The Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School
@thejusticecollab.bsky.social
A group of academics and researchers who use serious science and scholarship to provide the foundation for justice systems transformation. Justice happens here.
“It’s part of the narrative that these cities are incapable of administering public safety even though crime is on a downswing since the pandemic...You still need a foil to blame for problems that are real and imagined...”-Jorge Camacho, The Justice Collaboratory
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It’s not just Trump. Red states are cracking down on their own blue cities.
In Mississippi, GOP lawmakers expanded the reach of the Capitol Police in Jackson and created a separate judicial system there.
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September 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
“It’s part of the narrative that these cities are incapable of administering public safety even though crime is on a downswing since the pandemic...You still need a foil to blame for problems that are real and imagined...”-Jorge Camacho, The Justice Collaboratory
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"The greatness of our justice system comes from fairness, equality and liberty before guilt is proven. Mr. Trump’s executive orders only move us further away from those goals — and thousands of Americans will pay the price."
@jeremycherson.bsky.social
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Opinion | One Concrete Way to Make the Justice System Fairer
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September 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
"The greatness of our justice system comes from fairness, equality and liberty before guilt is proven. Mr. Trump’s executive orders only move us further away from those goals — and thousands of Americans will pay the price."
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Our policy director Jorge Camacho on why Trump does not have the legal authority to militarize crimefighting in other cities. @thetrace.org @yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social
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Legal Constraints Could Stymie Trump’s Plans to Police Other Cities
We spoke with a policing expert from Yale Law School about whether a federal takeover could come to New York or Chicago.
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August 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Our policy director Jorge Camacho on why Trump does not have the legal authority to militarize crimefighting in other cities. @thetrace.org @yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social
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A critical conversation between our member Jason Stanley and
@karaswisher.bsky.social about why Trump is a fascist. Even though Jason is leaving for Toronto, he will remain a valuable member of The Justice Collaboratory.
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@karaswisher.bsky.social about why Trump is a fascist. Even though Jason is leaving for Toronto, he will remain a valuable member of The Justice Collaboratory.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzE_...
Why Trump is a fascist
YouTube video by On with Kara Swisher
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August 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A critical conversation between our member Jason Stanley and
@karaswisher.bsky.social about why Trump is a fascist. Even though Jason is leaving for Toronto, he will remain a valuable member of The Justice Collaboratory.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzE_...
@karaswisher.bsky.social about why Trump is a fascist. Even though Jason is leaving for Toronto, he will remain a valuable member of The Justice Collaboratory.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzE_...
“I think they view their mission very differently than one rooted in local policing...That’s not what they do and that’s not what they want to do. And frankly, I don’t think that’s what anyone wants them to do, aside from Donald Trump.” -JC Policy Director, Jorge Camacho bit.ly/47ubqFy
The Data Doesn’t Support Trump’s Justification for Deploying the National Guard
Trump has taken over policing in D.C. and threatened to do the same in other cities. A Trace analysis shows that his claims of runaway violence are false.
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August 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“I think they view their mission very differently than one rooted in local policing...That’s not what they do and that’s not what they want to do. And frankly, I don’t think that’s what anyone wants them to do, aside from Donald Trump.” -JC Policy Director, Jorge Camacho bit.ly/47ubqFy
On NPR It's Been a Minute @bmluse.bsky.social revisits her convo with Dr. Louks and JC Member Jason Stanley about the backlash to Dr. Louks, higher education at large, and why "anti-intellectualism" is prevalent in Republican politics.
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July 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
On NPR It's Been a Minute @bmluse.bsky.social revisits her convo with Dr. Louks and JC Member Jason Stanley about the backlash to Dr. Louks, higher education at large, and why "anti-intellectualism" is prevalent in Republican politics.
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Thank you @lastweektonight.com for this critical look at juvenile justice that closes with a study by BJ Casey and Arielle Baskin-Sommers: "...studies indicate that psychopathic traits decrease with age in the majority of youth whether justice involved or not..." //bit.ly/4493bM5
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Juvenile Justice: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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June 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Thank you @lastweektonight.com for this critical look at juvenile justice that closes with a study by BJ Casey and Arielle Baskin-Sommers: "...studies indicate that psychopathic traits decrease with age in the majority of youth whether justice involved or not..." //bit.ly/4493bM5
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Now Available: From Outrage to Action-The Massey Commission of Sangamon County,
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June 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Now Available: From Outrage to Action-The Massey Commission of Sangamon County,
IL
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This week CT lawmakers will decide if young people should be given a second chance. Read this piece by @elizabethkai.bsky.social and ask your CT state legislator to pass HB 7133.
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Opinion: It’s time to give CT’s young adults a second chance
Imagine being judged for the rest of your life based on the worst, most impulsive decision you made as a teenager
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May 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
This week CT lawmakers will decide if young people should be given a second chance. Read this piece by @elizabethkai.bsky.social and ask your CT state legislator to pass HB 7133.
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We are proud to call Jason Stanley a member of the The Justice Collaboratory and honored that he will continue to be a member from his new home in Toronto. nyti.ms/44Eq9fU
Video: Opinion | We Study Fascism, and We’re Leaving the U.S.
The decision by these three Yale professors to move to Canada is both a warning and a call to action.
