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Please join us for the Sixth Annual Massachusetts Criminal Justice Reform Coalition Policy Summit - REGISTER HERE - This year’s theme is Learning from Early Accomplishments in Young Adult Justice. Our featured speakers will reflect on nascent efforts to increase public safety by improving outcomes for justice-involved young adults in Massachusetts. Space is limited. Please follow this link to reserve your seat today. 8:00 am - Networking Breakfast                         8:30 am - Welcome & Special Address         9:00 am - Conversation: Early Victories and…

Join MassINC and the Massachusetts Criminal Justice Reform Coalition for the Fifth Annual Criminal Justice Reform Coalition Policy Summit: Delivering on the Promise of Criminal Justice Reform REGISTER TODAY! Tuesday, May 15, 2018 Registration 8:00 am Program 8:30 -10:30am UMass Club, 1 Beacon Street, Boston Featuring: The Honorable Paula Carey Chief Justice of the Trial Court Secretary Daniel Bennett Executive Office of Public Safety and Security Representative Byron Rushing Assistant House Majority Leader Rahsaan D Hall Director of the Racial Justice Program for…

With efforts by the legislature to reform the criminal justice system by the end of 2017, this important conversation will look at Colorado’s transformative model for reinvesting in communities most impacted by crime and incarceration as a potential tool to use here in Massachusetts. Featuring: Senator Sonia Chang-Díaz and Representative Mary Keefe co-authors of the Justice Reinvestment Act and Christie Donner Executive Director Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition REGISTER TODAY!

The annual Criminal Justice Reform Coalition Summit brings together 300 leaders from around the Commonwealth interested in comprehensive reform. Participants include elected officials, policy makers, public safety and corrections officials, advocates, and civic and religious leaders from Massachusetts and beyond. This year’s program will feature a two-part conversation on justice reinvestment in Massachusetts, informed by a new opinion poll as well as two new research reports. The first piece of the conversation is how to save resources and maintain public…

Please Join MassINC, the Boston Fed's New England Public Policy Center, and the Massachusetts Bar Association For a breakfast forum and discussion about the impact of Massachusetts’ CORI Reform on employment and recidivism rates - Breakfast and registration begins at 8:30 - Policymakers have proposed and enacted policies that seek to limit the negative consequences that a criminal record imposes on ex-offenders, their families, and society at large. Between 2010 and 2012, CORI reform in Massachusetts significantly changed how employers…

On March 1st, 2017, MassINC will join the national bipartisan initiative #cut50 and organizations across the country for a single day of action to unite in order to highlight the strength of the bipartisan criminal justice reform movement. The Day of Empathy will highlight the needs and share the perspectives of Americans impacted by the current justice system - from survivors of violent crime, those who are addicted or mentally ill, incarcerated individuals working to transform themselves, people with a…

Please Join MassINC and the Massachusetts Criminal Justice Reform Coalition for our Third Annual Criminal Justice Reform Policy Summit: Working Together for Results Friday, March 18th 9:00am Policy Summit, Working Together for Results 12:30pm Film Screening, Beyond the Wall MassINC and the Criminal Justice Reform Coalition invite leaders from Massachusetts and beyond to join us for a conversation on the role of cross-agency partnerships in criminal justice reform. Collaboration is central to nearly every aspect of an effective criminal justice system.…