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Panel Discussion: "Mass Incarceration's Impact on Black and Latino Women and Children" at the Brooklyn Museum

This panel examines the devastating impact the youth justice system has on black and Latino young people, as well as health care for incarcerated women, and the need for comprehensive reform.

Soffiyah Elijah, Executive Director of the Correctional Association, moderates a discussion among Hernan Carvente, Research Assistant, Vera Institute of Justice; Gabrielle Horowitz-Prisco, Project Director, Juvenile Justice Project, Correctional Association; Mercedes Smith, Policy Specialist, Women on the Rise Telling Her Story (WORTH); and Tamar Kraft-Stolar, Project Director, Women in Prison Project, Correctional Association.

Event will be held in the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Forum, 4th Floor and is Free with Museum admission.

 Part of the Sackler Center series, “States of Denial: The Illegal Incarceration of Women, Children, and People of Color.”

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