How COVID-19 and Police Brutality Protests Could Change America’s Criminal Justice System (Video)

Posted in Events  |  Tagged COVID-19, Criminal Justice, Events, Mass Incarceration, Prisons Justice Initiative, Racial Justice

The crises of America’s broken criminal justice system and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic were on the minds of a distinguished panel during “Crises of the Common Good and Public Health,” a June 5 forum co-sponsored by the Kalmanovitz Initiative and Georgetown’s Prisons and Justice Initiative.

In this video, our panelists – Donald Cohen, of In the Public Interest; Marc Howard, of the Prisons and Justice Initiative; Topeka Sam of Hope House NYC/Ladies of Hope Ministries; and Matt Mayers of AFSCME – discuss with themselves and moderator James Benton the twin crises and opportunities for change in this current moment driven by protests against police brutality.

You can watch an event recording here.