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Theater Thursdays: “Camden’s Turn”

June 25, 2020

This week we have an encore screening of “Camden’s Turn”. Our panelists are:

  • Scott Thomson, Camden Police Chief 2013 – 2019
  • Daryl McGraw, Chairmen of the Police Transparency and Accountability Task Force
  • Tracey Meares, Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law at Yale Law School
  • Jay Williams, CEO of Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

IMRP Theater Thursdays: Camden’s Turn from IMRP on Vimeo.

Theater Thursdays: “Slavery to Mass Incarceration”

June 11, 2020

A screening of the Equal Justice Initiative’s short film, “Slavery to Mass Incarceration”, followed by a discussion sponsored by IMRP at CCSU, Connecticut Racial Profiling Prohibition Project, and the CT Reentry Collaborative. Moderated by FOX61 and IMRP’s Stan Simpson.

Panelists:

  • Anthony Hatch, Professor in the Society program at Wesleyan University
  • Preston Tisdale, Civil rights attorney at Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder
  • Daniel J Broyld, Associate Professor of African American History at CCSU

IMRP Theater Thursdays: Slavery to Mass Incarceration from IMRP on Vimeo.

Film Fridays: “Halfway Home: A Father’s Story”

May 15, 2020

The film “Halfway Home: A Father’s Story” is a CTCIP Original Documentary. This film takes a poignant look at one man’s journey and his relationship with his family while transitioning out of the Connecticut prison system. Followed by a panel discussion.

Moderated by FOX61 and IMRP’s Stan Simpson and IMRP’s Aileen Keays.

Panelists:

  • Anthony Maldonado, Program Director at Community Solutions, Inc.
  • Radyyah Hasaan, Social Worker
  • John Santa, Vice-Chair Connecticut Sentencing Commission
  • Daryl McGraw, Father. Formerly incarcerated. IMRP Associate
  • Mercedes Bruno, Mother. Formerly incarcerated.

IMRP Presents FILMFRIDAYS: Halfway Home from IMRP on Vimeo.

Film Fridays: “John Oliver: Bail”

May 8, 2020

Film Fridays screens a clip on bail from John Oliver’s show, “Last Week Tonight”. Jurisdictions around the country have been successfully reexamining their bail statutes and practices in an effort to move towards risk-based and evidence-based systems. But what is pretrial justice success? How do we get there? What are the obstacles?

Moderated by FOX61 and IMRP’s Stan Simpson and IMRP’s Alex Tsarkov

Panelists:

  • Judge Robert Devlin, Chair of the Sentencing Commission
  • Retired Judge Jonathan Silbert
  • Attorney Thea Sebastian, Policy Counsel at Civil Rights Corps
  • Attorney Tim Schnacke

IMRP: FILMFRIDAY SERIES: Pretrial Justice Reform from IMRP on Vimeo.