by Kiel Downey | Sep 27, 2019 | ROLC News
In August of 2018, ROLC was gifted $95,500 by the Vital Projects Fund, Inc. to support research into the roles and responsibilities of sheriffs in the 50 states—The Sheriff Accountability Project. The project is led by Jessica Pishko, a Visiting Fellow with ROLC. Read...
by Kiel Downey | Aug 30, 2019 | ROLC News
ROLC was mentioned by the University of South Carolina’s Office of the Provost for its role organizing and convening the two-day g7+ Ministerial Meeting on Access to Justice for All in Conflict-Affected Countries. At the conference, held in The Hague, officials from...
by Kiel Downey | Feb 5, 2019 | ROLC News
ROLC Visiting Fellow Jessica Pishko was recently featured in an article by The Christian Science Monitor which discussed the growing role of Sheriffs in immigration. With support from the Vital Projects Fund, Ms. Pishko leads the Sheriff Accountability Project...
by Kiel Downey | Jan 29, 2019 | ROLC News
On Friday, February 8th, 2019, Dr. Melissa Wright, Professor of Geography and Women’s Gender, and Sexuality Studies, will present “Border Thinking, Border Life and the Necro-geography of Trump’s Wall” at the annual Julian V. Minghi Lecture in...
by Kiel Downey | Oct 29, 2018 | ROLC News
On October 25, 2018, ROLC faculty and staff participated in a luncheon with Jessica Pishko, a Visting Fellow with ROLC, who is working on a project involving the role of sheriffs in the United States. Ms. Pishko has worked as an author and a journalist, focusing on...