The Institute to End Mass Incarceration joined over 50 national, state, and local organizations calling on members of the Senate Judiciary committee to stop treating public defenders as “less well-prepared for the bench than lawyers from prosecutor and civil practice backgrounds.”
The leaders of the Institute to End Mass Incarceration describe the Institute’s mission and its strategy for change.
Harvard Law School students under the supervision of Executive Faculty Director Andrew Crespo appeared in federal court to challenge a federal policy in Washington, DC, that doubles prison sentences for people accused of possessing a firearm. The policy has been applied almost exclusively against Black men, and was initially secretly targeted at the Blackest neighborhoods in the city.
Read coverage in Harvard Magazine of an event hosted by the Institute discussing the importance of protecting the right of people convicted of crimes to continue serving on juries.
Executive Director Premal Dharias tells Congress that there are “important measures Congress could undertake to address our country’s addiction to incarceration and punishment and the crisis of mass incarceration that is devastating our communities.”