Finding a Cure: Providing Adequate Healthcare to Immigrants in Detention

Friday March 05 , 2010

  • By: Brooklyn Law School, Edward V. Sparer Public Interest Law Fellowship Program, Safe Harbor Project
  • Time: 12:00 PM - 5:45 PM
  • Time Zone: Eastern Time (US & Canada)
  • Location:
    Brooklyn Law School
    250 Joralemon Street
    Brooklyn, NY
    Map: maps.google.com
  • Website: www.brooklaw.edu

Agenda
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

Speakers

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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