Latin@s and Criminal Justice Conference
September 22, 2016, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
525 West 59th Street, Moot Court Room, 6th Floor New Building, New York, NY
Morning Session
8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Registration/ Breakfast
9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Welcome
9:30 – 11:00 a.m. Panel 1: Latina/os and Crime:
Moderator: José Luis Morín, Professor, Latin American & Latina/o Studies Department, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
11:00–12:30 p.m. Panel 2: Examining Critical Issues Facing Latina/os
Moderator: Juan Cartagena, President and General Counsel, LatinoJustice PRLDEF
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. - Lunch Break
8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Registration/ Breakfast
9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Welcome
- Jeremy Travis, President, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
- José Luis Morín, Professor, Latin American & Latina/o Studies Department, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
- Juan Cartagena, President & General Counsel, LatinoJustice PRLDEF
9:30 – 11:00 a.m. Panel 1: Latina/os and Crime:
Moderator: José Luis Morín, Professor, Latin American & Latina/o Studies Department, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
- What Research Says about Latina/o Communities and Crime
- Erecting Walls of Misunderstanding: Crime and the U.S.-Mexico Border
- The Human Dimensions and Realities of Latina/o Immigrant Detention
- Latina/os and Gangs
11:00–12:30 p.m. Panel 2: Examining Critical Issues Facing Latina/os
Moderator: Juan Cartagena, President and General Counsel, LatinoJustice PRLDEF
- Mass Incarceration, Policing and Latina/o Communities
- Police Accountability
- The War on Drugs and Global Drug Policy
- Overdose Mortality Rates and Latina/os
- Latina/o Data Gap
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. - Lunch Break
Afternoon Session
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Panel 3: Latina/o Vulnerability in Relation to Systems of Power, Authority & Social Control
Moderator: José Luis Morín, Professor, Latin American & Latina/o Studies Department, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Panel 4: Visioning & Solutions (Part I): Latina/os and Executive Clemency
Moderator: Moderator: Juan Cartagena, President and General Counsel, LatinoJustice PRLDEF
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Panel 5: Visioning & Solutions (Part 2): Next Steps in Addressing Critical Issues
Moderator: José Luis Morín, Professor, Latin American & Latina/o Studies Department, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
Discussion Leaders
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Panel 3: Latina/o Vulnerability in Relation to Systems of Power, Authority & Social Control
Moderator: José Luis Morín, Professor, Latin American & Latina/o Studies Department, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
- Latinas: Gender and the Criminal Justice System
- LGBTQ Latinx Populations and the Criminal Justice System
- Latina/o Youth
- Latina/o Reentry Populations
3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Panel 4: Visioning & Solutions (Part I): Latina/os and Executive Clemency
Moderator: Moderator: Juan Cartagena, President and General Counsel, LatinoJustice PRLDEF
- Executive Clemency Procedures
- Activism Around Latina/os and Drug Crime Clemency
- Clemency and Oscar López Rivera
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Panel 5: Visioning & Solutions (Part 2): Next Steps in Addressing Critical Issues
Moderator: José Luis Morín, Professor, Latin American & Latina/o Studies Department, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
Discussion Leaders
- Juan Cartagena, President and General Counsel, LatinoJustice PRLDEF (Issues and strategies)
- Luis Barrios, Professor, Latin American & Latina/o Studies Department, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY (Community-based efforts)
- Manuel A. Huerta, Filmmaker, Community-based Historian and Educator, Los Angeles, CA (Addressing media’s role)