White Papers
Why All States Need to Adopt the Reproductive Justice Act: A Reproductive Justice White Paper
Utilizing a reproductive justice framework, which approaches reproductive rights in an intersectional and holistic way,...
Unlawful Orders and Unaccountable Wars: Reforming Military Justice in the Shadow of Atrocity
The United States’ earliest codification of military discipline, the Articles of War of 1775, reflected...
Reparations for Black People that Restore and Promote Equity
For many years, reparations have been on the tongues of presidential candidates, legislators, and politicians,...
Jim Crow Takes Costco: The Food Apartheid examined through the lenses of oppressive systems
Oppressive systems, reinforced by legislation, have created a Food Apartheid, previously known as a food...
I Need a Playground Not a Prison: Juvenile Justice in Illinois
This paper provides recommendations for programming and policies in the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice...
Earned and Denied: A Framework for Statutory Reforms to the Illinois Parole System
In 1978, the Illinois legislature established the Prisoner Review Board to replace the former Parole...
Continuity of Control: How Dobbs and Skrmetti Extend a Long History of State Power Over Marginalized Bodies
This white paper argues that the rationales used to justify abortion bans and restrictions on...
Burying the Black Body and Mind: How Mass Incarceration Kills the Black Community
This white paper highlights the issues with current prison policies and practices in the United...