Justice Talks
The Sing Sing Prison Museum's community conversation series invites you to create action steps towards envisioning a more equitable future.
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A Screening and Discussion of "True Justice"
October 13, 2020 Featuring criminal justice experts and producers of the film "True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight for Equality", this talk will explore the death penalty's impact on the past and present. TRUE JUSTICE: BRYAN STEVENSON’S FIGHT FOR EQUALITY examines the personal journey of Bryan Stevenson, a public defender in Alabama and director of the Equal Justice Initiative, who is working to bring justice to the incarcerated, wrongfully convicted, and disadvantaged. This film weaves together Stevenson’s own story, those of his clients, and history of injustice and complicity by our justice system to reveal how a narrative of racial inequality emerged in this country. Bryan challenges us to seek the truth, confront it, and work towards reconciliation. |
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COVID-19 and Incarceration
September 22, 2020
The crisis of COVID-19 has impacted the nation’s incarceration facilities, placing confined populations with limited personal protection resources in a vulnerable situation. Learn what is occurring on the federal and local level, the realities and history of disease inside prisons, and what the lived experience of being incarcerated under these circumstances means.
September 22, 2020
The crisis of COVID-19 has impacted the nation’s incarceration facilities, placing confined populations with limited personal protection resources in a vulnerable situation. Learn what is occurring on the federal and local level, the realities and history of disease inside prisons, and what the lived experience of being incarcerated under these circumstances means.
Charter the Path: Young Voices on Justice
June 12, 2020
Elected officials from New York state and students from Ossining and Peeksill High schools gathered for a conversation on systemic inequality. Moderated by Dennis Parker, Executive Director of the National Center for Law and Economic Justice.
June 12, 2020
Elected officials from New York state and students from Ossining and Peeksill High schools gathered for a conversation on systemic inequality. Moderated by Dennis Parker, Executive Director of the National Center for Law and Economic Justice.
Westchester Library
The Westchester Library System presented a series of six public programs called Community Conversations: Criminal Justice, Yesterday and Today, in 2017. In collaboration with the Sing Sing Prison Museum and funded by the Westchester Community Foundation, each event included a presentation on the history of rehabilitation and reform at Sing Sing Correctional Facility, followed by a panel discussion linking historical perspectives to present-day developments and challenges.
Brent Glass, Director Emeritus of the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution, moderated the events. Additionally, Dana White, the Ossining Village Historian will provide a historical review of Sing Sing Prison and its impact on the community and criminal justice.
The Panel Discussions were with service providers, ex-offenders and distinguished lecturers and included interactive conversations about the past and future of the American criminal justice system.
Brent Glass, Director Emeritus of the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution, moderated the events. Additionally, Dana White, the Ossining Village Historian will provide a historical review of Sing Sing Prison and its impact on the community and criminal justice.
The Panel Discussions were with service providers, ex-offenders and distinguished lecturers and included interactive conversations about the past and future of the American criminal justice system.
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