MASS INCARCERATION: A WORLDWIDE CRISIS

THE INCARCERATION NATIONS NETWORK’S GLOBAL SYMPOSIUM ON SOLUTIONS

Speakers from the Incarceration Nations Network engaged in justice- and prison-reimagining work around the world will share their visions of solutions to a global calamity impacting more than 11 million people. Representatives from organizations in Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, the USA, Norway, the UK, Costa Rica, Sierra Leone, Cambodia, Ghana, El Salvador and more will be present.

PROGRAM

12:30 PM

Welcome: Karol Mason, President, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Introduction: Baz Dreisinger, Executive Director, Incarceration Nations Network

12:45 PM

LIGHTNING TALK

The Case for Open Prisons

Tom Eberhardt, Bastoy Prison (Norway)

1 PM

PANEL

Alternatives to Incarceration: Diversion, Mediation, Restorative Justice

Robert (Roman) Haferd, Restorative Justice Coordinator, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia (USA)

Judge María Gabriela, National Restorative Justice program (Costa Rica)

Chandeerah Davis, Common Justice (USA)

Amanda Berman, Red Hook Community Justice Center (USA)

Lucia Nunovero, Justicia Juvenil Restaurativa (Peru)

2 PM

PANEL

Legacies of Systemic Oppression: Overrepresented Groups in Justice Systems

Tania Sawicki Mead, JustSpeak (New Zealand)

Colette McCombs, Aboriginal Legal Services (Canada)

2:35 PM

LIGHTNING TALK

Changing the Culture of Corrections? Correctional Staff

Sarah Pearson, Unlocked Graduates (UK)

**BREAK**

3 PM

PANEL

Repairing Broken/Archaic Legal Systems

Meg Gould, Advocaid (Sierra Leone)

Jo-Ann Lim, LICADHO (Cambodia)

Jennifer Smith, The International Legal Foundation (global)

3:40 PM

PANEL

Pretrial Detention: A Global Crisis

Ezra Ritchin, The Bail Project (USA)

Jonathan Osei Owusu, POS Foundation (Ghana)

Sarahi Garcia, JJAI (Mexico)

4:25 PM

LIGHTNING TALK

Reducing Prison Populations: A State-by-State Approach

Ari Rosmarin, ACLU Smart Justice campaign (USA)

4:35 PM

LIGHTNING TALK

Reentry: Meeting Job Needs

Derick Bowers, Center for Employment Opportunities (USA)

4:45 PM

CONVERSATION

Redefining “Directly Impacted”: Families of the Incarcerated

Luciano Cadoni, NNAPES (Latin America) &

Ann Adalist-Estrin, National Resource Center on Children and Families of the Incarcerated At Rutgers University Camden (USA)

5:10 PM

PANEL

Education, Not Incarceration

Chris Agans, NJ-Step (USA)

Jennifer Coreas and Johnny Page, Contextos (El Salvador & Chicago, USA)

5:30 PM

LIGHTNING TALK

The Architecture of Justice

Jeff Mansfield, MASS Design Group (USA)