This eventss season at wharf, look the way the legal world unfairly treats countrys disenfranchised he targets his own profession at public defender. The book titled, usual cruelty. Comes from alec karakatanis, an organization designed to advocate for Racial Justice and bring systemic civil rights cases on behalf of impoverished people. Especially known for combating unconstitutionality of money bail. Karakatanis was named 2016 trial lawyer of the year by public justice. Was awarded Steven Wright award for indigent defense in the south. As introduction to his talk tonight im exciting to welcoming his guest the program. Payne the poet. In d. C. He was raised in columbus, hire, after serving 8 year sentence within the Virginia Department of corrections he began using poetry as method of healing. Among his work he taught various workshops, afterschool programs and Panel Discussions dealing with topics like mass incarceration, prison reform, social sus just, disenfranchisement and educatio
We are thrilled to have the panel of four here including our author Charles Barber and instead of listening to me talk were going to getstarted. First up is ivan cusick. Is nice to be here in new haven. My name is ivan cusick. I want a criminal Justice Research agency. Well, unit for the state of connecticut. Thank you. I want a Small Research unit syndicated to understanding the criminal Justice Systemin the state of connecticut. I work for the office of policy and management and one of my responsibilities is to look hard at the present system and to reduce recidivism studies and other studies related to people coming out of connecticut presence over time. And ive been doing these studiesfor about 10 years for the state of connecticut. And one thing that ive kind of come to accept working in criminal justice is its an area which doesnt prepare people to see a lot of good news. Mostly the outcomes are generally not so good. So in terms of recidivism, for the threeyear period following