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Agenda
- 9:00 Opening
- 9:45
- 10:30
- 11:00
- 11:15
- 12:30
Pre-work
Complete the following readings before our program day:
- Prison Population Trends, 2019 (PDF)
- Trends in US Corrections (PDF)
- Out of Prison & Out of Work: Unemployment among formerly incarcerated people (PDF)
- Mass. Victims’ Bill of Rights
- Study finds COVID-19 infection rate in Mass. jails, prisons nearly 3 times that of state’s general population
- With prison populations halved, it’s time for a reinvestment strategy (PDF)
- Boston Reentry Study research briefs:
- Finding work (PDF)
- Family support (PDF)
- Housing (PDF)
Additional recommended:
- From Gabriella P:
- New video encourages formerly incarcerated individuals to fill out Census
- Explore https://www.cominghomedirectory.org/
- Suffolk County HOC Fact Sheet
- Mapping Mass Incarceration: How Massachusetts is failing its smaller cities and towns (PDF)
- The Geography of Incarceration (Report) (PDF)
- America’s Largest Mental Hospital Is a Jail
- WBUR: County Jails Bring Millions Of Dollars To Mass. By Housing ICE Detainees
Module 7: Inclusive Communication Skills: Questioning
- Watch Module 7, Inclusive Communication Skills: Questioning (13:19).
- Once you’ve finished the video, share your response to the Post & Share question below as a comment to the pinned post in the YW Boston Connect LeadBoston 2020 group.
- In addition to posting on YW Boston Connect, be prepared to share your response during our virtual session icebreaker.
Expert Speakers

Steve Tompkins (LeadBoston ’04), Sheriff of Suffolk County

Yolanda Smith (LeadBoston ’10), Superintendent, Suffolk County House of Correction
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