Hearing: Special Topics In Preventing
and Responding to Prison Rape:
Medical and Mental Health Care, Community Corrections Settings, and Oversight
December 5 - 6, 2007
Transcript
For a complete transcript of the Commission’s hearings in New Orleans, click the link below. Transcript segments for each panel can be downloaded by clicking the link next to the panel header. Individual statements submitted by hearing witnesses can be accessed by clicking on the witness name.
December 5 | December 6
8:45 – 9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks [Transcript]
9:00 – 9:20 a.m. Oversight Mechanisms in Correctional and Detention Settings: The Lay of the Land [Transcript]
9:30 – 10:45 a.m. Internal Oversight: Institutional Accountability for Eliminating Sexual Violence [Transcript]
Reliable internal monitoring of both incidents and routine functions is a key part of running any correctional or detention facility. Panelists will discuss the ways that facilities perform these functions, and the particular considerations of reporting and monitoring of sexual violence and its prevention.
- Doug Dretke, Executive Director, Correctional Management Institute of Texas, Sam Houston University (Hunstville, TX)
- Robert L. Green, Warden, Montgomery County Correctional Facility, Montgomery County Department of Correction and Rehabilitation (Boyds, MD)
- Theodis Beck, Secretary, North Carolina Department of Correction and President, Association of State Correctional Administrators (Raleigh, NC)
11:00 – 12:30 p.m. External Oversight: The Outside World’s Responsibility to Prevent and Respond to Sexual Violence [Transcript]
In addition to effective internal oversight systems, various external entities have legal and ethical obligations to ensure the prevention and reduction of sexual violence in correctional settings. Panelists will discuss examples of external oversight – both formal and informal – by various governmental and non-governmental actors, highlighting their pros and cons and the ways in which they improve and complement internal oversight systems.
- Matthew Cate, Inspector General, Office of the Inspector General, California Rehabilitation Oversight Board (Sacramento, CA)
- Will Harrell, Ombudsman, Office of Independent Ombudsman, Texas Youth Commission (Austin, TX)
- Jack Beck, Director, Prison Visiting Project, Correctional Association of New York (New York, NY)
- Margo Schlanger, Professor of Law, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law; Director, Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse (St. Louis, MO)
Hearing Location: U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana 500 Poydras Street, Room C-501 New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
For questions or further information, please call Joya Taft-Dick at (202) 233-2246.
