This symposium (in-person and via zoom webinar) on criminal justice in the U.S. and Japan will feature the showing of two exceptional documentaries, Prison Circle by awarding-winning director Kaori Sakagami and PACT: The Green Haven Prison Project on the rehabilitation of incarcerated persons using therapeutic jurisprudence and education. The showing of the films will be followed by panel discussions and a conversation on the documentaries and rehabilitation programs.
Schedule, Sept. 4, 2022 (Sunday) Hawai‘i Standard Time, UHM Law School CR #2
9 am Opening by UHM Prof. Mark Levin, Seijo Univ. Prof. Makoto Ibusuki, and Ms. Eleanor Roberts (Yale Law School, '22)
9:30 am Prison Circle (2 hrs)
11:30 am PACT: The Green Haven Prison Project (37 minutes)
12:15 to 1:15 pm Break
1:15 pm Panel 1 with Filmmaker Kaori Sakagami and former PACT Program Director Dr. Roy Bolus, moderated by UHM Prof. Justin Levinson
2:30 pm Panel 2 with Chiba Univ. Prof. Hiroko Goto and UHM Prof. Ashley Rubin, moderated by UHM Prof. David Johnson
3:35 pm Conversation with Kat Brady, Community Alliance on Prisons, Hawai‘i Coordinator
4:30 pm Open Discussion
5:00 pm Concluding Remarks
For more details on the event and registration link, please see the event's brochure. http://manoa.hawaii.edu/japanese-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/51/202...
The main sponsor and organizer is the UHM William S. Richardson School of Law's Pacific-Asian Legal Studies. This event is the 8th installment of the PALS program's annual Japan-U.S. law symposium on criminal justice.
Dr. Gay Satsuma, Associate Director, Center for Japanese Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa