The Justice Roundtable calendar features its meetings and events, in addition to relevant Capitol Hill briefings and hearings, and partner and affiliate workshops, trainings, conferences, and other events.
Fourteenth Annual Citywide Community Justice Advisory Network (CJAN) Recognition Ceremony
The Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency’s (CSOSA) hosts its 14th Annual Citywide Community Justice Advisory Network (CJAN) Recognition Ceremony. The event will be held at the Gallaudet University Kellogg Conference Center (800 Florida Avenue NE | Washington, DC 20002) on Monday, September 26, 2016, from 6:00pm to 8:30pm. During this CJAN Recognition Ceremony, we will officially launch our theme for the upcoming year – “It Takes the Community to Achieve Supervision Success!” As you know, CSOSA’s mission is to increase public safety,…
Find out more »“Breathin: The Eddy Zheng Story” Film Screening and Panel Discussion
SEARAC and the Asian Prisoner Support Committee (APSC), in collaboration with the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) and AAPIs Beyond Bars, invite you to attend a screening and panel discussion of "Breathin': The Eddy Zheng Story." "Breathin': The Eddy Zheng Story" Wednesday, September 28, 4 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. U.S. Capitol Visitors Center North Congressional Meeting Room 268, First St NE Washington, DC 20515 Panelists Eddy Zheng, Asian Prisoner Support Committee (APSC), Oakland, CA Kristopher Larsen, Formerly Incarcerated Group…
Find out more »Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and its Legacy – Book Discussion and Webcast
Date: Thursday, September 29, 2016 Time: 7:00 – 9:00pm EDT National Museum of African American History and Culture Oprah Winfrey Theater 1400 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, D.C. Enter through Constitution Ave doors Series: Historically Speaking Metro: Federal Triangle or Smithsonian Metro stations The publication of University of Michigan Department of History professor Heather Thompson’s book coincides with the forty-fifth anniversary of the country's largest prison rebellion at Attica, New York. Blood in the Water will shed new light on…
Find out more »Unlocking Prisons: A Case Study
Unlocking Prisons: A Case Study will be held at the National Press Club Friday, October 7, 2016 from 11:15 to 12:45. The United States has just under five percent of the world’s population, but accounts for nearly a quarter of the planet’s population behind bars. Since 1978, the share of Americans in jail or prison has increased more than 400 percent. Supermax prisons, built to hold large numbers of inmates in solitary confinement for months or years, dot the landscape.…
Find out more »Double Exposure Investigative Journalism Film Festival for the DC Premiere of the Film “Solitary”
On Saturday, October 8, 2016 at 5:30 p.m., the Double Exposure Investigative Journalism Film Festival will host the Washington, D.C., premiere of the film “Solirary” (Kristi Jacobson, 2016). Though it is considered a form of torture in much of the world, the use of solitary confinement to punish and control prison inmates has grown exponentially in the United States, with an estimated 100,000 people held in isolation in prisons across the country. Filmmaker Kristi Jacobson spent a year delving into…
Find out more »Live Webcast: How Can States Use Data to Improve Policies?
Live Webcast How Can States Use Data to Improve Policies? Friday, Oct. 14 9:30 a.m. MDT/11:30 a.m. EDT States are increasingly using data and evidence to achieve the best outcomes for citizens—and their bottom lines. Join The Pew Charitable Trusts and Atlantic Media's Route Fifty for a discussion with Colorado Governor John W. Hickenlooper and other officials on how the state has developed effective evidence-based policies and systems. Don't Miss These Expert Insights How Colorado policymakers at all levels…
Find out more »Conversations on Justice to Feature JPI, Discussion on Incarceration Report Oct. 14
Justice Roundtable Conversations on Justice will be held Friday, October 14, at 12 p.m with an event titled: Moving Beyond the Offense: Rethinking Punishment for Violent Crime, and Learning Lessons from Maryland’s Unger Cases. The discussion will focus on a recently released report by the Justice Policy Institute, called Defining Violence: reducing incarceration by rethinking America’s approach to violence, and the Unger appellate case in Maryland, which resulted in over 150 individuals who had been serving long sentences (including life) for violent…
Find out more »‘Do Not Resist’ Screening at AFI-Silver Spring, October 18
An urgent and powerful exploration of the rapid militarization of the police in the United States. Starting on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, as the community grapples with the death of Michael Brown, DO NOT RESIST– the directorial debut of Detropia cinematographer Craig Atkinson – offers a stunning look at the current state of policing in America and a glimpse into the future. The Tribeca Film Festival winner for Best Documentary puts viewers in the center of the action – from a ride-along…
Find out more »Webinar: Transforming the System
Join us on Oct. 19 at 2 p.m. EST for a free webinar, "Transforming the System" to learn about our new criminal justice solutions report and website. Our criminal justice system must keep all communities safe, foster prevention and rehabilitation, and ensure fair and equal justice. But in too many places and in too many ways, our system is falling short of that mandate and with devastating consequences. The United States is saddled with an outdated, unfair, and bloated criminal…
Find out more »Howard Law School Clemency and Sentencing Event – October 20, 2016
On June 3, 2016, President Barack Obama granted clemency to Everette Bryant Law, a client of Howard University School of Law who was serving a life sentence in prison for violating the drug laws. Mr. Law was one of the 42 prisoners whose sentence was commuted in the president’s June 3rd clemency order. On September 30, 2016, after serving 22 years of his life sentence, Mr. Law walked out of prison. On October 20, 2016, Mr. Law will walk into…
