The Leitner Center for International Law and Justice is pleased to co-sponsor a panel discussion on eliminating solitary confinement in New York. Sponsored by Fordham Law School’s National Lawyers Guild chapter, panelists will present perspectives on (1) their experiences with solitary confinement; (2) grassroots organizing to eliminate its use in New York; and (3) the legal work being done to eliminate its use.

Speakers:

Five Mualimm-ak: Director of Incarcerated Nation Corp. and  Advocate to End the New Jim Crow. Five Mualimm-ak spent five years in solitary confinement. 

Johnny Perez: Mental Health Advocate for the Urban Justice Center. Johnny Perez was incarcerated for thirteen years and spent three years in solitary confinement. 

Scott Paltrowitz, Esq.: Attorney at the Correctional Association of New York (CANY) and  Associate Director of the Prison Visiting Project

Sponsors:

National Lawyers Guild
Fordham-Prisoners’ Rights Advocates

Co-sponsors:

The Feerick Center for Social Justice and Dispute Resolution
Fordham Law Defenders
Fordham Urban Law Journal
Leitner Center for International Law and Justice
Stein Scholars
Universal Justice
YouthLaw

Food will be served.

Brown Bag Lunch Series