Events

Past Events

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Although probation is intended to help people succeed in the community, the reality is that probation can also serve as a pathway to incarceration. In Confined and Costly…
DOI Event Graphic
Thank you for joining the Robina Institute on November 10, 2021, for "Prison Release Discretion and Prison Population Size." View a recording of the event below. 
Homeward Book Cover
Thank you for joining the Robina Institute on Friday, April 5, 2019, for "Public Talk and Policy Panel with Bruce Western." View a recording of the event below.  Columbia University Professor Bruce Western spoke about his…
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Thank you for joining the Robina Institute on Tuesday, April 17, 2018, for "We Are All Criminals, an In Conversation with Emily Baxter." View a recording of the event below.
Juvenile Jail
Thank you for joining the Robina Institute on Wednesday, February 21, 2018, for a discussion about the Campaign to End Juvenile Life Without Parole (JLWOP). View a recording of the event below.
Prison Tower
Thank you for joining the Robina Institute on Friday, December 8, 2017, for our 2017 annual conference, "Reversing Mass Punishment in America." View a recording of the conference's welcome and introductory remarks…
Ferguson Event
Thank you for joining the Robina Institute on Wednesday, July 12, 2017, for "Ferguson as a Case Study in Persuasion." View a recording of the symposium below. 
Jail Cell Hand on Bar
Thank you for joining the Robina Institute on Friday, June 9, 2017, for "Women in Prison in Minnesota: Voices of Hope from Within Prison Walls." View a recording of the event below.
White concrete wall
Thank you for joining the Robina Institute on Friday, October 7, 2016, for our 2016 annual conference, "Paying for the Past: The Consequences of Criminal Convictions." View a recording of the conference's welcome…
Event Panelists
Thank you for joining the Robina Institute on Tuesday, June 7, 2016, for “Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System.” View a recording of the event below.