Hearing: Lockups, Native American
Detention Facilities, and Conditions in Texas Penal and Youth Institutions
March
26-27, 2007
Monday, March 26, 2007
Courts Lock-ups and Transportation Concerns
- Testimonies
- Heather Lowry, Senior Inspector, United States Marshals Service, U.S. Department of Justice
- Claudia Hill, Chief Detention Standards and Compliance Division, Office of the Federal Detention Trustee, U.S. Department of Justice
- Questions & Answers
Operations of Police Lock-ups and Law Enforcement Standards
- Testimonies
- James Brown, Associate Director, Commission on the Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA)
- Ronald Ruecker, Interim Police Chief Sherwood Police Department, International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
- Questions & Answers
Operations of Police Lock-ups and Condition of Confinement
- Testimonies
- Jamie Fields, Deputy Chief Risk Management, Detroit Police Department
- Andrea Ritchie, INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence, Brooklyn, New York
- Questions & Answers
PREA Training Efforts for Lock-ups
- Testimonies
- Elizabeth Layman, Center for Innovative Public Policies
- George Gotschalk, International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training (IADLEST)
- Questions & Answers
Native American Facilities: Sovereignty - Overview
- Testimonies
- Guillermo Rivera, Associate Director of Corrections, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of Interior
- Kevin Gover, Professor, Arizona State University
- Sampson Cowboy, Director, Division of Public Safety, Navajo Nation
- Questions & Answers
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Reporting of Sexual Violence in Native American Facilities and Training Efforts in Response to PREA
- Testimonies
- Dr. Jon Perez, Indian Health Services (IHS), U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Charon Asetoyer, Native Women's Health Education Resource Center
- Mark Decoteau, Deputy Chief of Training Indian Police Academy, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Artesia, New Mexico
- Questions & Answers
Texas Jail Response to PREA
Accounts of Sexual Violence in Texas Facilities and Introduction to the Texas Youth Commission
- Testimonies
- John Doe, fiancé of incarcerated survivor
- Genger Galloway, mother of incarcerated juvenile survivor
- Isela Gutierrez, Coordinator, Texas Coalition Advocating Justice for Juveniles
- Questions & Answers
The Texas Youth Commission: A Broken System Embarking on Reform
- Testimonies
- Jay Kimbrough, Special Master, investigating the Texas Youth Commission
- Representative Jerry Madden, Chairman, Texas House Committee on Corrections
- Questions & Answers
The Safe Prison Program: The Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Response to PREA
- Testimonies
- Nathaniel Quarterman, Director, Correctional Institutions Division, Texas Department of Criminal Justice
- David Stacks, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, TDCJ
- Ralph Bales, Safe Prison Program Manager, Texas Department of Criminal Justice
- Questions & Answers
External Perspectives on the Texas Safe Prison Program
- Testimonies
- James Austin, Ph.D., President, JFA Institute, Washington, DC and Malibu, CA
- Lisa Luna, Training Specialist, Texas Association Against Sexual Assault
- Lisa Graybill, Legal Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Texas
- Margaret Winter, Associate Director, National Prison Project, American Civil Liberties Union, Washington, DC
- Questions & Answers
