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Wednesday - February 6
San Antonio River Walk Drury Plaza Hotel

 5:30pm - 7:30pm Host Reception
     San Antonio River Walk Drury Plaza Hotel
 

            

Thursday - February 7
San Antonio River Walk Drury Plaza Hotel

 7:00am - 8:00am Breakfast
     San Antonio River Walk Drury Plaza Hotel

 8:00am - 8:15am Prefatory Comments
     Commissioner Tommy Adkisson (bio-sketch)
          Bexar County Precinct 4
     Sheriff Roland Tafolla (bio-sketch)
          Bexar County

 8:15am - 9:15am

Session: Who's in Jail and Why?
     Moderator:
        Sheriff Gean Leonard
               Galveston County
     Speakers:
        Scott Henson
               Grits for Breakfast
        Marc Levin (bio-sketch)
               Texas Public Policy Foundation
        
Marcus Jahns (bio-sketch)
               MGT

9:15am - 10:30am

Panel:  Jail Alternatives
     Judge Cynthia Kent (bio-sketch)
          114th District Court
     Sheriff Greg Hamilton (bio-sketch)
          Travis County
     Leon Evans (bio-sketch)
          President & CEO, Center for Health Care
          Services
     Judge Ernie Glenn (bio-sketch)
        Drug Court Magistrate, Bexar County

10:30am - 10:45am Break

10:45am - 12:00 noon

Session:  Re-Entry
     Dr. Kevin Downey (bio-sketch)
          CEO, Crosspoint
     Dr. Angel Ilarraza (bio-sketch)
          Reentry Program Coordinator, Tarrant County
     Madeline Ortiz (bio-sketch)
          Rehabilitation and Reentry Division,
          Texas Department of Criminal Justice


12:00 noon - 1:15pm

Lunch
     Dr. J. Mitchell Miller (bio-sketch)
          Chair, University of Texas at San Antonio
          Department of Criminal Justice

     Keynote Speaker - Dr. Tony Fabelo (bio-sketch)
          Topic: Managing Jail Population Growth in
                     Texas:  The State and Local Challenges


1:30pm - 3:00pm Panel:  The 81st Legislature
     Moderator:
        Angelo Zottarelli
               Adams & Zottarelli
     Panelists:
        Senator John Whitmire (bio-sketch)
               District 15
        Representative Trey Martinez Fischer (bio-sketch)
               District 116

3:00pm Closing
     Commissioner Tommy Adkisson
          Bexar County Precinct 4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

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