Line drawing of professors Elizabeth Scott, Kimberlé Crenshaw, and Colleen Shanahan
The Path Forward: Columbia Law Confronts Criminal Justice Reform

There are 2.2 million people in prisons and jails across the United States. Columbia Law School faculty, students, and alumni are exploring and promoting strategies that will reduce mass incarceration, create safer communities, respect individual rights, and affirm human dignity.

https://www.law.columbia.edu/criminal-justice-reform

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