The Vera Institute of Justice, the American Jail Association, and the National Association of Counties invite you to attend an interactive panel discussion:

Re-Imagining Jail Design: How Can Innovation Reduce Jail Populations and Benefit Communities?

Monday, May 4th, 2009
2pm-4:30pm

The National Press Club
First Amendment Lounge
529 14th St NW, 13th Floor
Washington, DC 20045

Featuring the following panelists:

Michael Jacobson, Director and President, Vera Institute of Justice and former Corrections Commissioner of New York City

Art Wallenstein, Director, Montgomery County, MD Department of Correction and Rehabilitation

Jocelyn Fontaine, Research Associate, Urban Institute

Laurence Hartman, Vice President and Senior Designer with HDR Architecture, Inc. in Chicago, IL, and Chairman, American Institute of Architects' Academy of Architecture for Justice Advisory Group

Kelly Rowe, Chief Deputy, Lubbock County, TX Sheriff’s Office

Steve Rosenberg, President of Community Oriented Correctional Health Care Services (COCHS)

Margaret Winter, Associate Director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) National Prison Project

Jason Ziedenberg, Department of Community Justice, Multnomah County, OR, and former Executive Director of the Justice Policy Institute

Mike Jackson, Correctional Programs Specialist, National Institute of Corrections

Moderated by:

Alex Busansky, Director, Vera Institute of Justice Washington, DC Office