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IEMI Co-Hosts Screening of Prison Exposé Film The Alabama Solution in Boston
The screening comes as part of our work to expose the reality of American prisons.
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In Keynote Address, IEMI’s Andrew Crespo Describes the Role of Lawyers and Organizers in Ending Mass Incarceration at Harvard Law School Celebration of Latino Alumni
Crespo, the Morris Wasserstein Public Interest Professor of Law at HLS, was the first Latino promoted to a tenure position on the law school's faculty.
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IEMI’s Joan Steffen Helps Author New Toolkit on Resisting Prison Construction from FreeHer Institute
The toolkit provides guidance for those looking to resist the construction of new carceral facilities.
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IEMI’s Corinne Shanahan Facilitates Panel on Prison Censorship at Legal Symposium on Forced Prison Labor
The panel discussed why media access is critical to exposing the realities of forced labor inside prisons.
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IEMI-Backed ‘No New Prisons’ Campaign in Illinois Rallies outside Capital Development Board, Dept. of Corrections Meeting on $1.1B Prison Project
The rally advocated against the proposed prison project and helped raise awareness of deadly conditions across the Illinois state prison system.
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IEMI Featured in Harvard Law Today: Slowing the wave of prison construction
Working with the Institute to End Mass Incarceration, law school students partner with grassroots groups to stop prison construction.
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IEMI, Architect Warn Proposed $1.1B Prison Project would Force Architects to Violate Professional Ethics Against Designing Spaces of Torture
Alongside architect Raphael Sperry, IEMI's Joan Steffen and Kayleigh Hasson explain how a proposed $1.1B prison project in Illinois would require architects on the project to violate their code of…
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Alongside IEMI, Advocates in Illinois Push Back on Framing of Proposed Prisons as “Humane”
Writer Erica Meiners explains why arguments for new "humane" prisons are flawed.
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Land Restoration Underway at Intended Prison Site Purchased by IEMI-Represented Indigenous Group
IEMI assisted an Indigenous group in purchasing land slated for a new federal prison. Now, they're working to restore it instead, with some help from bison.
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IEMI’s Executive Director, Premal Dharia, Will Leave the Organization After Five Remarkable Years of Growth and Impact
As the Institute’s inaugural executive director and a founding editor and co-editor-in-chief of Inquest, Premal’s visionary leadership shaped the organization through its foundational years.