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CNN Amanpour features Justice Defenders and paralegal Jane
One of our paralegals Jane shared her story with CNN International host Christiane Amanpour and our Founder Alexander McLean.
Read MoreCBS 60 Minutes features Justice Defenders
CNN News anchor Anderson Cooper traveled to Kenya to visit prison communities and see our work in legal education, training, and practise.
Read MorePR Newswire – 2020 Wise Awards Winners Announced
WISE, an initiative of Qatar Foundation (QF), has announced the winners of the 2020 WISE Awards, recognizing and promoting six innovative projects from across the world that address global educational challenges.
Read MoreNews Break – Alexander McLean named 2020 Grinnell Prize recipient
President Anne Harris announced on Wednesday that Alexander McLean, the founder and director general of international nonprofit organization Justice Defenders, has won the 2020 Grinnell College Innovator for Social Justice Prize.
Read MoreThe Sunday Times – The story of the Londoner bringing justice to East Africa
Justice Defenders enlists lawyers, prison officers, judges and British universities to provide legal training to inmates — some barely educated — so they can become their own advocates.
Read MoreTuko – Kamiti Prison: 10 inmates graduate with law degrees
At least 17 inmates, police officers and former convicts graduated from the Kamiti Maximum Prison in Nairobi with law degrees from the University of London on Thursday, October 31.
Read MoreForbes – Our world becomes rich when we don't write people off
In this Q&A, McLean talks about the project’s work, the loneliness of leadership and what we can learn from those living in poverty.
Read MoreCovid-19 response: a three-part plan
Our response to the pandemic will be three-fold: a fines fund, tech advocacy, and sanitation partnerships.
Read MoreCovid-19 response: reflections on the lockdown
We’re asking ourselves: what does it look like to radically decongest prisons at this time?
Read MoreCovid-19 response: a message for our community
Hear from our Founder, Alexander McLean, on how we're navigating this COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreInternational Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 2019
Although women and girls account for a far smaller share of total homicides than men, they bear by far the greatest burden of intimate partner/family‐related homicide, and intimate partner homicide.
Read MoreMorris Kaberia’s visit to South Africa (INN)
The was a gathering of individuals and organisations representing the work of justice reform, from around the world. Read more about his experience.
Read MoreGraduates: Dickson Munene and Hamisi Mzari
Throughout this year we have shared the stories of every one of our 16 Kenyan law graduates. Each of them have completed their studies with the University of London, as part of .
Read MoreOne Year On: Morris Kaberia
On 20th September 2018, Morris Kaberia was released from Kamiti Maximum Prison, in Kenya, n. Less than a year later he was leading a successful legal challenge on the remission of sentences which will ensure the release of others, unlawfully detained, across the country.
Read More“I always looked forward to proving society wrong.”
Meet Phionah. She is part of our unlikely community. Her commitment to justice led her to serve clients alongside fellow paralegals, both incarcerated women and prison officers.
Read MorEExpanding outside of prisons. Disrupting the poverty-to-prison pipeline in Nairobi.
The lack of meaningful access to justice impacts nearly two of every three people worldwide. The cost is greatest for those with the least. Our first-ever legal office, based outside of a prison, is a game-changer.
Read MorEPoem: A call to bridge the path towards justice.
A message of hope in Uganda from Alex Byamukama.
Read MorEA day in the life of a Justice Defenders Legal Officer: Kenneth Kugonza in Uganda
Kenneth Kugoza works in mid-central Uganda, helping those facing injustice. He shares how he spends his day across multiple prisons.
Read MorEAllyship beyond perceived differences.
Three prison officers overcome perceived differences in service of those in prison. This unique show of solidarity is truly what makes the fabric of our community a unique tapestry of allies.
Read MorEReforming the Sexual Offences Act: securing proportionate sentencing.
Success as Justice Defenders paralegals ensure judges are able to use their discretion to sentence people convicted of sexual offences.
Read MorEThe unlikely activists. Reforming the criminal justice system from behind prison bars.
Success as Justice Defenders paralegals secure rights for suspects with mental disabilities.
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