RE-ENTRY AND PRISON REFORM
PUBLICATION
Prosecutors, ReEntry, and Public Safety
Cyrus R. Vance Jr., District Attorney, Manhattan
Stanley Richards, Executive Vice President, The Fortune Society
Courtney M. Oliva, Executive Director, Center on the Administration of Criminal Law, New York University
Prosecutors must zealously advocate for holding individuals accountable while also aiming to prepare those who come through the criminal justice system for reentry.
TRAINING
Re-entry Simulation
The IIP employs Reinventing ReEntry’s Re-entry Simulation as a teaching tool for prosecutors and communities to use to enhance understanding of the challenges of reintegration into communities after incarceration.
The reentry simulation was created by Reinventing ReEntry Founder & President Sue Ellen Allen.
PROGRAM
A Remote Arts Series on Human Resilience and Criminal Justice Reform
A Remote Arts Series on Human Resilience and Criminal Justice Reform is a three-part participatory public event to explore the potential for art to build bridges and create positive social change.
PANEL
Prosecutors and Prison Conditions
A panel on prosecutors and their role in prison reform.
Daryl Atkinson, Co-Founder, Forward Justice
Diana Becton, District Attorney, Contra Costa, CA
Jill Habig, Founder & President, The Public Rights Project
Stanley Richards, Executive Vice President, The Fortune Society
Lucy Lang, Fmr Director, IIP
PANEL
Coming Home to COVID: Lessons for the Future of Re-Entry from Prison
A panel on the challenges of reentry before/during the pandemic and the changes needed in the future.
Sharon Richardson, Founder & President, Reentry Rocks
Jumaane Williams, New York City Public Advocate
Elizabeth Gaynes, President & CEO, Osborne Association
Sam Rivera, Executive Director, OnPoint
Ryan Lawes, Inside Criminal Justice
Lucy Lang, Fmr Director, IIP
PANEL
Uplifting the Voices of Formerly Incarcerated Women & Trans Women
This panel highlights the unique needs of these individuals, the intersectionality of multiple identities and how they interact with the system, and the reform needed to center their experiences and humanity.
ShanaKay Salmon, Public Engagement Manager , IIP
Grace DeTrevarah, LGBT Liaison & Senior Reentry Peer & Health Facilitator, The Osborne Association
Topeka Sam, Founder & Executive Director of The Ladies of Hope Ministries
PANEL
Probation, Parole, & Prosecution
This panel provides a fundamental introduction to parole and probation, how community supervision and prosecution intersect and examine the impact of prolonged periods of supervision, and how prosecutors can change office policies to result in equitable community supervision.
Fiona Doherty, Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization, Yale Law School
Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY
Lawrence Krasner, District Attorney, Philadelphia, PA
Patrick Rodriguez, Co-Executive Director, Georgia Coalition for Higher Education in Prison
Vincent Schiraldi, Senior Fellow, Columbia Justice Lab
Michael Jacobson, Executive Director, CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance