Brooklyn Law School Event: Inadequate Healthcare for Immigrants in Detention

Here is an announcement for an upcoming forum at Brooklyn Law School on March 5.The program begins with a luncheon speech by Nina Bernstein of the NY Times.  Other speakers and panelists include prominent members of both government and ngo’s  working in this field.

Finding a Cure: Providing Adequate Healthcare to Immigrants in Detention

12:00 pm Luncheon
Welcoming Remarks
12:45 pm From Silence to Sick Call: How a Trail
of Undisclosed Deaths in Immigration
Detention Revealed a System in Distress
1:30 pm Our Challenge, Our Opportunity:
A System of Civil Detention
2:00 pm Meeting the Medical Needs of Immigrants
in Detention
2:45 pm Administrative Challenge and Response
3:45 pm Policy and Advocacy Initiatives
4:30 pm Finding a Cure: Mapping Solutions
5:45 pm Reception

Nina Bernstein
The New York Times
Andrea Black
Detention Watch Network
Phyllis Coven
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Nina Dozoretz
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Tom Jawetz
Committee on Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives
Allen Keller
Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture
Cheryl Little
Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center
Brittney Nystrom
National Immigration Forum
Dora B. Schriro
New York City Department of Correction
David M. Shapiro
ACLU National Prison Project
Homer Venters
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene,
Rikers Island

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