Michigan Legislature Finally Approves Decades-Old Michigan DOC Request for Safety Railings
It shouldn’t take 10 years, but FINALLY the fixes are coming. If your loved one is behind bars in Michigan,…
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.
Michigan’s Court-Funding Shift: A Big Deal — and What It Reveals About Political Resistance
A recent proposal from the Michigan Judicial Council and the Trial Court Funding Commission may offer a much needed overhaul…
Justice Reform Paywalled: The Crisis No One Wants to Talk About
It’s already understood that in the criminal legal system, people are hurting. What people may not realize, is that it…
The Weaponization of the Legal System by Mothers with Severe Borderline Personality Disorder: A Silent Epidemic
Today, I’m going to talk about something few are brave enough to say out loud: some mothers with severe, untreated Borderline…
The Cameras Don’t Lie: 2025 Becomes Michigan’s Year of Public Judicial Misconduct Complaints
Another day, another Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission complaint, it seems. And once again, it’s video footage dragging the truth into…
Family Court Isn’t an Individual Fight — It’s a National One. And It’s Time We Start Acting Like It.
If your inbox looks anything like mine, you know exactly what I’m about to say:People are fed up with the courts, but…
Trauma Brain Fog Is Real — and Here’s the Science Behind Why
There’s a special kind of frustration that comes with trauma brain fog. You sit down, ready to work, ready to…
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…
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)…
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