A public seminar in the Beyond Punishment series, engaging in critical debate about prisons, community programs and related issues, co-sponsored by the NSW Department of Corrective Services.

Chair: Luke Grant, Assistant Commissioner, Offender Management, NSW Department of Corrective Services

Speakers:

Professor Mark Findlay, Institute of Criminology, Sydney University Law School
"The Demise of Corrections Fifteen Years on: Any Hope for a Progressive Punishment Paradigm?"

Will Hutchins, Prisoner's Legal Service, Legal Aid Commission of NSW
"We've gotta get out of this place"

Mindy Sotiri, Transition Worker, CRC Justice Support and PhD on imprisonment in NSW
"Rehabilitate and perish, and punish, and deter: Searching for purpose in the NSW prison system"

Professor Kevin Howells, Professor of Forensic Psychology, Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences, School of Psychology, University of South Australia
"Implementing offender treatment programs in Australia:  Some future challenges"

Date: June 12 2003
Time: 5.30 - 7.30pm.
Venue: Assembly Hall, Level 4 (street level), Sydney University Law School
173-175 Phillip Street, Sydney
Registration: $50 waged/$25 concessions (students & pensioners) (includes GST)
Late Registration (pay on the day): $55 waged/$30 concessions (students & pensioners) (includes GST)