This webinar — the first of two on COVID-19 reforms — will feature probation and parole executives, formerly incarcerated people, and advocates who spearheaded innovations in housing and financial security that demonstrated changes in probation and parole are possible in the long term. The speakers will share their insights, including lessons learned, why these changes should stick, and the need for further reforms.
Speakers:
- Julio Medina, Founder, Executive Director, & CEO, Exodus Transitional Community, Inc. (Exodus coordinated with NYC Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice to provide hotel rooms to facilitate release of people jailed for parole violations.)
- John Klavins, Director of Community Corrections, Ramsey County, MN (Ramsey County eliminated fines and fees, specifically the fees tied to probation supervision.)
- Betty McNeely, Programs & Services Director, Seattle Municipal Court (Seattle Municipal Court eliminated probation and other supervision fees.)
- Lou Gordon, Founder and Executive Director of Recovery Survival Network, San Francisco, CA (RSN’s planned and partnered with Adult Probation, which supported housing for people involved with the criminal justice system who were also experiencing homelessness.)