Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice

FILED: 14 Public Health Experts Advocate for Releasing People from Jails & Prisons

We’re honored to represent a group of 14 public health experts as amici curiae to support a petition filed by the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS), the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (MACDL), and the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts (ACLUM) to reduce the number of people who are incarcerated in the Commonwealth’s jails, prisons, and houses of correction.

Out-of-Bounds

A Transatlantic Conversation About Racism in Sports

March 3rd at Harvard Law School

Our Year in Review

An interactive portrait of CHHIRJ’s programmatic work in 2019

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Amicus Brief with NAACP LDF

We urge the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to determine the police seizure in this case from the perspective of a reasonable Black teenager. The experience of being policed as a young Black male in Roxbury affects whether he would feel “free to leave” when confronted by the police.

Collective Resistance in the Courthouse

How Communities Are Contesting Mass Incarceration

November 12th at Harvard Law School

Charles Hamilton Houston Institute

Our long-term goal is to ensure that every member of our society enjoys equal access to the opportunities, responsibilities, and privileges of membership in the United States.

Houston / Marshall Plan

Our nation’s communities of color have been devastated by decades of disinvestment. How do we rebuild?