The conference will address a variety of issues and concerns pertinent to the current correctional strategies and institutions in California, and will foster a conversation between academics, policymakers, and activists, on possible solutions.

The conference will feature speakers and panels on the following subjects:

• Sentencing policies
• Alternatives to sentencing
• Prison overcrowding
• Special populations in prison
• The prison medical system
• Dangerousness, risk and release
• Parole and re-entry

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