Our vision for a just future
1. Abolish pre-crime preventative detention laws
2. Free our friends and loved ones from dehumanizing labels
3. Realign our justice system with the values of restoration and reintegration
Just Future Project is a new initiative focused on challenging pre-crime preventative detention laws. We are a people-driven grassroots advocacy campaign dedicated to building a movement of community members demanding an end to indefinite detention regimes.
Why Is This Important?
Pre-crime preventative detention systems are a dangerous departure from the traditional values of our legal system.
We believe in justice, that persons who have caused harm may be held accountable for their actions. But justice also demands proportionality and due process, elements essential to distinguish justice from mere vengeance. The goal of any true system of justice must be restoration and re-integration, not the perpetual containment and incapacitation that have come to define the U.S. criminal legal system.
Recent Comments
- Celeste Whiteford Robertson on The Dobbs Wire: Rogue judge driven off the bench
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- Merry on In Memoriam: Lives Lost While Imprisoned After Their Release Date in Minnesota
- DAV on Shadow Prisoner Stabbed 14 Times at VCBR Facility
- Donna on Victory in Supreme Court of Virginia against out-of-control prosecution
Take Action
Help Us Close VCBR
Virginia has broken ground on a $110 million expansion of their Kafkaesque pre-crime preventative facility (Virginia Center for Behavioral Rehabilitation, VCBR). That is $426,000 per bed, and Virginia plans to run out of space again two years later!
Help us tell the Virginia General Assembly to stop warehousing citizens in cages for imaginary future crimes long after they have completed their prison sentences. Virginia deserves responsible public safety policies based on science, not speculation and fear.