First Meeting of the Charles Colson Task Force

Photos by Matt Johnson/Urban Institute

 

WASHINGTON, DC – On January 27, the Charles Colson Task Force on Federal Corrections held its first public meeting at the Urban Institute. Established by Congress in 2014, this nine-person, bipartisan, blue ribbon task force is charged with examining challenges in the federal corrections system and developing practical, data-driven policy responses.

 

Following opening remarks from Chair former Congressman J.C. Watts, Jr. (R-OK); Vice Chair former Congressman Alan B. Mollohan (D-WV); and Task Force members David C. Iglesias, Jim Liske, Jay Neal, Laurie O. Robinson, Cynthia Roseberry, Judge Ricardo M. Urbina, and John E. Wetzel, the panel heard presentations from four federal officials with extensive expertise in federal corrections and the federal criminal justice system:

 

Richard S. Hartunian, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York;

Charles E. Samuels, Jr., Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons;

Kenneth P. Cohen, Staff Director, U.S. Sentencing Commission (delivering a statement on behalf of Judge Patti B. Saris, Chair, U.S. Sentencing Commission); and

Hon. Irene M. Keeley, Chair, Criminal Law Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States.

 

More: www.colsontaskforce.org/?p=184

 

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