Parental Closeness Disrupted by Incarceration, Study Finds
Not surprisingly, the research demonstrates that incarceration damages parental closeness due to the inability for a parent to participate in…
Rita Williams
Rita Williams is a Michigan-based judicial oversight analyst and founder of Clutch Justice, an investigative platform focused on court system accountability, sentencing integrity, and SCAO policy. Her work examines how courts, policies, and administrative systems operate in practice, with a focus on where process breaks down and harm is created. Drawing on lived experience and systems-level analysis, she writes to make legal structures more readable, expose institutional gaps, and advocate for reforms grounded in both evidence and human impact. Rita’s writing bridges legal analysis, institutional critique, and public education, with a consistent focus on accountability without losing sight of the people most affected by the justice system.
A Generation at Risk: Mass Incarceration’s Hidden Toll on Children
A 2021 study examining adverse health outcomes and mortality among children of incarcerated parents proves what advocates have been saying…
Reproductive Justice Disrupted: How Mass Incarceration Undermines Bodily Autonomy
In perhaps the most brazen proof that the concept of eugenics is still alive and well today, mass incarceration is…
Lessons from ‘Wicked’: Reflections on Social Justice Advocacy
Wicked (2024 Film) · Scene Fiyero: “Why is it that every time I see you, you’re causing some sort of…
CSG Justice Center Seminar: Transforming Corrections Through Research & Analytics
Archived Event This seminar took place December 17, 2024. The registration link is no longer active. The CSG Justice Center’s…
Whose Punishment, Whose Crime? Parenting and Partnership Under Mass Incarceration
Reading for doctoral coursework this week, I came across a study that I could not put down — not because…
The Vera Institute of Justice Hosting Two Day Symposium on Guns in the US
Archived Event This symposium took place December 11–12, 2024. The registration link is no longer active. The content — Vera’s…
Study: Parental Incarceration Creates Substantial Implications for Children
Mass incarceration has harmful effects on all of society — but its most concentrated damage falls on the most vulnerable…
Concerned Citizens Blow the Whistle on Michigan’s Judicial Tenure Commission
Two concerned citizens have sounded the alarm on misconduct within the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission — the body charged with…
QSIDE Releases Social Justice Advocate Manual for Survival (SJAMS)
The Institute for the Quantitative Study of Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (QSIDE) has released a best practices manual aiming to…
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