California Correctional Crisis

California Correctional Crisis Conference

When: March 19-20, 2009
Where: California State Building, 350 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA 94102


California Correctional Crisis is a Hastings 1066 Foundation Conference. It is co-hosted by University of California, Hastings College of the Law and the Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal.

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



California Correctional Crisis