OSI Awards More Than $1.25 Million Nationwide to New Leaders in Criminal Justice Reform
Press Release
January 31, 2005
The 18 Soros Justice Fellows include filmmakers, clergy, formerly incarcerated people, advocates, lawyers, journalists, scholars, economic and social planners, researchers, and writers—all working to restore fairness and discretion to the U.S. criminal justice system. more

Reasonable Doubt: Can Crime Labs Be Trusted?
January 9, 2005
Based on the investigative reporting of a Soros Justice Media Fellow, this documentary examines how profound flaws in forensic science have sent innocent people to prison. more

Op-Ed: Mentally Ill Inmates Need More Help
Mary Beth Pfeiffer
February 12, 2005
The soaring number of mentally ill prison inmates raises troubling questions about the system's ability to manage this population, observes a Soros justice fellow. more

Sentencing by the Numbers
Emily Bazelon
January 2, 2005
A Soros justice fellow examines new sentencing methods in the United States that encourage judges to sentence nonviolent offenders based on a short list of risk factors. more

No Second Chance
November 2004
No Second Chance: People with Criminal Records Denied Access to Public Housing, a report by OSI grantee Human Rights Watch, is the first examination of “one strike” policies in public housing in the United States. more