COVID-19, Rikers Island, and Technical Parole Violations | Part I
May 17, 2020
Join Andre Ward, associate VP of The Fortune Society's David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy, and directly impacted people and panelists from the medical, academic, legal, and advocacy communities as they raise the call to action to change New York's policy of reincarcerating people for minor technical parole violations.
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