecca Richman Cohen
2012By examining the ongoing debate in Montana around medical marijuana, documentary filmmaker Richman Cohen’s film aims to ignite public discussion about how states can shift the country away from the failed War on Drugs. -
Tracy Huling
2012Huling will help policymakers, advocates and community leaders identify, document and implement effective ways to close state prisons in rural America. She will focus on best practices in the closure of prisons in rural areas, alternatives to...