NAMI Pennsylvania

October 24-October 28, 2007
Radisson Penn Harris Hotel
Harrisburg PA

Criminal Justice Symposium:
Treatment and Support:
Alternatives to Incarceration

SCHEDULE & WORKSHOPS

Kathleen Gnall,
Deputy Secretary for Reentry and Specialized Programs, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

This year NAMI Pennsylvania is again proud to include a Criminal Justice System Symposium as part of our annual conference. This year’s theme is Treatment and Support: Alternatives to Incarceration. The purpose of the symposium is to attract criminal justice system professionals from all disciplines in order to put the focus on people with mental illness who become involved with the criminal justice system. Our theme will be Treatment and Support: Alternatives to Incarceration.

Our Keynote address will be by Kathleen Gnall, M.A., Deputy Secretary for Reentry and Specialized Programs, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. Deputy Secretary Gnall will examine the challenges presented to the DOC in coordinating and supporting successful reentry of offenders with mental illness.

In addition, the Symposium will present new, emerging models in large and small communities that are being tested. We will examine legal representation of individuals with mental illness in criminal and civil matters. We will also hear an an excellent presentation which will highlight human rights abuses of inmates with mental illness in some of our nation’s correctional systems.
Speakers from law enforcement agencies, the judicial system, local and state corrections, and probation and parole will relate how their agencies are impacted by mental illness.

We would like to thank the following co-sponsors for making this symposium possible:

The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
The Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole

SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2007

Time	Topic	Presenter(s)
7:30 am- 8:30 am	Registration Continental Breakfast
8:30 am- 8:45 am	Welcome, Opening Remarks	James W. Jordan, Jr., NAMI PA Executive Director
8:45 am- 9:45 am	Keynote Address: Strategies for Successful Re-entry	Kathleen Gnall, Deputy Secretary, Reentry and Specialized Programs, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
9:45 am- 10:45am	Equal Justice From a Lawyer’s Perspective: What Happens When the System Breaks Down?	Stephen Pennington, Esquire
10:45 am- 11:00 am	Break
11:00 am- 12:15 pm	Starting a Police Based Jail Diversion Program in Pennsylvania: Lesson Learned	Patty Griffin, Ph.D.
12:15 pm- 1:30 pm	LUNCHEON
1:30 pm- 2:45 pm	If It’s Broke, We Have to Fix It - Mental Illness in Prison	Naima Black, National STOPMAX Coordinator, AFSC
2:45 pm- 3:45 pm	PANEL: Putting Together a Multi Community CIT Effort, Sharing Resources: A Positive Perspective	Wendy Stewart, Executive Director, NAMI PA, Cambria County
3:45 pm- 4:00 pm	Summary and Adjournment

Treatment and Support:
Alternatives to Incarceration

NAMI Store \| Donate \| NAMIWalks \| Conference \| About Us \| Contact