Solitary Confinement: Torture in Your Backyard
Thursday May 31 , 2012
- By: National Religious Campaign Against Torture, The Oratory Church of Saint Boniface
- Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
- Location:
St Francis College, Founders Hall182 Remsen St.Brooklyn, NYMap: maps.google.com
- Contact:
The Oratory Church of Saint Bonifacesocialjustice@oratory-church.org
SOLITARY CONFINEMENT: Torture in Your Backyard
Rikers Island has increased its use of solitary confinement by 44% over the past two years, despite decreases in inmate population. It's time for New York to put an end to prolonged solitary confinement.
Presentation & Panel Discussion plus
Screening of NRCAT Documentary
SOLITARY CONFINEMENT: TORTURE IN YOUR BACKYARD
Moderated by:
David Stoelting (Author, Supermax Confinement in U.S. Prisons)
With speakers:
Michael B. Mushlin (Professor of Law, Pace University)
Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster (Rabbis for Human Rights-North America)
Sarah Kerr (Prisoners' Rights Project of The Legal Aid Society)
Thursday, May 31, 2012
7-9 pm
St Francis College, Founders Hall
182 Remsen St.
Brooklyn, NY 11202
info: socialjustice@oratory-church.org
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