Baz Dreisinger: Innovative Incarceration Reform
In the United States, mass incarceration is synonymous with criminal justice, and imprisonment rates come with shocking racial disparities. Baz Dreisinger, a Fulbright Scholar, professor and author of Incarceration Nations: A Journey to Justice in Prisons Around the World, travels the globe examining the issue and searching for ways to help fix the system, such as increasing access to higher education for incarcerated individuals. Dreisinger, who serves as executive director of the global think tank Incarceration Nations Network (INN), will talk about innovative incarceration reform.