This online training is essential for pretrial practitioners seeking to implement “whole family” strategies that lead to better outcomes for women, children, and communities. The training will present the findings of the bipartisan Women’s Justice Commission, resources created with the Center for Effective Public Policy’s (CEPP) Justice Policy Consultants, and robust empirical evidence. Faculty includes experts with lived experience who will discuss the distinct challenges faced by women involved in the criminal legal system who are primary caregivers.
Together, we will strategize on implementing the commission’s primary recommendations from its recent Stronger Families, Safer Communities report. A key focus is avoiding unnecessary pretrial detention driven by poverty, rather than community safety, and applying practical decision-making tools to support the stability of mothers and their families.
The training made me more aware of how important it is to ask about caregiving responsibilities with our clients and help to find the resources that they need, because incarceration does affect the whole family and changes the stability of all of the family.
