Tara Huffman, director of OSI-Baltimore’s Criminal and Juvenile Justice program, participated in a panel called “Criminal Justice Reform in the 21st Century: The Path Forward” at the 23rd Annual Sylvania Woods Conference on African Americans and the Law at the American University Washington College of Law in Washington.D.C.
Huffman, (pictured, second from left), spoke primarily about OSI’s efforts to reform policing and bail practices in Maryland, and was joined by Walter Lomax of the Maryland Restorative Justice Initiative (right), a longtime OSI partner on sentencing and parole reform. Other panelists included Angela Davis, Professor, Washington College of Law and editor, Nicole Porter of the Sentencing Project, Mina Malik, Former Deputy Attorney General for D.C., Brittany Thomas, former Maryland Assistant Public Defender and Assistant Director, Trial Advocacy Programs, Washington College of Law.
