The Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism invites submissions for the聽Rathlyn Disability Initiative Student Colloquium, to be held on February 16, 2026, from 1:00-2:30 PM in New Chancellor Day Hall Room 312.
This event examines how carceral bureaucracies and corporate telecommunications interests have turned family contact into a profit-driven system, drawing on Michigan鈥檚 groundbreaking 鈥淩ight to Hug鈥� litigation to challenge the erosion of in-person visits amid mounting pressures on due process. It situates this litigation within broader jail and prison policies across the United States that replace physical visits with costly, unreliable, and highly surveilled video calls.