About

clutch. is a a Restorative Justice Commentary & Analysis Platform led by Rita Williams: Doctoral Candidate, Strategy Consultant, and Advocate.

The focus is simple: educating people on the harms caused by mass incarceration, ineffective policing, and lack of evidence-based decision making. We aren’t afraid to have tough conversations around how our society can do and be better.

By discussing lived experiences and making decisions based on accurate data, the system CAN embrace meaningful change.

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Editorial Mission Statement

Clutch Justice is a restorative justice commentary and analysis platform focused on human rights, accountability, and repair.

Rather than chasing breaking news or spectacle, Clutch Justice offers thoughtful analysis, contextual essays, and values-driven commentary on systems that cause harm, particularly within criminal legal, carceral, and civic institutions. Our work centers understanding over outrage, reflection over reaction, and restoration over punishment.

Clutch Justice examines how power operates, how harm is normalized, and how communities and institutions can move toward accountability and repair. We prioritize clarity, humanity, and ethical responsibility, recognizing that justice work must be sustainable, grounded, and rooted in lived experience.

This platform exists to slow the conversation down, to make space for insight, moral reasoning, and honest critique, and to contribute to a public dialogue that supports dignity, safety, and long-term systemic change.

Testimonials


I am so grateful there is someone out there who is looking out for those who have been incarcerated in Michigan. Please don't give up what you're doing. The people need you. The system needs to be changed. As I've learned in AA - nothing changes if nothing changes.
Lauren
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