Parr Center Forum: Race, Mass Incarceration, and Sentencing in the U.S.

Please join the Parr Center for Ethics for a discussion of race, sentencing, and mass incarceration in the United States.

Our panel includes Tamar Birckhead (UNC Law), Joe Kennedy (UNC Law), Jim Woodall (District Attorney, Orange and Chatham Counties), and James Williams (Chief Public Defender, Orange and Chatham Counties), with Alyson Grine (UNC Government) moderating. Panelists will present an overview of racial discrimination in mass incarceration, as well as of sentencing laws as they have contributed to this problem.

The panelists will then consider possible solutions to this problem. The focus will be on how to address racial discrimination in mass incarceration through sentencing, but the discussion will be wide-ranging with plenty of opportunity for audience questions.

This event is free and open to all.