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How do we find a balance between a correction officer’s safety and a prisoner’s right? Join a panel of leading thinkers for a look at this complex issue. Moderated by Ted Conover, author of Newjack, panelists include Brian Fischer, former Commissioner, NYS Department of Corrections, Tom Robbins, who has written about this issue for The New York Times and The Marshall Project, Mary Lynne Werlwas from The Legal Aid Society’s Prisoner’s Rights Project, and Mikail DeVeaux, Executive Director of Citizens Against Recidivism.

Use of Force in Prisons
Mon, May 23, 6:30 pm
$5/Free for BHS and G-W Members

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