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DESCRIPTION:Alternatives to Jail and Prison: Community Justice Support Cen
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LOCATION:https://www.socialaw.com/about/library-calendar/2026/december-202
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SUMMARY:Alternatives to Jail and Prison: Community Justice Support Center
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>This is a free program</p>\n<p><strong>For
 mat:&nbsp\;</strong>Online Only (and will be recorded)</p>\n<p><em>CPCS c
 redits are pending.&nbsp\;</em></p>\n<h3>Faculty</h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Chief Ju
 stice Stacey Fortes\, District Court</li>\n<li>Hon. James Budreau\, Super
 ior Court</li>\n<li>Dara Drawbridge\, PhD\, UMass Chan Medical School\, D
 epartment of Law and Psychiatry</li>\n<li>Vincent Lorenti\, Esq.\, Execut
 ive Director\, Massachusetts Probation Service\, Office of Community Corr
 ections</li>\n<li>Brandon Marques\, Senior Clinician Case Manager\, Commu
 nity Justice Support Center-Lowell</li>\n<li>Filomena DaVeiga\, Program M
 anager\, Massachusetts Probation Service\, Community Justice Support Cent
 er-Taunton</li>\n<li>Joel\, Former Community Justice Support Center parti
 cipant</li>\n</ul>\n<h3><br>Description</h3>\n<p>In January 2024\, the re
 search center\, Boston Indicators reported that Massachusetts had the low
 est incarceration rate in the United States at 172 per 100\,000 people. &
 nbsp\;In fact\, the incarceration rate has declined faster in Massachuset
 ts than anywhere else in America over the last decade. &nbsp\;That said\,
  around the world our allies continue to incarcerate far fewer people tha
 n we do\, even in Massachusetts. &nbsp\;In Canada the rate is 104 per 100
 \,000\, Germany 69\, France 83\, and England 130. &nbsp\;Further\, the im
 pact of higher incarceration rates continues to fall disproportionately o
 n communities of Color. &nbsp\;Boston Indicators found that while incarce
 ration decreased by 40% for Whites\, it decreased by just 21% for Blacks.
 &nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Community Justice Support Centers are statutorily created
  facilities operated by the Massachusetts Probation Service for the expre
 ss purpose of designing and implementing alternatives to incarceration. &
 nbsp\;Cognitive behavioral treatment\, education\, career counseling\, cl
 inical case management\, and community engagement opportunities at the Su
 pport Centers are informed by the latest science to ensure that people ha
 ve real\, safe\, and effective opportunities to succeed in the community 
 rather than after jail or prison.&nbsp\;</p>\n<h3>Agenda</h3>\n<ul>\n<li>
 Introduction - Context for Alternatives to Incarceration</li>\n<li>Keynot
 e - Comments on emerging adult services</li>\n<li>Remarks. Science. Risk\
 , need\, responsivity and alternatives to incarceration for those at high
  risk for recidivism.&nbsp\;</li>\n<li>Presentation - Community Justice S
 upport Center Overview&nbsp\;</li>\n<li>Panel Discussion - Where and when
  the court might consider ordering the CJSC and stories of success</li>\n
 </ul>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>
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