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Media Advisory

Transforming Juvenile Justice Discussion Feb. 8 -- NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service

NEW YORK, NY (02/04/2008; 1050)(readMedia)-- --

WHAT: Policy Discussion on Transforming Juvenile Justice in New York State. NYS Office of Children & Family Services recently announced closings of six underutilized facilities, and plans to reinvest some of the savings in community-based alternatives to incarceration.

WHEN: Friday, Feb. 8, from 8:30-10 a.m. (breakfast 8-8:30)

WHERE: NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, Rudin Family Forum for Civic Dialogue, The Puck Building - 2nd fl., 295 Lafayette St., New York City

WHO:

  • Commissioner Gladys Carrión, NYS Office of Children & Family Services
  • Mishi Faruqee, Director, Juvenile Justice Project, The Correctional Association of New York
  • Dean Ellen Schall, NYU Wagner School
  • Meredith Wiley, State Director, Fight Crime: Invest in Kids

RSVP: www.wagner.nyu.edu/events/nysocfs.php

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