2,137 fewer students expelled, and thousands more suspension incidents kept in-school, since Rethink Discipline passed.
Michigan's high court declines to strike down a law letting courts fund themselves through fines on defendants
Find contact information for Michigan legislative offices.
The online tool powering the Functional Sentencing protocol.
The agreement that made Street Outreach Court Detroit possible.
What happened to SOCD graduates years after they finished the program.
Asking Michigan school districts to close the gaps in the state's discipline reforms.
The Supreme Court allowed cities to punish homeless people for sleeping outside, but never touched a separate, unchallenged ruling that Grants Pass's fines were unconstitutionally excessive.
How defense counsel can initiate and drive a functional sentencing approach.
Search Michigan court case records online.
How judges can build a functional sentencing process from the bench.
Pushing Michigan courts to tell tenants about local legal help before an eviction hearing.
Asking the State Board of Education to formally adopt equitable discipline standards.
Michigan's Court of Appeals upholds a law that lets courts fund themselves by convicting people.
An academic look at how group representation works inside Detroit's homeless problem-solving court.
A third attempt to strike down the law that pays Michigan courts to convict.
A step-by-step worksheet for tracing a court process problem back to its actual cause.
Three people's firsthand testimony on what it's like to be jailed for being poor.
Results from the first functional sentencing pilot, run in Hamtramck's 31st District Court.
How participants can take the lead in shaping their own sentencing outcome.
What service providers need to know before referring clients to SOCD.
Search Wayne County's 3rd Circuit Court records online.
Training materials for Street Outreach Court Detroit staff and volunteers.