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May 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
We are proud to call Jason Stanley a member of the The Justice Collaboratory and honored that he will continue to be a member from his new home in Toronto. nyti.ms/44Eq9fU
Join us for an update from the Massey Commission and the Sangamon County community about efforts to translate a community’s outrage over the killing of of Sonya Massey by a Sangamon County sheriff’s into meaningful action. Register: bit.ly/4iHQVYa
April 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Join us for an update from the Massey Commission and the Sangamon County community about efforts to translate a community’s outrage over the killing of of Sonya Massey by a Sangamon County sheriff’s into meaningful action. Register: bit.ly/4iHQVYa
Applauding member Phillip Atiba Solomon: "Institutions of higher education have the resources needed for a fight. They have the legal teams, the alumni networks, and the institutional influence. But more important, they also have the responsibility." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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April 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Applauding member Phillip Atiba Solomon: "Institutions of higher education have the resources needed for a fight. They have the legal teams, the alumni networks, and the institutional influence. But more important, they also have the responsibility." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Simply put. Research Matters.
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Andrew V. Papcahristos: Why America can’t afford to silence its universities
The essential bridge between science and policy faces unprecedented threats from the Trump administration.
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April 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Simply put. Research Matters.
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Member Jason Stanley on the path to educational authoritarianism: "The novel understanding of anti-white discrimination in these documents is a chilling manifestation of educational authoritarianism." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump is setting the US on a path to educational authoritarianism
While we watch students getting handcuffed, vague new guidelines create a culture of fear over teaching our history
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March 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Member Jason Stanley on the path to educational authoritarianism: "The novel understanding of anti-white discrimination in these documents is a chilling manifestation of educational authoritarianism." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
JC member Dwayne Betts reminds us that poetry is meant to serve a purpose. Check out this interview with @michelmartinnpr.bsky.social on his new collection of poems Doggeral
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Reginald Dwayne Betts discusses his new collection of poems, 'Doggerel'
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with author Reginald Dwayne Betts about his new collection of poems, "Doggerel," a meditation on family, friendship and falling in love.
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March 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
JC member Dwayne Betts reminds us that poetry is meant to serve a purpose. Check out this interview with @michelmartinnpr.bsky.social on his new collection of poems Doggeral
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More immigrants will die in US custody on Trump's watch, but the Trump administration could try to hide this information from the public. Here's how.
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How Many Immigrants Will Die in U.S. Custody?
More detentions will lead to more deaths, but the Trump Administration has options to conceal the losses.
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March 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
More immigrants will die in US custody on Trump's watch, but the Trump administration could try to hide this information from the public. Here's how.
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When are major media outlets going to cover the extraordinary white supremacist links of Vance, Musk, and many of the DOGE staffers? There is absolutely no modern parallel for what’s happening: a presidential administration taking instruction from white nationalist extremists.
February 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
When are major media outlets going to cover the extraordinary white supremacist links of Vance, Musk, and many of the DOGE staffers? There is absolutely no modern parallel for what’s happening: a presidential administration taking instruction from white nationalist extremists.
A powerful reflection from JC Member Reginald Dwayne Betts: "It all goes back to prison" www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/opinion/black-prison-forgiveness.html
Opinion | I Teach at Harvard. Store Managers See Me as a Threat.
Maybe I just wanted to be seen as something other than a threat, a nuisance, because I happen to be Black.
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February 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
A powerful reflection from JC Member Reginald Dwayne Betts: "It all goes back to prison" www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/opinion/black-prison-forgiveness.html
In case you missed this hopeful story! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/p...
The Sunday Read: ‘What Happened When America Emptied Its Youth Prisons’
Lessons from a radical 20-year experiment and a quiet triumph of public policy.
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February 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)
February 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)
“It used to be that our presidents were supposed to speak out in favor of democratic values. Now university presidents are being told, 'Oh, you have to preserve your institutions.' Guess what: Universities are core democratic institutions. -JC Member Jason Stanley bit.ly/4ibMLrF
Jason Stanley on “Erasing History” & Authoritarian Attacks on Education
As the Trump administration attempts to dismantle higher education in the United States by redefining discrimination in schools, fighting so-called woke ideology, attacking diversity, equity and inclu...
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February 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
“It used to be that our presidents were supposed to speak out in favor of democratic values. Now university presidents are being told, 'Oh, you have to preserve your institutions.' Guess what: Universities are core democratic institutions. -JC Member Jason Stanley bit.ly/4ibMLrF
“Certainly, if I were leading the [Bureau of Prisons] or if I were working in the BOP, I wouldn’t want to suggest that there are any monstrous conditions in my facilities”
-JC Member Miriam Gohara theintercept.com/2025/02/16/t...
-JC Member Miriam Gohara theintercept.com/2025/02/16/t...
Trump Is Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud: Federal Prisons Are Purposely Inhumane
And that’s how he wants to keep it, his executive orders and memos from Attorney General Pam Bondi show.
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February 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“Certainly, if I were leading the [Bureau of Prisons] or if I were working in the BOP, I wouldn’t want to suggest that there are any monstrous conditions in my facilities”
-JC Member Miriam Gohara theintercept.com/2025/02/16/t...
-JC Member Miriam Gohara theintercept.com/2025/02/16/t...
Do Community Violence Intervention (CVI) programs work? JC Member Andrew Papachristos explains why the randomized controlled trial (RCT) may not be the best way to evaluate social policies like CVI programs.
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Andrew Papachristos on Evaluating CVI
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February 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Do Community Violence Intervention (CVI) programs work? JC Member Andrew Papachristos explains why the randomized controlled trial (RCT) may not be the best way to evaluate social policies like CVI programs.
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JC Member Jason Stanley: "We are now witnessing a radical broadening of the Republican Southern Strategy, drawing on the same underlying racist attitudes towards Black Americans." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
We are witnessing the rise of a new Republican ‘Southern Strategy’ | Jason Stanley
How to make sense of the Trump administration’s attacks on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
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February 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
JC Member Jason Stanley: "We are now witnessing a radical broadening of the Republican Southern Strategy, drawing on the same underlying racist attitudes towards Black Americans." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...