The Criminal Justice System’s Blind Spot: Autism and Legal Inequities
The system doesn’t just misunderstand neurodivergence. It often treats it as a problem to control. Autistic and neurodivergent individuals move…
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 Whistleblower Exposes Corruption Inside Michigan DOC—and the State Looks Away
Corruption doesn’t usually collapse a system from the outside. It survives because the inside is structured to protect itself. This…
Why “Happy Face” Is the Rare Crime Series That Respects Human Rights
Stories like this don’t just tell us what happened. They force us to confront what harm actually does—to people, to…
Michigan DOC Corrections Officer Evades Accountability for Destruction of Property, Harassing Neighbors
Note: Clutch made a massive breakthrough in this story. Read it here. In Ionia Township, Michigan, a local resident has…
Michigan Courts Are Blocking Public Access—Dr. Samantha Hallman Is Challenging That in Court
Michigan courts say proceedings are public. Then they quietly decide whether you’re allowed to actually see them. That contradiction is…
New York Releasing Incarcerated Individuals Early, Cites Staffing Shortage
Corrections Policy & Mass Incarceration New York’s prison system began releasing people early in April 2025 because it could not…
Can Sentencing Be Predicted? How Data and AI Are Already Changing Criminal Justice
Predictive sentencing sounds clinical, efficient, maybe even neutral. But once punishment starts leaning on probability models, the court is no…
Why Michigan Courts Are Falling Behind on AI—and Why That Needs to Change
Courts are already hard enough to see through. Add artificial intelligence without public guardrails, and opacity starts looking like innovation….
Court of Appeals Intervenes—But Barry County Judge Defies Sentencing Law Again
Appellate intervention is supposed to mean correction. In Barry County, it keeps looking more like a suggestion the trial court…
Second Chances Mean Nothing Without First Chances
Tomorrow is April 1st, the kickoff to Second Chance Month. It is worth celebrating, but beneath the hopeful language lies…
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