Title: Re-designing the Pattern: Women and the Criminal Justice System - Towards a Non-Custodial Approach.
Date: Wednesday, 4 December.
Time: 9.45 am to 12.45 pm. Registration from 9.15 am.
Location: Wood Quay Venue, Wood Quay, Dublin 8.
The Irish Penal Reform Trust will hold a half-day seminar event focusing on community-based responses to offending by women on Wednesday, 4th December 2013.
Recent positive developments in reducing prison numbers masks that, over the past decade, the numbers of women committed to prison have doubled, and continue to rise. Conditions for many women prisoners have deteriorated, while community-based alternatives for women offenders remain under-explored. This seminar will explore alternative responses to offending by women that address the wide-ranging and often complex needs of women offenders and that reduce recidivism rates among women.
IPRT is delighted to announce that as part of the event, Minister of State with responsibility for Disability, Older People, Equality & Mental Health, Kathleen Lynch TD will launch a new IPRT paper, Women and the Criminal Justice System - Towards a Non-Custodial Approach.
Confirmed speakers include Prof Gill McIvor of the University of Stirling, who will speak on recent developments in addressing offending by women in Scotland.
Attendance is free but spaces are limited. To reserve your place, please contact 01-8741400 or info@iprt.ie or register online: http://www.iprt.ie/events-signup
For more details about the event, please visit: http://www.iprt.ie/contents/2568
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