Re-Entry—Ensure Successful Reintegration After Incraceration
Experts
Reauthorize and fully fund the Second Chance Act
Jessica Nickel, Consultant, Counsel of State Governments
Gene Guerrero, Senior Policy Analyst, Open Society Policy Center
Pat Nolan, Vice-President, Prison Fellowship Ministries
Art Wallenstein, Director, Montgomery County, Maryland, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Extend federal voting rights to people released from prison
Erika Wood, Deputy Director of the Democracy Program, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law
Marc Mauer, Executive Director, The Sentencing Project
Christopher Uggen, Distinguished McKnight Professor and Chair, University of Minnesota, Department of Sociology
Jeff Manza, Chair, New York University, Department of Sociology
Pat Nolan, Vice-President, Prison Fellowship Ministries
Restore Welfare and Food Stamp Benefits for Individuals with Drug Felony Convictions
Roberta Meyers-Peeples, Director, National H.I.R.E. Network
Kara Gotsch, Director of Advocacy, The Sentencing Project
Repeal or reduce the unintended consequences of the financial aid ban for students with drug convictions
Bill Piper, Director of National Affairs, Drug Policy Alliance
Jenny Collier, criminal justice and health policy consultant
Mark O’Brien, Policy Associate, Legal Action Center
Remove unfair barriers to housing
Steve Berg, Vice-President for Programs and Policy, National Alliance to End Homelessness
Expand employment opportunities for people with criminal records
Roberta Meyers-Peeples, Director, National H.I.R.E. Network
Maurice Emsellem, Policy Co-director, National Employment Law Project
Malcolm C. Young, Director of Program for Reentry Strategies, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Northwestern University Law School
Mark O’Brien, Policy Associate, Legal Action Center
Expand access to drug and alcohol treatment
Paul Samuels, Director and President, Legal Action Center
Jenny Collier, criminal justice and health policy consultant
Rob Morrison, Executive Director, National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD)
Sue Thau, Public policy Consultant, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America
Expand access to mental health and income support services
Laurel Stine, MA, JD, Director of Federal Relations, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Expand and improve legal mechanisms for individuals to obtain relief from collateral consequences
Margaret Love, Law Offices of Margaret Love