Wednesday, June 22, 2016
3:30 – 5 pm ET || 2:30 – 4 pm CT || 1:30 – 3 pm MT || 12:30 – 2 pm PT
via HIV Prevention Justice Alliance and the LGBT/HIV Criminal Justice Working Group
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people and people living with HIV (PLWH) are overrepresented in all aspects of the penal system, from policing, to adjudication, to incarceration, to release. The high rates of LGBTQ people and PLWH in criminal and juvenile justice systems are a byproduct of long-standing criminalization, and continuing discrimination in employment, education, social services, health care and responses to violence.
Join the HIV Prevention Justice Alliance and the LGBT/HIV Criminal Justice Working Group on Wednesday, June 22, 3:30 - 5 p.m. ET, for a webinar discussing how the policing of gender and sexuality pervades law enforcement, the operation of courts and the penal system, especially the policing of people living with HIV in the US.
Presenters include:
- Allison Nichol, Co-Director, The Center for HIV Law and Policy
- Sean E. Bland, Institute Associate, O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University Law Center
The LGBT/HIV Criminal Justice Working Group is an advocacy coalition of nearly 40 organizations committed to criminal justice policy reform and advocacy on behalf of LGBTQ people in criminal justice systems.
