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There is growing recognition that America’s prisons require urgent attention. Staffing shortages, aging infrastructure, and limited access to programming are creating conditions that endanger officers and residents while undercutting efforts to reduce recidivism and improve public safety. And recent proposals, suggesting transfers to harsh foreign facilities or advocating the softer approach used in Scandinavian countries, illustrate the vast gulf in views about the purposes of incarceration. Join leaders from the Council on Criminal Justice’s Centering Justice project for a thoughtful discussion on how prison conditions affect those who live and work behind bars—and what that means for safety, fairness, dignity, and accountability. The discussion will be followed by a Q&A, moderated by Khalil Cumberbatch and Marc Levin, who co-lead the Centering Justice initiative.

Advancing Real Change presents: "Ask a Mitigation Specialist," a resource program that allows defenders to meet directly and privately with a mitigation specialist for specific technical assistance. Register at link for a 25-minute session with experienced mitigation professionals. The information discussed during each session is confidential. Complete the registration form to request an appointment. APPOINTMENTS FILL UP QUICKLY

The Gault Center will be hosting a virtual training for youth defenders and advocates on what youth defenders can do to protect the rights of immigrant youth in juvenile court. Featuring Rachel Prandini from the Immigrant Legal Resource Center and Elizabeth Lincoln from the Fresno County Public Defender Office, this training will provide updates on the landscape of immigration enforcement and offer concrete steps youth defense teams can take to safeguard youth rights, including a nuts-and-bolts overview of obtaining Special Immigrant Juvenile Status orders in juvenile court. Registration is free and open to all youth defense professionals (e.g., youth defense lawyers, social workers, mitigation specialists, investigators, policy advocates).

Sto­ry­telling to Build Pub­lic Under­stand­ing About What Young Peo­ple Need to Thrive — an upcom­ing webi­nar host­ed by the Annie E. Casey Foun­da­tion — will offer guid­ance on how youth advo­cates, non­prof­it staff and com­mu­ni­ty lead­ers can use sto­ry­telling to ele­vate pub­lic under­stand­ing and shape poli­cies and practices. Effec­tive sto­ry­telling can help make the case for why youth devel­op­ment is a wor­thy invest­ment as youth advo­cates and com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers often have com­pelling, inspi­ra­tional sto­ries to share. How­ev­er, they may face chal­lenges, such as: * a lack of staff or resources; * mis­un­der­stand­ing how to use com­mu­ni­ca­tion tools effec­tive­ly; and * pro­tect­ing the pri­va­cy and dig­ni­ty of young people. This ses­sion will help par­tic­i­pants become more con­fi­dent sto­ry­tellers to build sup­port for a sto­ry­telling cul­ture with­in youth-serv­ing organizations. Par­tic­i­pants will learn how to: * thought­ful­ly and effec­tive­ly use com­mu­ni­ca­tions resources; * apply best prac­tices for cre­at­ing per­sua­sive sto­ries; and * use data to improve efforts. PLEASE NOTE: This program may have information relevant to youth representation but it is not geared towards attorneys and no CLE is offered.