Improving The Prison System
Experts
Sexual Violence in Prisons
Lovisa Stannow, Just Detention International
Melissa Rothstein, Just Detention International
Pat Nolan, Prison Fellowship
Brett Dignam, ABA, Co-Chair, Criminal Justice Committee, Corrections Section
Brenda Smith, American University
Jamie Fellner, Human Rights Watch
Margaret Winter, ACLU National Prison Project
Amy Fettig, ACLU National Prison Project
Amending the Prison Litigation Reform Act
Elizabeth Alexander, Law Offices of Elizabeth Alexander
John Boston, New York Legal Aid Prisoners Rights Project
Stephen Bright, Southern Center for Human Rights
David Fathi, ACLU National Prison Project
Amy Fettig, ACLU National Prison Project
Hon. John Gibbons, former Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Bill Mefford, United Methodist Church
Earnest Preate, former Pennsylvania Attorney General
Bruce Nicholson, ABA
Pat Nolan, Prison Fellowship
Melissa Rothstein, Just Detention International
Giovanna Shay, New England School of Law
Jeanne Woodford, former warden of San Quentin Prison in California, former Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Transparency and Oversight in Correctional Institutions
Michele Deitch, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Policy, University of Texas at Austin
Matthew Cate, Secretary of California Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation, formerly Inspector General of the Department
Michael Gennaco, Los Angeles County Office of Independent Review
William Yeomans, former supervisor of litigation at the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice
Alex Busansky, National Commission on Crime and Delinquency
Christopher Epps, President, American Correctional Association
David Fathi, ACLU National Prison Project
Juliene James, Vera Institute of Justice
Lovisa Stannow, Just Detention International
Melissa Rothstein, Just Detention International
Removing Barriers to Reentry
On barriers to reentry, family programs, BOP community corrections and second look statutes:
Steve Sady, Federal Public Defender for the District of Oregon
Margaret Love, Law Offices of Margaret Love
Charlie Sullivan, Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants
Gene Guerrero, Open Society Policy Center
Mark O’Brien, Legal Action Center
Pat Nolan, Prison Fellowship
Malika Saada Saar, Rebecca Project for Human Rights
On drug policies:
Nkechi Taifa, Open Society Policy Center
Jennifer Stitt, Families Against Mandatory Minimums
Mary Price, Families Against Mandatory Minimums
Jay Rorty, ACLU Drug Law Reform Project
Eric Sterling, Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
Jasmine Tyler, Drug Policy Alliance
On youth in adult facilities:
Liz Ryan, Campaign for Youth Justice
Over-reliance on solitary confinement
Laura Rovner, University of Denver, School of Law
Jack Beck, Correctional Association of New York
Angela Browne, Vera Institute of Justice
James Austin, JFA Institute
Nina Loewenstein, Disability Advocates, Inc.
Dr. Terry Kupers, MD, Wright Institute
Craig Haney, University of California, Santa Cruz
Christopher Epps, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections
David Fathi, National Prison Project of the ACLU
Amy Fettig, National Prison Project of the ACLU
Lisa Greenman, Maryland Federal Public Defender Organization
Overincarceration
Alex Busansky, National Commission on Crime and Delinquency
Gene Guerrero, Open Society Policy Center
Marc Mauer, Sentencing Project
Michael Jacobson, Vera Institute for Justice
Jeremy Travis, John Jay School of Criminal Justice
Glenn Loury, Brown University
Bruce Western, Harvard University