Our mission is to expose injustice, especially in the following areas:
- criminal justice system
- racial injustice
- crimes against humanity causing harm or death for millions
We are shining a spotlight on injustices both large and small.
The Privilege of Power
Regardless of degree, injustice typically flows from those who abuse their privilege of power. Likewise, many injustices are caused by those individuals when people don't do their job.
For example, both sources abound in the criminal justice system. When prosecutors, law enforcement, and judges don't do their job, defendants are over-punished or under-punished, and in some instances law enforcement personnel make a decision to let the criminal walk away with no consequences for their crime.
The biggest losers in all of this are the victims who are rarely made whole.
Some Disturbing Statistics
According to a 2018 report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), nearly 2.2 million adults were held in America's prisons and jails at the end of 2016. That means for every 100,000 people residing in the United States, approximately 655 of them were behind bars. Only about 6% of prisons are privately owned and operated.
Federal prisons cost taxpayers about $265 Billion annually, which represents about 5% of local budgets. On a percentage basis, America keeps more of its citizens in prison that any other nation. (view source)
A widely accepted guesstimate is that there are over 100,000 innocent people actually incarcerated in prisons and jails across America. Collectively, numerous different Innocence Projects around the country have freed hundreds of innocent people, primarily from among death row inmates.
Much more pervasive across the criminal justice system are the injustices that occur to non-death-row inmates. Such cases number in the millions but rarely come to light. `
Our broken criminal justice system is just one example.
Sunlight and Transparency
Injustice abounds where those in power abuse their privileges. The mission of Injustice Project is to expose exactly when, where, how, and why injustice happens in order to provide greater accountability through increased public awareness, to be a voice for those who have been silenced, to right wrongs wherever possible, and ultimately to identify how best to reform the situation and put a stop to injustice wherever it exists. Toward achieving our goals, we believe sunlight makes the best disinfectant, and transparency about the workings of an organization is a proven preventative of corruption.
- criminal justice system
- racial injustice
- crimes against humanity causing harm or death for millions
We are shining a spotlight on injustices both large and small.
The Privilege of Power
Regardless of degree, injustice typically flows from those who abuse their privilege of power. Likewise, many injustices are caused by those individuals when people don't do their job.
For example, both sources abound in the criminal justice system. When prosecutors, law enforcement, and judges don't do their job, defendants are over-punished or under-punished, and in some instances law enforcement personnel make a decision to let the criminal walk away with no consequences for their crime.
The biggest losers in all of this are the victims who are rarely made whole.
Some Disturbing Statistics
According to a 2018 report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), nearly 2.2 million adults were held in America's prisons and jails at the end of 2016. That means for every 100,000 people residing in the United States, approximately 655 of them were behind bars. Only about 6% of prisons are privately owned and operated.
Federal prisons cost taxpayers about $265 Billion annually, which represents about 5% of local budgets. On a percentage basis, America keeps more of its citizens in prison that any other nation. (view source)
A widely accepted guesstimate is that there are over 100,000 innocent people actually incarcerated in prisons and jails across America. Collectively, numerous different Innocence Projects around the country have freed hundreds of innocent people, primarily from among death row inmates.
Much more pervasive across the criminal justice system are the injustices that occur to non-death-row inmates. Such cases number in the millions but rarely come to light. `
Our broken criminal justice system is just one example.
Sunlight and Transparency
Injustice abounds where those in power abuse their privileges. The mission of Injustice Project is to expose exactly when, where, how, and why injustice happens in order to provide greater accountability through increased public awareness, to be a voice for those who have been silenced, to right wrongs wherever possible, and ultimately to identify how best to reform the situation and put a stop to injustice wherever it exists. Toward achieving our goals, we believe sunlight makes the best disinfectant, and transparency about the workings of an organization is a proven preventative of corruption.