Reveal, Restore and Resurrect: The Truth About Racial Disparities in the Arkansas Criminal Justice System

On August 28-29th, 2015, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law will host a critically important conference "Reveal, Restore and Resurrect: The Truth About Racial Disparities in the Arkansas Criminal Justice System."  This conference, based on the newly completed report  generated by the Racial Disparities in the Arkansas Criminal Justice System Research Project which found fairly stark racial disparities in Arkansas's policing and prison outcomes, will seek to uncover the reasons that racial disparities exist in Arkansas's criminal justice system and develop strategies to overcome and equalize criminal punishment in The Natural State.

The slate includes several keynote speakers, panels that include activists, scholars, judges, and formerly incarcerated persons, and scheduled time to brainstorm on strategies and proposals to end criminal justice racial disparities in Arkansas and across the nation.