The U.S. penal population of 2.2 million adults is the largest in the world. In 2012, close to 25 percent of the world’s prisoners were held in American prisons, although the United States accounts for about 5 percent of the world’s population. The U.S. rate of incarceration, with nearly 1 of every 100 adults in prison or jail, is 5 to 10 times higher than rates in Western Europe and other democracies. Join a conversation on over-incarceration in America featuring the following national and local perspectives:
- John Chisholm, District Attorney, Milwaukee County
- Rodger Heaton, Director of Public Safety and Homeland Security Advisor, State of Illinois
- Grace Hou, President of the Woods Fund
- Mariame Kaba, Founder, Project NIA
- Marc Levin, Policy Director, Right on Crime
- Julia Stasch, President, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- Jeremy Travis, President, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
- Laura Washington, Columnist, Chicago Sun-Times (moderator)
4:00 p.m. discussion
This event is co-hosted by the MacArthur Foundation, the Woods Fund, the Field Foundation, the Polk Brothers Foundation, Chicago Community Trust, and Advocate Bethany Community Health Fund.
Seating is limited and reservations are required, but the event will be livestreamed on this page the day of the event. Registration for this event has closed.
Hear from Milwaukee District Attorney John Chisholm, MacArthur President Julia Stasch, and others at this free Chicago event.
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