A class that brings Manhattan prosecutors together with incarcerated men

Onlookers at the recent graduation of the Inside Criminal Justice course -- a joint initiative of the Manhattan D.A. Academy, the Institute for Innovation in Prosecution at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and the Center for Justice at Columbia University. Participants in the six-week course were five assistant district attorneys in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, along with five convicted felons who had served their time and were now free.

The Inside Criminal Justice course gives assistant district attorneys the chance to learn from those on the receiving end of justice. [ more › ]