Minnesota Association of Pretrial Services Agencies



0-88773021st Annual MAPSA Conference April 11, 2018(Conference Schedule)Registration 8:00 – 8:30 amWelcome/Opening Remarks8:30 - 8:45 am8:45-10:15 am"State of pretrial justice in america"Honorable Truman A. Morrison III, senior judgesuperior court of the district of columbiaJudge Truman A. Morrison III is a Senior Judge of the District of Columbia Superior Court.Following graduation from the University of Wisconsin Law School, Judge Morrison served as lawclerk to Chief Judge John W. Reynolds in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. In 1971, he began work at the District of Columbia Public Defender Service. For his last four years at PDS, he served as Chief of the Trial Division.In 1979, President Carter appointed Judge Morrison to the Superior Court. In his more than 36continuous years as a trial judge, he has presided over civil, criminal, juvenile delinquency, domesticrelations, and domestic violence matters. Judge Morrison continues to sit regularly as a Senior Judge,hearing primarily criminal cases.Judge Morrison taught law school classes on trial advocacy at George Washington and CatholicUniversity law schools. He formerly taught a course entitled “The Craft of Judging” at GeorgeWashington University Law School. He has been a faculty member for more than 20 years at theannual Trial Advocacy Workshop at The Harvard Law School.Judge Morrison has been actively involved in judicial education for more than 25 years in thiscountry and in Europe. For many years he directed all judicial education efforts in his large urbancourt. He pioneered a mentoring program built around peer courtroom observations for new judges.Since 2006, Judge Morrison has worked nationally on issues related to pretrial justice. He hasspoken widely to judges, pretrial service professionals, prosecutors, defense lawyers, legislators, andothers about pretrial issues. Judge Morrison spoke at the Second National Symposium on PretrialJustice convened by Attorney General Eric Holder. He has worked with judges and others in manyjurisdictions including New Mexico, New Jersey, Minnesota, Colorado, Wisconsin, Illinois,Pennsylvania, Idaho, Indiana, Connecticut, Arizona, North Carolina, Maryland, and Michigan. He has long been a faculty member at a week-long, twice-yearly Justice Department workshop for pretrial service executives. He is a recent Chair of The Board of Trustees of The Pretrial Justice Institute.Judge Morrison has discussed pretrial justice issues nationally on Aljazeera television, HBO’s JohnOliver Show and HBO’s documentary series “Vice.” In 2015, he spoke at the White HouseSymposium entitled “A Cycle of Incarceration: Prison, Debt, and Bail Practices”.Judge Morrison lives in downtown Washington, D.C. with his wife Susan W. Shaffer, Esq.,former Director of The D.C. Pretrial Services Agency. Their sons lead The Morrison Brothers Band in Nashville.right-112395010:15 – 10:25 amMorning Break/Vendor Visits10:25-11:50 am“Penology – the study of punishment and corrections”Dr. Elizabeth Kujava, Keynote SpeakerDr. Elizabeth Kujava comes to us from Bemidji State University’s Criminal Justice Department where she is currently a faculty member and the Department Chair. She has nearly 20 years combined experience working in various positions across the criminal justice system at local, state, and federal levels. Before she began teaching, Elizabeth worked as a statistician for the U.S Army Combat Readiness and Safety Center where she worked with all sorts of safety and risk assessment data and methods. Important to this topic at hand, she’s been a student and scholar of systems behavior, specifically in the area of corrections, punishment, power, and control. She actually has a sense of humor, which is best described as sarcastic with occasional movie references.? 11:50am - 1:00 pmVendor Visits, Networking, Lunch, and Prize Drawing 1:00-1:05 pmMAPSA Board of Directors Award1:05pm-2:30pm“Sex Trafficking”Jeff Hohensee, New Ulm Police InvestigatorOfficer Hohensee will discuss the emergence of sex trafficking in small town Minnesota and provide training on sex trafficking and what criminal justice professionals need to know about what to look for and how to deal with sex trafficking in their communities.2:05 - 2:15pmAfternoon Break/Vendor Visitsright-7645402:15pm – 3:45 pm"The Turn – Wright County Drug Court"Wright County Drug Court Team MembersWright County’s adult drug court program, “The Turn,” marked its one-year anniversary in November of 2017. The Turn targets individuals in the criminal justice system who are at high risk to re-offend and who are also in high need of services to address chemical dependency issues. To support individuals facing addiction, The Turn brings together justice system and community organizations to deliver treatment for chemical and mental health, as well as other services that foster positive change in the participants’ behavior.?The program provides strict supervision of offenders, including frequent drug testing and regular mandatory check-in court appearances. The program also stresses accountability for participants, and can utilize a range of immediate sanctions and incentives to foster behavior change. Completing the program takes between 18 and 24 months.?Wright County was awarded a three-year federal grant to support the launch of the drug court program in late-2016. The Turn accepted its first participant on November 3, 2016, and has served a total of 15 Wright County residents since its inception. The majority of these individuals have been extremely successful in the program and have maintained months of sobriety. The first participant has more than one year of sobriety, which he credits to the program and the support provided by the drug court team and participants. Over the past year, The Turn has provided intense supervision by conducting an average of 52 home visits, 100 drug tests, and 52 court appearances with each participant.??The Turn also received two $500 scholarships from the Methamphetamine Education and Drug Awareness Coalition of Wright County, with the money being used to offset the cost of providing incentives for program participants.“While this is still a relatively new program, we are already beginning to see the positive impact this approach to tackling drug crime and addiction can have on our community,” said Tenth Judicial District Judge Michele A. Davis, who presides over The Turn alongside the Honorable Geoffrey W. Tenney. “Right now in our program, we are seeing several people, formerly trapped in the cycle of addiction and crime, regaining control of their lives and achieving sobriety. I’m glad our community could come together today to celebrate the early success of this program, and I look forward to building on this momentum as we head into year two.”The Turn is overseen by a core team comprised of judges and staff from Wright County District Court, the Wright County Attorney’s Office, the Wright County Sheriff’s Office, the local public defender’s office, and Wright County Health and Human Services, as well as a probation agent from Wright County Court Services and a chemical dependency counselor from Central Minnesota Mental Health Center.Closing Remarks/prize giveaway3:45-4:00 pm142875-1009650MAPSA Board Meeting4:00 - 4:15 pmNOMINATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTEDFOR THE FOLLOWING OPEN BOARD POSITIONS: VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY, and REGIONS I, III, V, VIIPlease complete your conference feedback form. Turn in that form and your nametag to the registration desk at the end of the conference. You will receive your membership certificate at that time. ................
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