As AI becomes increasingly used in the criminal justice and immigration systems, the Vera Institute of Justice (Vera) is committed to promoting the accountable use of AI: systems that produce fair, just, and equitable outcomes that help end the criminalization and mass incarceration of people of color, immigrants, and people experiencing poverty. T ...
Vice president for Advocacy and Partnerships will become the sixth leader of Vera in its 65-year history.
Insha Rahman will be the next president and director of the Vera Institute of Justice and Vera Action, its sister 501(c)(4) organization. A leading political strategist and criminal justice expert, Rahman has served as Vera’s vice president for Advocacy and Partnerships and the director of Vera Action since 2020. She will make history as the first ...
Through zoning ordinances and public pressure, localities fight plans to treat immigrants like packages. Their successes can offer a blueprint for broader resistance.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acting director Todd Lyons has stated his horrific goal of building a deportation system that treats people like packages; “Like (Amazon) Prime, but with human beings,” he said last year. To advance this dehumanizing vision, the Trump administration aims to acquire more than 20 warehouses to imprison p ...