OSI Forum: Children of Promise, Children of Incarcerated Parents
OSI-New York
June 15, 2004
Elizabeth Gaynes and Emani Davis discussed the work of the Osborne Association, the World's Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child, and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. more

Call for Proposals: 2005 Soros Justice Fellowships
The Soros Justice Advocacy, Senior, and Media fellowships support individuals from varied disciplines to design and implement projects that advance the goals of the U.S. Justice Fund’s criminal justice priority areas.  more

Non-Partisan Website Launched to Monitor the Department of Justice
Press Release
April 14, 2004
"Watching Justice" offers constant, comprehensive critique of the way key federal agencies are administering justice in the United States. more

OSI Awards More Than $1.5 Million Nationwide to Winners of 2004 Soros Justice Fellowships
Press Release
January 22, 2004
The 22 Soros Justice Fellows include distinguished scholars, journalists, the longest tenured death row inmate to be freed, advocates, lawyers, and community leaders—all working to restore fairness and discretion to the U.S. criminal justice system.  more

Three Strikes and You’re Out
September 2004
On the tenth anniversary of the enactment of three strikes laws in the United States, OSI grantee Justice Policy Institute compares the crime and incarceration rates of states that have the strikes laws with those that do not.  more

The New Politics of Judicial Elections 2002
May 2004
This report from OSI grantee Justice at Stake is accompanied by a poll indicating that Americans are alarmed by the increasing power of money and special interest politics in judicial elections—and that they want reforms.  more

The Meaning Of “Life”: Long Prison Sentences in Context
May 2004
Almost 10 percent of all inmates in U.S. state and federal prisons are serving life sentences, according to this report from OSI grantee The Sentencing Project. more

After Prison: Roadblocks to Reentry
April 22, 2004
A comprehensive report by the Legal Action Center, a U.S. Justice Fund grantee, reveals the legal obstacles that people with criminal records face in the United States when they attempt to reenter society and become productive, law-abiding citizens. more