Examining Conditions of Confinement in New York's Correctional Facilities: A Focus on Prisoners' Rights

  • 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Eastern Time (US & Canada)
  • By: NYC Bar Association: Bioethical Issues Committee; Health Law Committee; Corrections & Community Reentry Committee
  • NYC Bar Association
    Map:
    42 West 44th Street
    New York, NY
Topics:
  • Prisoners' Rights
  • Health Care
  • Mental Health

Description:
The program will examine conditions of confinement and promote dialogue about the urgent medical care and mental health needs of prisoners in U.S. and New York correctional facilities. Experience at Rikers in NYC and at other correctional facilities will be used as examples of system-wide problems that call for coordinated action and public policy responses to protect prisoners' rights and prevent further abuses. Speakers will include advocates and researchers, as well as those who may be working to effect change within the system.

The first half of the program will highlight advocacy efforts and opportunities and the second half of the program will address ongoing research as well as future systems reforms and policy recommendations.

Moderator:

Ilene Albala, Trial Attorney, Opening remarks regarding the changing paradigm from a place of punishment to one of treatment

Speakers:

  • Alissa R. Hull, Staff Attorney, Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York Statewide Focus: Hepatitis C, Solitary Confinement and Drug Use
  • Jennifer J. Parish, Director, Criminal Justice Advocacy, Urban Justice Center City Focus: Youth and Juvenile Offenders
  • Joan Magoolaghan, Esq., Koob & Magoolaghan Litigation Focus (both individual and class actions): Solitary Confinement and Suicide
  • Elizabeth Ford, MD, Chief of Psychiatry, NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation
  • Medical Perspective: Dual loyalty concerns, ethical conflicts, special issues regarding medical concerns and solitary confinement
  • Tina Maschi, PhD, LCSW, ACSW, Associate Professor, Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service.
  • Mary Beth Morrissey, PhD, MPH, JD, Fellow, Global Healthcare Innovation Management Center, Fordham University
  • Jack Beck, Director of the Prison Visiting Project at the Correctional Association of NY (CA), which has statutory authority to inspect prisons in NY State and to report its findings to the legislature and public. Prior to the CA, Jack was a Senior Supervising Attorney at the Prisoners’ Right Project (PRP) of the Legal Aid Society, where he worked for 23 years.

Cost:  Members: Free; Non-Members: $20

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