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Free Salon Series Event at Montclair State: Crisis in American Criminal Justice

Come to a special highlight screening of the award-winning HBO documentary “Gideon’s Army.”

Participate in a panel discussion with the filmmaker and leading experts in criminal justice:

  • Montclair resident Dawn Porter is the Producer/director of the award-winning HBO documentary “Gideon’s Army, “ an official selection in the Sundance Film Festival 2013.
  • The ACLU’s David Fathi is the Director of the organization’s Prison Project, an expert in the use of solitary confinement and conditions in “Super Max” prisons.
  • Former Bronx Public Defender Jessica S. Henry is professor of Justice Studies at Montclair State University.
Merrill Brown, Director of the School of Communication and Media at Montclair State, will moderate. 

This event is FREE and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

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