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Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law

Human Rights at Home: Mental Illness in U.S. Prisons and Jails

Type: Full Committee Hearing
Date:
Time: 10:00am
Location: Dirksen-226

NOTICE OF SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law will hold a hearing entitled "Human Rights at Home: Mental Illness in U.S. Prisons and Jails" on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 226 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building.

Chairman Durbin will preside.

Member Statements

Panel I

  • Mary Lou Leary

    Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs
    U.S. Department of Justice
    Washington, DC
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  • Harley Lappin

    Director
    Federal Bureau of Prisons
    Washington, DC
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  • Samual Bagenstos

    Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division
    U.S. Department of Justice
    Washington, DC
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Panel II

  • Kathryn E. Zenoff

    Presiding Justice
    Second Appellate Court of Illinois
    Rockford, IL
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  • Gary Maynard

    Secretary
    Maryland Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services
    Towson, MD
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  • David Fuller

    Outreach and Housing Coordinator
    Manhattan Outreach Consortium
    Brooklyn, NY
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  • Michael P. Randle

    Director
    Illinois Department of Corrections
    Springfield, IL
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