Students Against Incarceration (SAI)
The mission of Students Against Incarceration (SAI) is to create an environment where people interested in fighting against issues in the criminal justice system can be in community, educate themselves and others, and take action against the prison-industrial complex using an abolitionist framework. SAI believes that the United States criminal justice system is oppressive and corrupt, that incarceration is a tool of oppression, racism, and social control, and that those in criminalized communities and the incarcerated/formerly incarcerated population need to be supported.
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Past Events
Ban the Box Campaign
Campaign to remove questions about criminal history from undergraduate admissions applications.
General Body Meetings
Students Against Incarceration host General Body Meetings weekly on Wednesdays. During meetings, attendees learn more about criminal justice issues, plan or participate in actions, and build community with one another.
Book Club
Student Against Incarceration hosts an ongoing book club with SAI students and community members from Cook County Jail. The book club's goal is to increase engagement between outside and inside community members beyond the Inside-Out program and outside of a traditional classroom setting.
Letter Writing Campaigns
Introduction to Mutual Aid and Pod-Mapping
