Reimagine Justice
Kaia Stern is a transformative educator, facilitator, and consultant committed to reimagining justice across areas including prisons and punishment, public health, gender studies, theology and education.
Recent Work
Freedom Classrooms
At Freedom Classrooms, education is an opportunity to imagine and practice new possibilities for justice, together. A continuation of the Prison Studies Project, which Kaia co-founded in 2008, Freedom Classrooms aims to redesign education in carceral spaces by creating classrooms where curiosity and connection thrive— where everyone is empowered as both a teacher and student.
Beyond Punishment: A Guide to Mass Incarceration
Beyond Punishment: A Guide to Mass Incarceration helps readers understand the history, structures, and lived impacts of mass incarceration in the United States. Produced by the Applied Cartooning Lab in collaboration with Freedom Classrooms, this comic-style guide combines clear visual storytelling with historical context, personal accounts, and examination of how systems of punishment operate, as well as emerging approaches beyond incarceration.