Criminal Justice | Open Society Institute

A Question of Freedom
OSI-New York
September 25, 2009

AUDIO
This Open Society Institute roundtable discussion features R. Dwayne Betts, author of A Question of Freedom: A Memoir of Learning, Survival, and Coming of Age in Prison.

About This Initiative
The U.S. Programs Criminal Justice Fund works to end the overreliance on incarceration and ensure a fair and equitable system of justice in the United States.

Update on the Open Society Institute U.S. Criminal Justice Fund
August 26, 2009
Leonard Noisette, director of the Criminal Justice Fund for U.S. Programs, provides a brief update on the work of the fund.

Call for Applications: Soros Justice Fellowships
July 23, 2009
The Open Society Institute seeks outstanding individuals—including lawyers, advocates, grassroots organizers, activist academics, journalists, and filmmakers—with innovative projects that address U.S. criminal justice reform.

New Documentary Exploring Mental Illness After Prison Debuts on FRONTLINE
VIDEO
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
VIDEO
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.

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.

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