Dialogues on Detention: Arizona State University

Key Documents:

• Arizona Detention Dialogue – Key Takeaways
• Immigration Detention in Arizona [FACT SHEET]

Program: pdf

Welcome Remarks

• Evelyn Cruz, Arizona State University
• Ruthie Epstein, Human Rights First

Keynote Remarks

• Dora Schriro, former director of the Arizona Department of Corrections, former special advisor to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Commissioner, Department of Correction, New York City

Panel 1: Alternatives to Detention – Models and Best Practices

• Cindy Schlosser, Social Services Coordinator, Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project (Florence)
• Marco Galvino, Restoration Project at Casa Mariposa (Tucson)
• Moderator: Noel Fidel, attorney, former judge at the Maricopa County Superior Court and the Arizona Court of Appeals, former Merriam Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law

Panel 2: Conditions of Confinement: What is “Civil” Detention?

• Dora Schriro, former director of the Arizona Department of Corrections, former special advisor to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Commissioner, Department of Correction, New York City
• Dodie Ledbetter, Deputy Court Administrator and former Detention Director for the Pima County Juvenile Court Center (Tucson)
• Victoria Lopez, Program Director, American Civil Liberties Union Arizona (Phoenix)
• Gregory Cook, AIA, LEED(r) AP BD+C, CCHP Senior Associate/Senior Project Designer, Justice, HOK (St. Louis)
• Moderator: Ruthie Epstein, Human Rights First

Panel 3: Outsourcing and Privatization of Prisons, Jails, and Detention Facilities in Arizona

• Dora Schriro, former director of the Arizona Department of Corrections, former special advisor to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Commissioner, Department of Correction, New York City
• Arizona State Representative John Kavanagh (R-8)
• Caroline Isaacs, Program Director, American Friends Service Committee Arizona office
• Moderator: David Gartner, Associate Professor of Law, Arizona State University, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law

Panel 4: Finding Effective Counsel from Jail: Models of Legal Representation in Arizona

• Lindsay Marshall, Executive Director, Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project (Florence, AZ)
• Regina Jefferies, Attorney and American Immigration Lawyers Association Arizona Chapter Chair
• Victoria Beckman, Attorney, Maricopa County Public Defender’s Office
• Andy Silverman, Joseph M. Livermore Professor of Law and Director of Clinical Programs, University of Arizona James E. Rodgers College of Law
• Moderator: Milagros Cisneros, Assistant Federal Public Defender, District of Arizona