In our “Laboratories of Reform- View from the States” panel led by our very own #rewritingthesentence director Hanna Liebman Dershowitz with Rebecca Brown Innocence Project, Rep. Roger Goodman, Rodney Ellis

“Everyone can do something. And that something we can do, we must do.” - Closing remarks by Summit Chair Judge Bernice Donald. Thank you to everyone who came to this event! Looking forward to implementing these best practices right away! #RewritingTheSentence

"...when a person in prison is denied this sense and feels subjugated and controlled; never allowed to raise up his head, then the prison system not only fails at its purpose, it creates a greater criminal than there was before" The Aleph Institute buff.ly/2Zv2OrW

"We believe that making mistakes does not make you unworthy of second chances" check out the incredibly moving Mercy Montage featuring Shaka Senghor Brad Feld Mayim Bialik at youtu.be/E_spE4anZHY thanks to all who shared their stories & made it possible! #rewritingthesentence

In 1986 the #LubavitcherRebbe, at whose directive Aleph was founded, shared his vision for compassion and humanity in the justice system, a message empowering change today. Watch the full clip shown at the #RewritingTheSentence summit at youtu.be/5G5mhpYQv3Q Chabad Lubavitch HQ

Footage & materials from #RewritingTheSentence summit at Columbia Law School now online! Visit rewritingthesentence.org/materials to catch up on critical #cjreform talk from The Sentencing Project Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Right On Crime Vincent Schiraldi @courtinnovation Philadelphia DAO Arthur Rizer Aloe & more.

Criminal Justice Summit at Columbia Inspired by the Rebbe’s Teachings - my latest Chabad.org on the The Aleph Institute's Rewriting the Sentence summit on alternatives to incarceration chabad.org/news/article_c…

Kudos to my colleague Julian Adler, Marie VanNostrand, Insha Rahman, and Liz Glazer for a nuanced, fair-minded conversation about risk assessment in the criminal justice system m.youtube.com/watch?time_con… MOCJ NYC Vera Institute of Justice The Aleph Institute

This weekend, the entire world marks #25Years since "Gimmel Tammuz," the day the Lubavitcher #Rebbe passed on in 1994. Tomorrow, #Shabbat, will be a day for reflection, learning, prayer and, above all, positive action. Which #mitzvah will you do to honor the Rebbe? #GimmelTammuz

Please join us for our online webinar series starting Tuesday, May 3rd! Register at bit.ly/register_ussc #justice #criminaljustice #sentencing #criminaljusticereform #SecondChanceMonth #sentencing #massincarceration #judges

We celebrate the inspiring, uplifting and active #SecondChanceMonth announcements by The White House on Tuesday! We are excited to see such robust #reentry training and employment opportunities for #returningcitizens and looking forward to doing our part for #secondchances

Aleph Institute celebrates #reentry with all of this week’s #clemency recipients whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/… #reentry #criminaljusticereform #criminaljustice #secondchance #reentrymatters #secondchances #socialjustice #recidivism #returningcitizens #banthebox #reentryprogram

The Jewish New Year of Rosh Hashanah will be observed this weekend and volunteer rabbis are venturing into prisons to share the Jewish spirit of renewal with inmates. abc7.com/rosh-hashanah-…

Looking forward to hosting the Rewriting the Sentence II Summit on Alternatives to Incarceration in DC on Oct. 16-17, presented by Center for Justice and Human Dignity! RSVP to save your spot at cjhd.org/summit

Check out the incredible lineup of featured speakers and panelists, including USSC Chairman Judge Carlton Reeves, Federal BOP Dir. Colette Peters, U.S. Pardon Att'ny Elizabeth Oyer, Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia and more! Center for Justice and Human Dignity

Rabbinical Students Bring Hope and Faith to Jewish Inmates on Yom Kippur. The Aleph Institute volunteers to visit 14 prisons around America: chabad.org/lx8bdt

Aleph and Center for Justice and Human Dignity kicked off the Rewriting the Sentence Summit in Washington, DC this morning with over 400 participants and a keynote presentation by Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia, Founder and Director of the Institute for Trauma-Informed Systems Change at McLean/Harvard!

How can we institutionalize alternative to incarceration programs and implement them in our sentencing guidelines? Raul Ayala, deputy federal public defender in Los Angeles, moderates a panel on best practices in alternative sentencing programs. Center for Justice and Human Dignity

Starting off day two of the Rewriting the Sentence Summit with a packed auditorium for a fascinating panel on Assessing the Landscape: The Future of America’s Criminal Legal System, moderated by Jeremy Travis, Senior Fellow at the Columbia Justice Lab Center for Justice and Human Dignity

Dozens of Jewish sailors are deployed aboard U.S. Navy warships on patrol around the Middle East, and Aleph's military team is supporting them. Read more on Jewish News Syndicate: jns.org/wire/aleph-sup…