Students Against Unjust Imprisonment

in recent years, there has been a strong focus across the world on initial interactions with police and widespread police brutality, but what happens to the arrests or cases that go under the radar? students against unjust imprisonment aims to educate our community and draw attention to the injustices occurring within our criminal justice system that may have been ignored or overlooked. through communication, research, and connections, students will work to aid in the advocacy of some of these cases. by maintaining specific focuses across the school year and working to discover the "why?" and the "now what?", we hope to evoke a desire for action, change, and awareness across the boulder community. often, the first impression of an unjust imprisonment is that it has been caused by a single event; however, by looking into additional factors like poverty or over-policing, we can grow our understanding to why this occurs and work together to start ground-up action. in consistently questi