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On Friday, March 10 from 9-5 p.m., the D.C. Corrections Information Council (CIC) and the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (PDS) are convening the first annual D.C. Prisoner & Reentry Symposium on Friday, March 10, 2017, at the UDC David A. Clarke School of Law.
REGISTRATION
If you have not yet registered, please register by Wednesday, March 8, 2017. Once the event has reached capacity, later registrants will be placed on a waiting list, to be informed if space is made available prior to March 10, 2017.
If you have already registered but now cannot attend on March 10, please cancel your RVSP by using this link: michelle.bonner@dc.gov, or by using the same Eventbrite link https://
TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING
The closest Metro station is Van Ness/UDC Station (red line). If driving, you may access the UDC Van Ness Campus Garage at 4200 Connecticut Avenue NW, and will be subject to paying the the daily parking rates.
AGENDA
Based on polling data from registrants so far, the organizers have developed the following program, with sessions and presentations based on the top four issues concerning DC prisoners and returning residents:
| TIME | SESSION |
| 8:30-9:00am | Refreshments |
| 9:00-9:15am | Host Introduction |
| 9:15-10:50am | Session One – Transition from Incarceration to Community |
| 10:50-11:00am | Break |
| 11:00-12:00pm | Session Two – Housing |
| 12:00-1:30pm | Lunch with Government Leaders |
| 1:30-2:45pm | Session Three – Employment & Economic Opportunity |
| 2:45-3:00pm | Break |
| 3:00-4:15pm | Session Four – Parole and Community Supervision |
| 4:15-5:00pm | Round Table Discussion |
Each session will consist of presentations from returning residents, service providers, advocates, and government agencies who have experience and expertise in the session areas, above. Government Leaders who will join us during lunch include Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, representative from the Executive Office of the Mayor, Council Members Charles Allen and Robert C. White, Jr., and DC Criminal Justice Agency Leaders of the Court Services and Supervision Agency (CSOSA), DC Department of Corrections (DOC), Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (PDS), and the US Parole Commission (USPC). The Round Table Discussion will focus on ways we can act to improve the state of DC Prisoners and Reentry.
We hope you can join us on March 10.