The Sentencing Project and The Southern Coalition for Social Justice to host Advocate Training Conference, “Ensuring Racial Justice in the Criminal Justice System”
The Sentencing Project and The Southern Coalition for Social Justice will host an Advocate Training Conference, “Ensuring Racial Justice in the Criminal Justice Systemâ€, March 22, 2-3 p.m. EST.
To register for the program, RSVP to advocacy@sentencingproject.org!
This training will feature advocates engaged in developing state strategies for ensuring racial justice in the criminal justice system. The conference call agenda includes:
• History of the Racial Justice Act in North Carolina;
• Advocacy strategies that led to passage of the Racial Justice Act;
• Implementation and political environment following enactment; and
• Highlights from other states — Missouri, Texas, Iowa, and Vermont — where legislation has been introduced to eliminate racial disparities in the criminal justice system.
 More than 60% of people in prison are now racial and ethnic minorities. For Black males in their early 30s, 1 in every 10 is in prison or jail on any given day. These trends have been intensified by the disproportionate impact of the “war on drugs,†in which two-thirds of all persons in prison for drug offenses are people of color.
Presenters are:
• Daryl Atkinson, The Southern Coalition for Social Justice;
• Darryl Hunt, Darryl Hunt Project for Freedom and Justice;
• Malcolm Hunter, Center for Death Penalty Litigation;
• Nicole D. Porter, The Sentencing Project; and
• James Williams, Co-Chair, Racial and Ethnic Bias Task Force of North Carolina.
