The University and the Prison

The Human Rights Lab actively engages students and community in solutions to human rights problems. The Lab works to address the intersecting human rights crises ofracialized policing and mass incarceration that plague the United States.

Human Rights Lab @ the Pozen Center

A conversation grappling with the question of what universities can do to end mass incarceration. 

**A Zoom link will be sent to registrants on the morning of the event.**“Universities Are Hotbeds of Scholarship on Mass Incarceration, But Are They Doing Enough to Fix the Problem?” asks the headline of a 2018 article in the Chronicle of Higher Education. This virtual conversation will grapple with this critical question, as panelists discuss both the challenges and potential for universities—and those working within them—to address mass incarceration, one of the most pressing issues of our time. Panelists: Matt Epperson (Director, <a href="https://voices.uchicago.edu/smartdecar/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Smart Decarceration Project</a>)Gina Fedock (Assistant Professor, <a href="https://ssa.uchicago.edu/ssascholars/g-fedock" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">School of Social Service Administration</a>)Michelle Jones (Scholar, Artist, and Activist; PhD Student, <a href="https://www.future-ed.org/team/michelle-jones/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">New York University</a>)Alice Kim (Director of Human Rights Practice, <a href="https://humanrights.uchicago.edu/lab" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Pozen Center Human Rights Lab</a>)Reuben Miller (Author of the forthcoming <a href="https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/reuben-jonathan-miller/halfway-home/9781549173332/?utm_expid=.OyywKgKNQfKo0ZgN1WBZtg.0&amp;utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration</a>) Moderated by:Durrell Washington (PhD Student, School of Social Service Administration)Presented by the Pozen Center Human Rights Lab; the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture; the School of Social Service Administration; and the Mass Incarceration Working Group.

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