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Like New York, most states face deepening budget gaps and are slashing education and human services. Nationwide, states pour $50 billion a year into incarceration. New York led the way in expanding its prison system more than 25 years ago; should it lead the way in the other direction today? Will the federal government take a new approach to criminal justice in an Obama administration? And with at least 25,000 ex-offenders returning home each year from NY state prisons, what kind of support can communities expect?
The Center for New York City Affairs and the Correctional Association of NY convened a forum to discuss the future of criminal justice in NY and beyond. WITH:
Robert Gangi, Executive Director, Correctional Association of New York
Glenn Martin, V.P. of Development and Public Affairs, The Fortune Society
Marc Mauer, Executive Director, The Sentencing Project
Denise O’Donnell, Commissioner, NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services
Lance Ogiste, Counsel to the District Attorney, Kings County
MODERATOR: Katrina vanden Heuvel, Editor, The Nation Supported by the Sirus Fund and the Milano Foundation
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