The rally advocated against the proposed prison project and helped raise awareness of deadly conditions across the Illinois state prison system.
Working with the Institute to End Mass Incarceration, law school students partner with grassroots groups to stop prison construction.
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 professional ethics.
Writer Erica Meiners explains why arguments for new “humane” prisons are flawed.
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.
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.
This May, IEMI team members spoke about the need to advance legal safeguards for journalists covering prisons at a groundbreaking, IEMI co-hosted conference on the subject.
Alongside the No New Prisons IL campaign, IEMI attorney Joan Steffen urged lawmakers to address the state’s crumbling prison system through community-based solutions.
This free conference will bring together leaders, journalists, editors, advocates, lawyers, and more to explore building a future for journalism in and about American prisons.
Steffen explores how years of strengthening support networks and chipping away at carceral power took DNC Mass Defense to the next level.
The op-ed is part of the No New Prisons IL campaign IEMI is a member of.
Taking on the notion of a “feminist” jail, Rachael Bedard shares insights from the anthology Who Would Believe a Prisoner?
The essay connects to the Institute’s Collective Defense Project.
The series marks the 60th anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright
The authors show that law schools and state bars located in states with larger Black and Latino populations employ more probing criminal history inquiries.
In a piece co-authored with Christopher Kemmitt, a deputy director of litigation at the NAACP […]
Dharia describes the significance of having a former public defender on the bench.
As part of a symposium on Subversive Lawyering published by the Fordham Law Review, IEMI […]
The conference marks 50 years of surging prison populations.
Crespo previously served on the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court.
The talk describes IEMI’s Collective Defense work.
White describes her work training formerly incarcerated individuals to practice community organizing and build people power.
The Peabody-nominated documentary podcast investigates how locals are addressing the role of jails in their backyards.
The event occurred as states push to criminalize abortion and other reproductive care.
The address drew from IEMI’s collective defense work.
The panel featured leaders from across the country.
Dharia discusses why she thinks public defenders are key to systemic change within the criminal system.