Protect Your People : How Ordinary Families Are Using Participatory Defense to Challenge Mass Incarceration
Saved in:
| Title: | Protect Your People : How Ordinary Families Are Using Participatory Defense to Challenge Mass Incarceration |
|---|---|
| Description: | Shortlisted, 2025 Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social JusticeAn eye-opening look at “participatory defense,” the innovative practice that allows the loved ones of those charged with crimes to help influence the outcome of court cases, by the MacArthur Award–winning activistThe courthouse is an important part of every story of mass incarceration in America and, too often, it is a place of powerlessness for those facing criminal charges, their families, and their communities. But the courthouse can also be an important site of resistance, a place where Americans affected by incarceration can become agents of change—even though they are not lawyers or judges. Writing for those new to activism and seasoned organizers alike, celebrated criminal justice advocate Raj Jayadev provides a comprehensive introduction to participatory defense, the incredibly effective community organizing model that leads to better outcomes for criminal cases, shifting power in courtrooms along the way.In lively, accessible prose, Jayadev presents remarkable stories from organizers across the country who demonstrate how participatory defense has led to acquittals, dismissed and reduced charges, and prevented lengthy prison sentences. Lifting up a radical vision of community intervention, Protect Your People also addresses bail hearings, deportation cases, and youth threatened with transfer to adult court, showing that real change is possible when ordinary people step into America's courtrooms and get involved. |
| Authors: | Raj Jayadev |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Mass incarceration--United States, Immigration courts--United States, Arrest--United States, Defense (Criminal procedure)--United States, Criminal justice, Administration of--United States, Bail--United States, Emigration and immigration law--United States--Criminal provisions, Juvenile courts--United States, Post-conviction remedies--United States |
| Categories: | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Activism & Social Justice, LAW / Courts, LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing, LAW / Discrimination, LAW / Judicial Power, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Shortlisted, 2025 Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social JusticeAn eye-opening look at “participatory defense,” the innovative practice that allows the loved ones of those charged with crimes to help influence the outcome of court cases, by the MacArthur Award–winning activistThe courthouse is an important part of every story of mass incarceration in America and, too often, it is a place of powerlessness for those facing criminal charges, their families, and their communities. But the courthouse can also be an important site of resistance, a place where Americans affected by incarceration can become agents of change—even though they are not lawyers or judges. Writing for those new to activism and seasoned organizers alike, celebrated criminal justice advocate Raj Jayadev provides a comprehensive introduction to participatory defense, the incredibly effective community organizing model that leads to better outcomes for criminal cases, shifting power in courtrooms along the way.In lively, accessible prose, Jayadev presents remarkable stories from organizers across the country who demonstrate how participatory defense has led to acquittals, dismissed and reduced charges, and prevented lengthy prison sentences. Lifting up a radical vision of community intervention, Protect Your People also addresses bail hearings, deportation cases, and youth threatened with transfer to adult court, showing that real change is possible when ordinary people step into America's courtrooms and get involved. |
|---|---|
| ISBN: | 9781620977002 9781620978061 |
