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Incarceration Nations Network Symposium on Global Prison Reimagining
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John Jay College of Criminal Justice 524 West 59th Street Moot Court New York, NY 10019
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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)