New Documentary Exploring Mental Illness After Prison Debuts on FRONTLINE
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The Released provides a rare look at the lives of people suffering from mental illness as they struggle to stay out of prison and find a place in society.

Video Clip: Picking Cotton—Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption
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A new book by Open Society Institute fellows involves an improbable friendship forged between a woman and the man she misidentified as her rapist and sent to prison for 11 years.

Soros Justice Fellow Honored by ACLU, City of New Orleans
March 17, 2009
The ACLU honored Norris Henderson for his commitment to the advancement of civil liberties in Louisiana, and New Orleans proclaimed "Norris Henderson Day" in recognition of his work bringing accountability and citizen oversight to the New Orleans criminal justice system.

Justice Denied: America's Continuing Neglect of Our Constitutional Right to Counsel
April 2009
This OSI-supported report examines the ability of the American justice system to provide adequate counsel to individuals in criminal and juvenile delinquency cases who cannot afford lawyers.

Restoring the Right to Vote
February 2008
In this report, OSI grantee The Brennan Center proposes automatic post-incarceration voting rights restoration in each of the 35 states that still disenfranchise people who are back in their communities.