About This Event
Decarceration 2.0: Charting New Strategies on Prison Population Reductions and Closures
Nicole D. Porter, senior director of advocacy with The Sentencing Project, joins us from Washington, D.C., to discuss current efforts to reduce the nation's prison population and their impact on carceral capacity. She will provide a historical perspective on decarceration and the political climate impacting the nation's incarceration rate and discuss the status of the movement to reorient the criminal legal system away from punitiveness toward fairness.
Cocktail hour with medium/heavy apps and cash bar.
Speaker at 6:15 p.m.
Parking included for the first 50 cars, in the lot immediately north (toward Fiserv Forum) of Turner Hall.
About This Event
Decarceration 2.0: Charting New Strategies on Prison Population Reductions and Closures
Nicole D. Porter, senior director of advocacy with The Sentencing Project, joins us from Washington, D.C., to discuss current efforts to reduce the nation's prison population and their impact on carceral capacity. She will provide a historical perspective on decarceration and the political climate impacting the nation's incarceration rate and discuss the status of the movement to reorient the criminal legal system away from punitiveness toward fairness.
Cocktail hour with medium/heavy apps and cash bar.
Speaker at 6:15 p.m.
Parking included for the first 50 cars, in the lot immediately north (toward Fiserv Forum) of Turner Hall.