Workshop Titles and Presenters
Monday March 19, 2007
1. "Offender Reentry at the Local Level - The County and Corrections"
Presenters:
Art Wallenstein, Montgomery Cty Department of Correction & Rehabilitation, Rockville, MD
Stefan LoBuglio, Montgomery Cty. Department of Correction & Rehabilitation, Rockville, MD
Robert Green, Warden, Montgomery County Correctional Facility, Boyds MD
2. "The WINDOW Study - Release from Jail: Moment of Crisis or Window of Opportunity for Female
Detainees in Baltimore City"
Presenters:
Jacqueline Robarge, Power Inside, Baltimore, MD
Rachel McClean, MPH
3. "Transition from Prison to Community Projects"
Presenters:
Jodina Hicks, Safer Foundation, Chicago IL
B. Diane Williams, Safer Foundation, Chicago Il
4. "Resettlement of Offenders in England and Wales: Policy and Practice Developments"
Presenters:
Corin Morgan-Armstrong, Justice Services, London England
Alison Lewis, Justice Services, London, England
David Pidwell, National Probation Service, London, England
5. "Correctional Complexities: A Nigerian Experience"
Presenter:
Uju Agomoh, National Human Rights Commission, Enugu, Nigeria
6. "National Defendant/Offender Workforce Development Partnership"
Presenters"
Migdalia Baerga-Buffler, Admin. Office of the U.S. Courts, Washington, DC
Stanley Seidel, U.S. Department of Labor, Baltimore, MD
James Penny, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC
Francine Carter, National Institute of Corrections, Washington DC
Alexa Eggleston, H.I.R.E. Network, New York, NY
7. "Family Reunification and Domestic Violence"
Presenters:
Mike Bobbit, Family Justice, New York, NY
Carol Shapiro, Family Justice, New York, NY
Dr. Creasie Finney Hairston, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL
8. "Returning Home Initiative: Prisoner Reentry Housing"
Presenter:
Ryan Moser, Corporation for Supportive Housing, New York, NY
9. "Mental Health Court: Innovations for Special Needs Clients"
Presenters:
Sondra Tranen, PDG Rehabilitation Services, Glen Burnie, MD
Dr. Merrill Rotter, Bronx Psychiatric Center, Bronx, NY
10. "Reentry Court"
Presenters:
David Leitenberger, Richland County Reentry Court, Mansfield, OH
Stan Pflueger, Allen County Community Corrections, Fort Wayne, IN
11. "Proactive Community Supervision: A Model for Change"
Presenters:
Dr. Faye Taxman, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Judith Sachwald, Maryland Dept. of Public Safety, Baltimore, MD
Ernest Ely, Maryland Dept. of Public Safety, Baltimore, MD
Tuesday March 20, 2007
1. "Driving Forces on the Road to Reentry"
Presenter:
J. David Donahue, Indiana Dept. of Corrections, Indianapolis, IN
2. "The Impact of Long Term Incareceration on Offenders:
Presenter:
Anna Crayton, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY
3. "Is Being Black a Greater Barrier to Entry Level Employment than Having a Criminal Record"
Presenter:
Marilyn Moses, National Institute of Justice, Washington, DC
4. "Examination of Criminal Justice and Prisoner Reentry"
Presenter:
Jessica Nickel, The Council of State Governments, Bethesda, MD
5. "The Victim Role in Reentry"
Presenter:
Anne Seymour, Justice Solutions, Washington, DC
6. "Reentry and Community Engagment"
Presenter:
Milton Wells, Community Corrections Advisory Board, Kalamazoo, MI
7. "Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative (SVORI)"
Presenter:
Dr. Laura Winterfield, Urban Institute, Washington, DC
8. "Reentry: A New Model for Fathers"
Presenter:
Ken Gosnell, National Fatherhood Initiative, Gaithersburg, MD
Baltimore Area Program Tours
1. Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake
2. The Baltimore City Reentry Center
Reentry National Outreach Media Campaign presents "Omar and Pete"
Academy Award nominated and national Emmy Award winning filmmaker Tod Lending (Nomadic Pictures) created a feature documentary that explores the web of social and economic barriers that low-income African American men face in the context of incarceration and release and examines existing support structures, and those that are needed, to help former prisoners successfully re-enter their families and neighborhoods.
