Matthew Clair 3/17/24 Matthew Clair 3/17/24 “And next thing you know, you’re in jail” Read More Matthew Clair 3/8/24 Matthew Clair 3/8/24 “I’m not powerless or powerful” Read More Matthew Clair 2/5/24 Matthew Clair 2/5/24 “They all just kind of have their own judgments before really examining anything” Read More Matthew Clair 1/24/24 Matthew Clair 1/24/24 “They’re better funded than the public defender” Read More Matthew Clair 1/5/24 Matthew Clair 1/5/24 “Jail makes criminals” Read More Matthew Clair 11/28/23 Matthew Clair 11/28/23 “It’s a huge lesson in what is law” Read More Matthew Clair 11/6/23 Matthew Clair 11/6/23 “They can’t hear, so what is the point?” Read More Matthew Clair 10/27/23 Matthew Clair 10/27/23 “I wish the police were more sympathetic” Read More Matthew Clair 8/14/23 Matthew Clair 8/14/23 “There’s just no consistency” Read More Matthew Clair 8/2/23 Matthew Clair 8/2/23 “The way [the judge] talked to the Black people and the Mexicans: it was disgusting.” Read More Matthew Clair 8/1/23 Matthew Clair 8/1/23 “You have no freedom at all” Read More Matthew Clair 7/28/23 Matthew Clair 7/28/23 “We don’t notice the courthouse” Read More Matthew Clair 7/23/23 Matthew Clair 7/23/23 “I’ll oftentimes see people who are lost” Read More Matthew Clair 7/23/23 Matthew Clair 7/23/23 “Just ‘cause I’m Black, you wanna pull your guns out.” Read More Matthew Clair 6/28/23 Matthew Clair 6/28/23 “I ended up homeless” Read More Matthew Clair 6/8/23 Matthew Clair 6/8/23 “Disparity between the rich and the poor is 90% of the reason why we have crime” Read More Matthew Clair 6/8/23 Matthew Clair 6/8/23 “Money could be used towards other things” Read More Matthew Clair 5/13/23 Matthew Clair 5/13/23 “I didn’t get respected” Read More Matthew Clair 4/23/23 Matthew Clair 4/23/23 “Nobody cared … everybody is just trying to get these cases moving” Read More Matthew Clair 3/28/23 Matthew Clair 3/28/23 “A lot of laws that are in place are unconstitutional” Read More Older Posts Note: Some research participants asked us to use their real names, whereas other names are pseudonyms
Matthew Clair 2/5/24 Matthew Clair 2/5/24 “They all just kind of have their own judgments before really examining anything” Read More
Matthew Clair 1/24/24 Matthew Clair 1/24/24 “They’re better funded than the public defender” Read More
Matthew Clair 8/2/23 Matthew Clair 8/2/23 “The way [the judge] talked to the Black people and the Mexicans: it was disgusting.” Read More
Matthew Clair 7/23/23 Matthew Clair 7/23/23 “Just ‘cause I’m Black, you wanna pull your guns out.” Read More
Matthew Clair 6/8/23 Matthew Clair 6/8/23 “Disparity between the rich and the poor is 90% of the reason why we have crime” Read More
Matthew Clair 4/23/23 Matthew Clair 4/23/23 “Nobody cared … everybody is just trying to get these cases moving” Read More
Matthew Clair 3/28/23 Matthew Clair 3/28/23 “A lot of laws that are in place are unconstitutional” Read More