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Lockdown Unplugged

RSVP here. Co-Sponsored by: John Jay Prison-to-College Pipeline, The Center for Justice at Columbia University, the Center for Nuleadership on Urban Solutions, Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison and the Bertha Justice Institute at the Center for Constitutional Rights

UNLOCKING FEMALE INCARCERATION: A Panel Discussion

Wednesday, April 22nd  6:30-8:00pm Columbia University Schapiro Studio 605 West 115th Street, Lower Level Panelists: Anne Patterson, LMSW Director, Justice Involved Services STEPS to End Family Violence Raquel Almazan Playwright, La Paloma Prisoner Brigette Harris Formerly Incarcerated Individual Chitra Aiyar Executive Director Sadie Nash

Justice Working Group

The Justice Working Group is a collaborative effort of the Columbia Population Research Center (CPRC) and the Center for Justice to assemble faculty, research scientists and fellows, graduate students and community partners in order to share and discuss work in

Intimate Partner Violence: A Challenge for Community Supervision

Co-hosted by the Prisoner Reentry Institute and the NYC Department of Probation, the event will feature keynote speaker Dr. Louisa Gilbert, LMSW, of Columbia University’s School of Social Work, and will be moderated by NYC Probation Commissioner Ana Bermúdez. Dr.

Book Talk: Rightlessness in an Age of Rights

Professor Ayten Gündoğdu, assistant professor of political science at Barnard, will present on her new book Rightlessness in an Age of Rights, which offers new readings of Hannah Arendt’s political theory in order to examine the challenging human rights issues

Rethinking Research Methods: A Talk by Bernard Harcourt

Presented by the Vera Institute of Justice as a part of the Research Speaker Series. Professor Bernard Harcourt will explore the status of research methods in criminal justice, investigate the relationship between research and public policy, and discuss future directions.