Women & Mass Incarceration: The U.S. Crisis of Women and Girls Behind Bars
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
UC Irvine School of Law, EDU 1131
This Summit shines a light on mass incarceration in the United States, specifically illuminating the dramatic consequences in the lives of women and girls. Despite the U.S. incarcerating more women than anywhere else in the world, their plight is often overlooked. This summit turns to the missing narrative of women in prison, including failed drug war policies. It explores complex patterns that frame women’s subjugation to law enforcement and the extra-legal and collateral consequences of policing women, including felony disenfranchisement, loss of housing and the chilling impacts on their children.
The Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy will also recognize attorney Linda L. Pence for her courageous work in the defense of Bei Bei Shuai, and her efforts to advance reproductive justice and the dignity of women. Full Event Schedule (PDF) here >
Presented by the Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy at UC Irvine School of Law, co-sponsored by American Civil Liberties Union, UC Irvine School of Social Ecology, UC Irvine Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies, UC Irvine Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, Women In Leadership, League of Women Voters of Orange Coast, Law Students for Sensible Drug Policy and Law Students for Reproductive Justice.
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Featured Speakers
Erwin Chemerinsky
UC Irvine School of LawFounding Dean, Distinguished Professor of Law, Raymond Pryke Professor of First Amendment Law
Michele Goodwin
UC Irvine School of Law
Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Director, Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy
Sue Ellen Allen
Gina’s Team, Co-founder and Executive Director
Author: The Slumber Party From Hell
Judge Pamela G. Alexander
District Court Judge, Fourth Judicial District, MinnesotaDr. George W. Woods, Jr.
International Academy of Law and Mental Health
President
Jack Cole
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)
Founding Member, Retired State Police Lieutenant
Linda L. Pence
Pence Hensel LLP, Attorney
Claire Coles, Ph.D.
Emory University
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics
Director, Maternal Substance Abuse & Child Development Program
Carl Hart, Ph.D.
Columbia UniversityAssociate Professor of Psychology
Author: High Price: A Neuroscientist’s Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society
Nusrat Choudhury, Esq.
American Civil Liberties Union
Staff Attorney for the Racial Justice Program
Victoria Law
Author: Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women
David Orentlicher
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
Samuel R. Rosen Professor of Law
Co-Director, William S. and Christine S. Hall Center for Law and Health