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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 professional ethics.
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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 Joan Steffen writes for National Lawyers Guild on the power of radical infrastructure
Steffen explores how years of strengthening support networks and chipping away at carceral power took DNC Mass Defense to the next level.
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IEMI’s Joan Steffen and student attorney Kayleigh Hasson write in Chicago Tribune against IL’s $1.1B proposed prison project
The op-ed is part of the No New Prisons IL campaign IEMI is a member of.
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IEMI Fellow Rachael Bedard writes in the New Yorker about the Indiana Women’s History Project
Taking on the notion of a “feminist” jail, Rachael Bedard shares insights from the anthology Who Would Believe a Prisoner?
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IEMI Director Andrew Crespo writes in the LPE Blog on the possibilities of defendant collective action
The essay connects to the Institute’s Collective Defense Project.
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IEMI Director Premal Dharia kicks off Inquest series about public defense
The series marks the 60th anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright
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IEMI Fellow James Binnall publishes article about criminal history inquiries and inclusiveness in the legal profession
The authors show that law schools and state bars located in states with larger Black and Latino populations employ more probing criminal history inquiries.
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IEMI Director Premal Dharia co-authors opinion piece in USAToday about plea bargaining
In a piece co-authored with Christopher Kemmitt, a deputy director of litigation at the NAACP […]
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IEMI Director Premal Dharia Writes about Public Defense and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson for CNN
Dharia describes the significance of having a former public defender on the bench.
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IEMI Director Andrew Crespo publishes article on plea strikes and defendant collective action
As part of a symposium on Subversive Lawyering published by the Fordham Law Review, IEMI […]
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IEMI Director Premal Dharia joins NACDL opening plenary with national reform leaders about mass incarceration
The conference marks 50 years of surging prison populations.
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IEMI Executive Faculty Director joins Meet the Press to discuss the Supreme Court
Crespo previously served on the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court.
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IEMI Director Andrew Crespo discusses Defendant Unions and Plea Strikes at the Harvard Kennedy School
The talk describes IEMI’s Collective Defense work.
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IEMI Visiting Practitioner Brittany White, gives inspiring presentation on her work at Harvard Radcliffe Institute
White describes her work training formerly incarcerated individuals to practice community organizing and build people power.
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IEMI Director Premal Dharia interviewed about Plea Bargaining for 70 million podcast
The Peabody-nominated documentary podcast investigates how locals are addressing the role of jails in their backyards.
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Premal Dharia joins South Asian Bar Association panel discussion on Dobbs, criminalization and implications for privacy rights
The event occurred as states push to criminalize abortion and other reproductive care.
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IEMI Team Keynotes NACDL Presidential Summit on the Trial Penalty
The address drew from IEMI’s collective defense work.
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IEMI Director Premal Dharia speaks on panel about “Abolitionists, Public Defenders, and Prison Reformers” at NLADA national conference
The panel featured leaders from across the country.
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IEMI Director Premal Dharia discusses ending mass incarceration on Tuckered Out podcast
Dharia discusses why she thinks public defenders are key to systemic change within the criminal system.