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Promoting Smart Decarceration in Colorado
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We hope you will join us at our next event on February 15th, Promoting Smart Decarceration in Colorado: Innovations and Opportunities. This half-day workshop will explore current initiatives to reduce incarceration in Colorado while repairing harms and improving public safety.
The plenary address will be given by Carrie Pettus-Davis, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Director of the Institute for Advancing Justice Research and Innovation at Washington University in St. Louis. Two panels will feature Colorado experts and activists, who will share about innovative policies and practices currently promoting smart decarceration across the state. The day will close with a networking reception, where we hope you’ll exchange newly inspired ideas about advancing meaningful criminal justice reform.
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Event Program
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1:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks
Welcome by Dean Amanda Moore McBride, Dr. Shannon Sliva,
& Dr. Jeff Jenson, University of Denver
Remarks by Representative Pete Lee1:15 Keynote Talk “Promoting Smart Decarceration: The National Context and the Role of Social Work” by Dr. Carrie Pettus-Davis, Director of the Institute for Advancing Justice Research and Innovation at Washington University in St. Louis
Respondents:
Nancy Lewis, Executive Director, Colorado Organization for
Victim Assistance
Dr. Brandon Mathews, Director, Organizational Effectiveness
Solutions, Alliance for Criminal Justice Innovation
Beth McCann, Denver District Attorney2:15 Expert Panel Narrowing the Pathway to Prison: Moving Toward Least Restrictive Measures
Panelists:
Chief Mike Butler, Public Safety Chief, Longmont Police Dept.
Greg Mauro, Director, Division of Community Corrections,
City and County of Denver, Member of Colorado Pretrial
Release Task Force
Judge Roxanne Bailin, Retired Chief Judge
Erin Siffing, Deputy District Attorney and Assistant Director of
the Center for Prevention and Restorative Justice,
20th Judicial DistrictModerator:
Kim English, Research Director, Division of Criminal Justice3:30 Expert Panel Closing the Revolving Door: Innovations in Recidivism Reduction and Public Safety
Panelists:
Christie Donner, Director, CO Criminal Justice Reform Coalition
Dr. Brandon Mathews, Director, Organizational Effectiveness
Solutions, Alliance for Criminal Justice Innovation
Richard Morales, Deputy Executive Director, Latino Coalition for
Community Leadership
Lauren Jablonski, Probation Officer and NCJTC Trainer, 20th
Judicial District, Female Specific Unit
Moderator:
Kevin Bishop, LCSW, Social Worker Coordinator, Office of the
Alternate Defense Counsel4:30 Closing Remarks and Networking Reception
Drinks and hors’ devours will be provided.