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Healing Justice - NY/NJ

Myrna Martinez in the Newark, NJ office

Recognizing Myrna Hernandez

Celebrating 50 years of healing justice work with Bonnie Kerness

Celebrating 50 years of healing justice work with Bonnie Kerness

At Liberation Summer Camp, high school students learn the art of advocacy

At Liberation Summer Camp, high school students learn the art of advocacy

4 things you should know about the incarceration of LGBTQ+ people

4 things you should know about the incarceration of LGBTQ+ people

'These officers beat me up': Videos show alleged abuse inside NJ women's prison

Updated Jul 1, 2021

From Rodney King to George Floyd: What will it take to bring change?

Advocates respond to NJ prison closure with demands for systemic change

Advocates respond to NJ prison closure with demands for systemic change

NJ launches investigation, 30 officers on leave after abuse allegations at women's prison

Updated Jan 26, 2021

Public outcry and demands for justice grow after women speak out against abuse at NJ prison

Updated Apr 15, 2021

MLK still guides us to healing justice

MLK still guides us to healing justice

Updated Jan 11, 2022

Young leaders learn the art of advocacy at online Liberation Summer Camp

Young leaders learn the art of advocacy at online Liberation Summer Camp

Q+A: Bonnie Kerness, director, AFSC New Jersey Prison Watch

Q+A: Bonnie Kerness, director, AFSC New Jersey Prison Watch

Why we support the call to #FreeThemAll

Why we support the call to #FreeThemAll

The Growing Fight Against Solitary Confinement

Updated Jan 13, 2020

What I learned from Liberation Summer Advocacy Camp

New Jersey will limit solitary confinement in jails and prisons

New Jersey will limit solitary confinement in jails and prisons

N.J. limited solitary but we didn’t end the torture of human beings, prison watch group says.

Updated Jul 23, 2019

New Jersey survivors of solitary to share stories of life in isolation

Updated Jan 17, 2019

Youth tell stories of police violence, mass incarceration, and immigration

Youth tell stories of police violence, mass incarceration, and immigration

At NY summer camp, students learn advocacy strategies and the art of filmmaking for change

At NY summer camp, students learn advocacy strategies and the art of filmmaking for change

Hope, boots, and sardines: Larry White's vision of prison theater

Hope, boots, and sardines: Larry White's vision of prison theater