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.
Campaign for #SentencingReform Strategy Meeting
Join The Leadership Conference for a sentencing reform coalition strategy meeting at their offices located at 1629 K St., NW or via phone. RSVP to kumar@civilrights.org for details. Lunch will be provided. Participate in a call-in week of action January 11-15 using a targeted and tailored toolkit to help urge senators to vote for the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015 (S. 2123). Read packet
Find out more »Public Meeting of the United States Sentencing Commission
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING OF THE UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION Friday, January 8, 2016 1:00 p.m. Pursuant to Rule 3.2 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure of the United States Sentencing Commission, a public meeting of the Commission is scheduled for Friday, January 8, 2016, at 1:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, One Columbus Circle, N.E., in Suite 2-500 (South Lobby). This meeting was streamed live. The agenda follows: Vote…
Find out more »D.C. Corrections Information Council
The DC Corrections Information Council (CIC), in accordance with the DC Official Code § 1-207.42 and § 2-575, hereby gives notice that it has scheduled the following meeting for Tuesday, January 12, from 6 pm to 7:30 pm, in the Ground Floor Meeting Room of the Greater Washington Urban League Building, 2901 14th St NW, Washington, DC, 20009. For additional information, please contact Sheila Walker, CIC Administrative Assistant, at (202) 478-9211 or sheila.walker@dc.gov. The CIC is an independent monitoring body…
Find out more »Criminal Justice ‘Big Tent’ Meeting Friday, Jan. 15
The first criminal justice "Big Tent" meeting of the year hosted by the Coalition for Public Safety is Friday, January 15, in Washington, DC. In the spirit of achieving criminal justice reform in 2016, congressional staff, criminal justice advocates and experts from both sides of the aisle are invited and will be heard from. Additional details and an agenda will be circulated shortly. WHAT: Criminal Justice "Big Tent" Meeting WHEN: January 15, 2016, 11:00 a.m. To 12:00 p.m. ET WHERE: Hall of the States, 444 North…
Find out more »Transforming Prisons, Restoring Lives: Final Recommendations of the Charles Colson Task Force on Federal Corrections Press Conference and Public Briefing
On behalf of Chair J.C. Watts, Jr. and Vice-Chair Alan B. Mollohan, you are invited to join the Charles Colson Task Force on Federal Corrections and Members of Congress for the release of the Task Force’s recommendations for improving the federal corrections system. Registration is required to attend this event. The Colson Task Force was established by Congressional mandate in 2014 as a nine‐person, bipartisan, blue ribbon panel charged with developing practical, data-driven recommendations to enhance public safety by creating…
Find out more »Live Webcast for Charles Colson Task Force Final Recommendations Briefing
Join the Charles Colson Task Force and Members of Congress for the release of the Task Force’s recommendations for improving the federal corrections system. Informed by over a year of fact-finding, rigorous data analysis, and discussions with key experts and stakeholders, the recommendations provide a blueprint for reforms to the federal corrections system that are sensible, cost-effective strategies to reduce crime and restore lives. View live webcast
Find out more »Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act Twitter Storm on 1.22.16
The Leadershp Conference is urging advocates to join a Twitter storm Friday, January 22 at 11 a.m. to urge Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to bring up the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act for a vote. Friday marks three months since S. 2123 was voted out of committee, and we’re planning to proceed with this twitter storm regardless of the weather (because what’s better than a twitter storm during an actual storm?). Attached to this email (and in this shared folder<https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0c8MGfCI2TaLW02MVZrNUVzZnc&usp=sharing>) are…
Find out more »Live Webcast: Desperate Measures: Survival Strategies of the Poorest of the Poor
Evidence has emerged that the number of families living with little to no income has climbed over the past two decades. Tune in live as our panel and Kathryn Edin, sociologist and coauthor of $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America, explain why assistance programs are essentially nonexistent for many who need them most. View live webcast
Find out more »Open Government Town Hall on Transparent Policing and Accountable Law Enforcement
This Town Hall event will bring together openness advocates, and criminal justice proponents to discuss efforts to collect and use data to promote greater accountability in law enforcement. The event, located at 1100 G St, NW, Suite 500, will include a panel presentation featuring speakers with a range of experience working to access data, promote criminal justice reforms, and use data at the grassroots level in advocacy campaigns. RSVP required. The Town Hall will address challenges to criminal justice advocacy…
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