December 7: Disrupting the Probation to Incarceration Pathway: Translating Research into Action

Although probation is intended to help people succeed in the community, the reality is that probation can also serve as a pathway to incarceration. In Confined and Costly, the Council of State Governments (CSG) estimated that 45% of prison admissions nationwide are due to violations of probation or parole. In Minnesota, CSG estimated that proportion may be as high as 60% and also found that people who are Black and Native American are overrepresented in Minnesota’s criminal system. Thus, probation can be a pathway to incarceration that impacts Black and Native American communities more harshly than other groups.

In 2019, the Robina Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice and Ramsey County Community Corrections (RCCC) partnered together for the Reducing Revocations Challenge, a national project aimed at understanding the factors leading to probation violations and revocations. This webinar will detail the findings from the project as well as the recommendations developed by the project advisory committee for disrupting the probation to incarceration pathway in Ramsey County, Minnesota (located in the Twin Cities). This webinar will also describe the work currently underway to implement the recommendations, with a focus on how RCCC is working with its partners in the criminal legal system and members of the community to make systemwide changes with the goal of fostering greater success for people on probation. 

Title:

Disrupting the Probation to Incarceration Pathway: Translating Research into Action
Creating Transformative Change: Robina Institute 10th Anniversary Series

Date + Time of Free Continuing Legal Education Webinar:

December 7, 2022

11:00 am to 12:30 pm CT

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Speakers:

• Kelly Lyn Mitchell, Executive Director at the Robina Institute
• Victoria Lawson, Research Project Director at the CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance
• Leah Bower, Evaluation Supervisor for Ramsey County Community Corrections
• Lily Hanrath, Research Fellow at the Robina Institute
• Edward Hauck, Planning and Evaluation Analyst for Ramsey County Community Corrections
• Judge Reynaldo A. Aligada, Jr., Judge, Second Judicial District
• Corey Hazelton, Assistant Division Director-Adult Field Services at Ramsey County Community Corrections
• Chris Mba, Racial and Health Equity Planner at Ramsey County Community Corrections
• Lyle H. Iron Moccasin GCDF, Outreach/Re-Entry Coordinator for the American Indian OIC/Takoda Institute.

Credit:

Minnesota: 1.5 standard CLE credits have been approved. 

You may be able to self-apply for credit in other jurisdictions.

By:

University of Minnesota Law School

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