Conextions, Inc a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization

Prisoner Education

Workshops may include:

To invite us to address your prisoners, no matter the length of sentence, please call 201-417-1748 or e-mail info@conextions.org.

Please help support our cause by donating what you can in funds or materials. Interns and volunteers welcome. Credit card donations are through PayPal. All donations are tax deductible.

"As you can see, my dream came true. I owe you so much...you gave me faith." Former Prisoner in Metropolitan Correctional Center, now a college student.

"The impact of your presentation still reverberates throughout Transitional Services, as well as the entire compound."
Dennis DeRose, Coordinator Transitional Services, Otisville State Correctional Facility 

"Your knowledge and expertise were invaluable to this conference of professionals and we invite you to return to address the federal and county prisoners." Mc'Kean Federal Correctional Facility, PA.

"I have a great deal of respect and appreciation for the beautiful work you do in preparing the men for eventual release and becoming productive members of their community." Tullio Santarelli, TSC Coordinator, Shawangunk Correctional Facility

"The prison population receives from you what others would willingly pay thousands for." Albert C. Thompson, Former Warden, Rikers Island Correctional Facility

"Your visit to Odessa has resulted in enormous changes in our activities. We reoriented a piece of our work to the assistance and adaptation of the people transitioning from prison, drug users in particular. Your ideas were put to the basis of a transitional program that we are developing with authorities. We look forward to continuing this work with you." Sergei Kostin, Founder, The Way Home, Ukraine

Public Education

Keynotes, Lectures, Panels and Workshops

We have presented on Capitol Hill, in the United Nations, High Schools and Universities and to:

To arrange a presentation tailored for your group please call us at 201-417-1748 or e-mail info@conextions.org.

Please help support our cause by donating what you can in funds or materials. Interns and volunteers welcome.  Credit card donations are through PayPal. All donations are tax deductible.
 

 

"Your presentation and discussion with the audience was thought provoking and invaluable. I hope you will help us as we plan similar events.  Congressman, John Conyers, Jr.

"The staff and students felt your presentation gave us a deeper understanding of the justice system and above all, our human resource."  Dr. Zelma Henriques, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

"Your input was very valuable in helping us and your presentation certainly contributed to the success of this conference. Charles J. Ogletree Jr., Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

"Your presentation at the Association of Trial Lawyers of America Convention in Montreal was great. I invite you to present on a panel at Fordham Law School." Subha Dhanaraj, JD

"I attended your panel in "The Conference on Innovations in Drug Treatment and Policy, CT and beyond." I was educated and fascinated. I invite you to return."  Professor Jody Sindelar, Yale University School of Public Health

Speakers

Speakers from all backgrounds are available by e-mailing info@conextions.org or by calling 201-417-1748. Our main speaker is Mary Barr.

Mary Barr Bio

EXPERTISE: 
Alternatives to incarceration esp. for women with children; Drug War issues; treatment and recovery from addictions (including in corrections settings).

LANGUAGES:
English, Spanish

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Women Arrested and Imprisoned in the U.S.  Chapter 3 of Prisons and Punishment:  Reconsidering Global Penality. 2008.  Available now at Amazon.com!

Project Prevention.  Hartford Courant.  November 16, 2007.

Inside-Out: Paying for Life.  Harvard Criminal Justice Institute and Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice Resource Articles (also on CD ROM). April, 2006.

A Peace Plan for the Drug War.  World Pulse Magazine.  December, 2005.

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY:
Combining her personal experience with statistical analysis, Ms. Barr's insights on addictions and related health and justice system issues have been featured in the United Nations, on Capitol Hill, and in media, conferences, and universities internationally. Since 1998 her innovative self-empowerment series has been featured in City, State and Federal correctional facilities, for which she is the only private citizen to receive the Medal of Honor from New York City Corrections STEP program. She was instrumental in the historic development of the first transitional program in the Former Soviet Union, where she engaged the cooperation of the Chairman of Prisons and several organizations in Odessa.  Ms. Barr traveled to Colombia, South America to research counter-narcotics issues and The Miami Herald published her findings.  She has been unanimously lauded by these groups as having given them a fresh perspective on crime and punishment.

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