Find out more »Oct 24: TheRoot.com Hosts Facebook Live Discussion on Marijuana Legalization, Mass Incarceration and Women with Orange is the New Black Author Piper Kerman, Drug Policy Reform Thought Leader Deborah Small and DPA’s asha bandele
On Monday, October 24, from 12-1pm ET, TheRoot.com will host a Facebook Live discussion on marijuana legalization, mass incarceration and women featuring Piper Kerman, author of the memoir Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison; Deborah Small, Johns Hopkins Public Health Fellow and drug policy reform thought leader; and the Drug Policy Alliance’s asha bandele. Women are one of the fastest-growing segments of the prison population. Between 1980 and 2010, the number of women in state…
Find out more »Strategies for Advancing Recovery Supports Nationwide
Monday, October 24, 2016 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM at 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building CLICK HERE TO RSVP Honorary Co-Hosts The Bipartisan Task Force to Combat the Heroin Epidemic, US House of Representatives Addiction, Treatment and Recovery Caucus, US House of Representatives Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) Speakers Scott Strode – Founder and National Executive Director, Phoenix Multisport, Denver, Colorado Rich Jones –Executive Director, Faces & Voices of Recovery Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina Michelle Harter – Manager of Anchor Recovery, AnchorED,…
Find out more »Family Reunification . . . Barriers to Reentry, the Impact on Children and Loved Ones
On Tuesday, October 25, 2016 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., join Attorney General Karl A. Racine for a panel discussion on “Family Reunification . . . Barriers to Reentry, the Impact on Children and Loved Ones," at Allen Chapel AME Church, 2498 Alabama Ave., SE, Washington DC 20020 The panel will have representatives from a variety of organizations and community groups who will talk about the challenges of incarceration and reentry. They will also talk about the many resources available to…
Find out more »Drug Policy Alliance Open House in Washington, D.C.
The DPA hosts its open house Wednesday, October 26 from 5:30 – 7:30 pm. Hors d'oeuvres and drinks will be served. It is celebrating a new D.C. office and the addition of new D.C.-based staff. And with the election just two weeks away, Drug Policy Alliance's founder and executive director, Ethan Nadelmann will be giving a few remarks about key marijuana-related measures on the ballot around the country. Location is near Farragut Square. RSVP
Find out more »Town Hall: What Does Real Police Reform Look Like?
Join the Real News Network for a town hall on Oct 26, to discuss what real police reform looks like. The recent Department of Justice report on the Baltimore City Police Department exposed the rampant abuse many in Baltimore know well, but many think it fell short of offering real solutions to end this abuse through accountability. What does real community control of the police look like? Why are officers so infrequently jailed, or even fired, for abuse? Can you…
Find out more »Criminal Justice Reform: National and Local
What does police accountability look like? How do we stop over-incarceration? What do we do about civil rights violations? The Montgomery County Chapter of the ACLU of Maryland cordially invites you to a meeting and public forum: Criminal Justice Reform: National and Local Wednesday, October 26 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. Silver Spring Civic Building 1 Veterans Plaza Guest speakers include: David Trone - Founder and President of Total Wine & More, Founding donor of the ACLU’s Trone Center for…
Find out more »#NoGirlsInPrison Webinar
Youth prison is no solution for Girls. The research is clear on how girls, often charged with status or low-level offenses, unnecessarily end up in the deep end of the system. State systems are beginning to recognize this trend and take steps to shrink their deep end girls' populations, leaving many facilities with very few incarcerated girls and leaving us all with an urgent focus on how to get girls out of youth prisons and close them down for good.…
Find out more »Reconnecting Justice: Pathways to Effective Reentry through Education and Training
On October 28, join the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) for “Reconnecting Justice: Pathways to Effective Reentry though Education and Training,” a public forum exploring the intersection between criminal justice reform and postsecondary education and employment. This event, the second in our series on criminal justice, will include a keynote address by Nicholas Turner, president of the Vera Institute of Justice, as well as expert discussions connecting policy trends in correctional education and training with reentry opportunities that…
Find out more »Rethinking Violent Crime and the Recycling of Justice-Involved Individuals
CSOSA is hosting its Community Roundtable Rethinking Violent Crime and the Recycling of Justice Involved Individuals. The Roundtable will take place on Wednesday, November 2, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm, at 633 Indiana Avenue, NW. A recent essay by JustLeadershipUSA’s Founder and President, Glenn E. Martin, appearing in the October 11th issue of The Hill, challenged readers to reimagine the criminal justice system and take a fresh look at how those convicted of serious crimes are being dealt with (see:…
Find out more »Racial Justice Series: Implicit Bias
Implicit bias can and does affect decisions and outcomes almost everywhere in our personal and professional lives. And as we've seen time and time again, implicit bias can cause especially serious harm in the legal system. Yet by definition, bias that is implicit is hard to detect an even harder to fix. Needless to say, implicit bias is an important problem to tackle for those who care about access to justice. We'll explore the problem—and steps to address it—in…
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