Transforming Supervision: Rethinking Re-Incarceration for Technical Violations in Massachusetts

SESSION INFO

Monday, July 1, 2024
9:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Session Type: Workshop

This panel aims to explore the pressing issue of incarceration for technical violations and low-level new offenses committed by individuals under supervision. It will delve into the detrimental impacts of these practices on individuals, families, and communities, as well as potential alternatives and policy solutions to address this issue. With the Massachusetts Community Pathways program as the grounding framework, panelists will highlight successful initiatives and innovative approaches aimed at reducing incarceration rates and promoting alternatives to imprisonment for technical violations and low-level offenses.

SESSION PRESENTERS

Ms. Barbara Broderick
Chair, Executives Transforming Probation and Parole Network


Barbara Broderick is the Chair of EXiT: Executives Transforming Probation and Parole. the former chief probation officer for Maricopa County, Arizona. Broderick has devoted more than 30 years to the criminal justice system. She became chief probation officer for Maricopa County in December 2000. Before that, she was state director of the Adult Probation Office for the Arizona Supreme Court for five years, assisting local jurisdictions and treatment providers. She has been named as the nation’s top probation executive by the National Association of Probation Executives for her sustained and distinguished service to the probation profession. Before coming to Arizona, Broderick was New York State Director of Probation and Correctional Alternatives. She earned her B.A. from Niagara University and her masters at the School of Criminal Justice at the State University of New York at Albany.


Meaghan Dupuis
Executive Director, Justice Health & Equity, ForHealth Consulting at UMass Chan Medical School


Meaghan Flaherty Dupuis, LMHC, is the Executive Director for the Justice Health & Equity Program and oversees day-to-day state and federal operations as well as the Academic Consortium on Criminal Justice Health (ACCJH). Ms. Dupuis is mental health clinician with 15+ years of clinical and administrative experience within the justice related health care field. She is an established presenter on trainings regarding the intersection of justice involvement and its impact on healthcare and how to support these individuals at all stages of their lives.


Lydia Iraola
Parole Officer, MA Parole Board


PS Iraola has been with the MA Parole Board for over 20 years in various positions. She has worked as an institutional parole, field parole officer and is currently the Field parole Officer in Region 3 Lynn. She has a background in working with mental health and substance use disorders populations in clinical settings as well as holding a Master’s degree Social Work (with a minor in criminal justice). She is committed to providing re-entry services to those returning to the community from incarceration by using evidence based practices and equitable practices to help guide successful outcomes.


Whitney Kraemer
Senior Director, Justice & Health Equity, ForHealth Consulting at UMass Chan Medical School


Ms. Kraemer currently works with the JHE Program as the Director Justice & Health Equity, advancing projects to support increased services to justice-involved individuals. Ms. Kraemer is a licensed mental health clinician with twelve years of clinical experience within correctional healthcare. Ms. Kraemer is also an experienced trainer, having twelve years of experience developing and delivering trainings on topics including best practices for working with incarcerated individuals, trauma, health equity, de-escalation, suicide prevention and mental health.


Mr. Andrew Peck
Undersecretary of Public Safety, Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety


Andy Peck is the Undersecretary of Criminal Justice-Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety. Since January 2019, Peck has served as the Undersecretary of Public Safety for Criminal Justice for the Executive Office of Public Safety in Massachusetts and is responsible for policy, budgetary and the operational oversight of the Massachusetts Department of Correction, Massachusetts Parole Board and the Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board. He currently chairs the Committee on Restrictive Housing as well as the Restorative Justice Committee.