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Member Spotlight: Peter Jones Helps Change Alabama's System of Fines and Fees
“I don't think we could have gotten the bill over the finish line without [Jones’s] contribution.” - Leah Nelson, Research Director at Alabama...
New Member Spotlight: Sally Kenney Highlights Gender Inequality in Courts
“ Without a judiciary as diverse as the country it judges, litigants cannot help but question the quality of justice as they stand before a bench that...
New Member Spotlight: Johnny Rice II on Protecting Violence Interrupters
SSN is launching an initiative to highlight new members of the network and showcase their research. This month, we’re shining a spotlight on new SSN...
SSN Members Engage the Judiciary
Beyond connecting directly with legislators, one crucial way to inform policy is via the judiciary. Over the last few months, two SSN members have...
Scholar Spotlight: Phillip Atiba Goff
This week's Scholar Spotlight is Phillip Atiba Goff, whose organization, the Center for Policing Equity, is now part of the Audacious Project through...
Scholar Spotlight: Carolyn Sufrin
There are thousands of pregnant incarcerated women every year - yet until now, there was no systematic report on this population. Carolyn Sufrin's...
Scholar Spotlight: Brandi Blessett
This week's spotlight shines on Brandi Blessett, who recently received the Gloria Hobson Nordin Social Equity Award of the American Society for Public...
Scholar Spotlight: Christopher Uggen
This week's spotlight shines on Christopher Uggen, a criminologist whose research on felony disenfranchisement contributed to Florida's vote to...
Scholar Spotlight: Katherine Beckett
Katherine Beckett is this week's scholar spotlight for her impactful research on racial bias in capital punishment. Washington just ruled that the...
Scholar Spotlight: Ezgi Yildiz
This week's spotlight is for Ezgi Yildiz, a recent SSN member and postdoctoral fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. She met with United...