Re-Entry – The
Future of Public Safety
When: Tuesday, February
12, 2008; 6:00
p.m.
Where: New York City Bar
Association, 42 West 44th
Street (between 5 th & 6
th Ave.)
What: A panel of distinguished
scholars and practitioners will discuss the
necessity and utility of re-entry programs
for both prisoners and society as a whole.
Join us for a discussion about the state of
re-entry today and how much progress has been
made in helping newly released inmates forge
viable lives outside of prison.
The panel will also comment on the recently
released findings of a Harvard University study
by Professor Bruce Western that examines a ground-breaking
re-entry program conducted by the Kings County
District Attorney’s office during the
last seven years.
Speakers:
BRUCE WESTERN
Professor, Harvard University
CHARLES J. HYNES
District Attorney, Kings County
DENISE O’DONNELL
Commissioner, NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services
JEREMY TRAVIS
President, John Jay College
PATRICIA GATLING
Chair, NYC Human Rights Commission
FELIPE VARGAS
Director of Criminal
Justice Programs, The Doe Fund, Inc.
This event is free and
open to the public.
About the Association
The New York City Bar Association (www.nycbar.org)
was founded in 1870, and since then has been
dedicated to maintaining the high ethical
standards of the profession, promoting reform
of the law, and providing service to the profession
and the public. The Association continues to
work for political, legal and social reform,
while implementing innovative means to help
the disadvantaged. Protecting the public’s welfare remains one of the
Association’s highest priorities.
