The Power of Predictability: Why Stability and Routine Matter After Incarceration
When the world has treated your life like it’s disposable, one of the most revolutionary things you can do is…
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.
When the Cyberstalker Isn’t Just Yours: Watching Collective Trauma Unfold Across Michigan
I have had the unsettling but unique experience of watching one man’s profound mental illness ripple through an entire community….
Judge Joseph Slaven Flipped Off Cameras—The Cameras Saved Everyone a lot of Headache.
When Taylor District Court Judge Joseph Slaven decided to repeatedly flip off a courthouse camera (nine times, to be exact)…
If Aunt Becky Gets a Second Chance, So Should Everyone — Why Fair Chance Hiring Matters
When actress Lori Loughlin — known by many as “Aunt Becky” from Full House — was cast again after serving…
Why Communities Need Oversight Committees for Police and Prosecutors
In a just society, public power must always be accompanied by public accountability. Yet when it comes to the criminal…
Another Corrections Scandal: Michigan DOC’s Trust is Cracking
Here we go again. The system that legislators love to “count on” to keep people safe behind bars is undercutting…
When Halloween Hurts: The Forgotten Kids of Incarceration
Today, is Halloween, and I’m going to let you in on a terrifying secret: mass incarceration has made a lot…
When Feeding Kids Becomes “Optional”: SNAP Cuts and the War on the Poor
In a nation that claims to value life, dignity, and opportunity, we sure have a really funny way of showing…
Monsters in the System Finale: Dream Warriors, Candyman, and the Justice Lessons We Learn from Horror
? Horror is a Safe Space for Dangerous Questions Horror has always given us permission to peek into the dark…
Michigan DOC Keeps Getting Sued. Cuts to Reentry Programs Will Make it Worse.
What you may have heard this past week, was that Michigan gutted its budget for reentry of incarcerated individuals back…
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