New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation

New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation


Reform and Its Discontents

October 26, 2020

In their book, Prison By Any Other Name, activists Victoria Law and Maya Schenwar contend that much of what is packaged today as “reforms” to the criminal legal system are extending, not countering, that system’s harmful effects. So what is the ultimate goal of reform of a system like the criminal legal system? (Episode nominated for a Media for a Just Society award in 2021.)


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