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After Rikers: Justice by Design

After Rikers: Justice by Design
Monday, April 29, 2019 | 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. 
Program Fee: Free for Members and Non-Lawyers | $15 for Non-Member Lawyers
Non-lawyers please call to register (212) 382 – 6663 

Description: 
"After Rikers: Justice By Design” is a new short film produced by Public Square Media that explores the vision for community-based jails that New York City plans to build as part of its efforts to reform the criminal justice system and significantly reduce incarceration. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring leading voices in the jail re-invention process.

Speakers:
Carole Eady-Porcher, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Tyler Nims, Executive Director, Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform
Johnny Perez, Director of U.S. Prisons Program, National Religious Campaign Against Torture
Stanley Richards, Executive Vice President, The Fortune Society

Sponsoring Association Committee:
Corrections & Community Reentry Committee, Alex Lesman, Chair

Related Resources:
If interested in this program, you may also be interested in these City Bar resources:
Rikers Island Must Be Closed
Mass Incarceration: Where Do We Go From Here?


Where
42 West 44th Street New York, NY 10036 UNITED STATES

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