Date & Time: Wednesday, December 10, 2025 from 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. ET
This is a FREE online program and will be recorded. You will receive a link to the video recordings which you have registered for.
CPCS approved 2.0 credits for the Criminal Trials and Appeals, SDB/SORB, Mental Health Appeals and YAD Appeals panels. Certificates will be emailed to all attendees who were logged onto the program for at least 80% of the live webinar program.
Faculty
Chief Justice Stacey Fortes, District Court
Hon. James Budreau, Superior Court
Hon. Kevin Maltby, First Justice, Springfield District Court
Dara Drawbridge, PhD, UMass Chan Medical School, Department of Law and Psychiatry
Vincent Lorenti, Esq., Executive Director, Massachusetts Probation Service, Office of Community Corrections
Angela Orlandi, MA LADC I, Program Manager, Massachusetts Probation Service, Community Justice Support Center-Brockton
Daniel, Former Community Justice Support Center participant
Filomena DaVeiga, Program Manager, Massachusetts Probation Service, Community Justice Support Center-Taunton
Michael, Former Community Justice Support Center participant
Description
In January 2024, Boston Indicators reported that Massachusetts had the lowest incarceration rate in the United States at 172 per 100,000 people. According to the Boston Indicators report the incarceration rate in Massachusetts declined by 45% in the last decade, faster than anywhere else in America. However, even with that progress, Prison Policy Initiative shows Massachusetts has higher incarceration rates than more than 150 countries including Iran and China. In fact, Massachusetts incarcerates 1.6Xs more than Canada where the rate is 109 per 100,000. The impact of higher incarceration rates continues to fall disproportionately on communities of Color. Boston Indicators found that while incarceration decreased by 40% for Whites, it decreased by just 21% for Blacks.
Emerging adults (aged 18-25) bear the burden of high incarceration the most. According to Columbia University’s Justice Lab, emerging adults are incarcerated at twice the rate of adults. Recidivism rates amongst emerging adults are higher than any other age cohort. That said, emerging adults are also highly likely to desist from crime given the correct interventions.
This presentation will describe:
- the problem of high rates of incarceration,
- the evidence-based practice around reducing recidivism through community supervision,
- the special case of emerging adults,
- the design of the community justice support center, and
- the experiences of those that have attended support centers in lieu of a period of incarceration.
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