8:45am-opening remarks
9:00am-10:30am - Keynote
Building (IN) Justice
Dr. RaShall Brackney will explore the complex relationship between justice and architecture, highlighting the necessity of creating spaces and structures that minimize harm. She will examine how well-designed environments can promote inclusivity, equity, and fairness for all users. The discussion will include the integration of procedural justice principles into architectural design as a mechanism for social change, aiming to develop structures that reflect and uphold the principles of a just society.
Speaker:
RaShall M Brackney, Ph.D.
Distinguished Visiting Professor, George Mason University
Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellow, Harvard University (2024)
Chief of Police (former), Charlottesville, VA.
Chief of Police (former), George Washington University
Commander (retired), Pittsburgh Bureau of Police
Host: "Black Arm of the Law" Podcast
10:30-10:45am
Break
10:45-11:45am
Planning For The 10 Percent That Doesn't Leave Corrections
90%-95% of the correctional (prison) population will return to their communities while 5%-10% remain incarcerated. We will examine the remaining 10% within the justice system, why they are in custody long-term, and clarify the classification and psychology of this individual. An overview of Policy Research Associates' (PRA) Sequential Intercept Model (SIM) will analyze how people are intercepted into the justice system and ways to deflect, divert, detain individuals. Evidence-based, best practice design principles regarding operations, staffing, the built environment, and overall wellness for inmates, patients, and staff will be shared
Speakers:
Rosalie Howell, Assoc AIA
Design Professional II | Justice Designer
Dewberry Architects, Inc
Brooke Martin, AIA, NCARB, CCHP, LEED Green Associate
Senior Associate | Project Manager | Licensed Architect & Planner | Justice & Secure Healthcare SME
Dewberry Architects, Inc
11:45am-1:15pm
Vendor lunch
1:15-2:15pm
Implementation of AI within behavioral health and justice facilities
The introduction of artificial intelligence into courthouses and behavioral health facilities can revolutionize how surveillance is utilized. Through the lens of a behavioral health facility case study, we will examine the implications of design and engineering for AI in order to reduce security threats, enhance personnel and occupant safety, and maximize employee efficiency through the implementation of AI-powered video surveillance. In justice and rehabilitative facilities where public trust and safety is paramount, advanced design and engineering systems can reduce threats, dangers, and lawsuits.
Speakers:
Michael Comer
Vice President
JE Dunn Construction
Michael Goslinga, AIA
Partner
Hoefer Welker
Jace Henry
Regional Sales Manager, Strategic Accounts
Ambient AI
Chris Nelson, PE
Principal
R&N Security
2:15-3:15pm
Nashville Youth Campus for Empowerment in Nashville, Tennessee
The Nashville Youth Campus for Empowerment (NYCE) recasts justice architecture as a source of healing within a community. By consolidating courts, youth pretrial facilities, housing, a respite center, and family services into a single, integrated site, NYCE embodies a commitment to trauma-informed living, working, and judicial environments. Both the normative design of the facility and its co-location of services streamline access to vital resources and foster a community-centered approach that addresses the root causes of justice involvement. All in all, NYCE serves as a model for how architecture can transform the justice system into a source of support, empowerment, and equity.
Speakers:
Judge Sheila D.J. Calloway
Juvenile Court of Metropolitan Nashville & Davidson County
Todd Orr, AIA
Principal and Senior Architect
DLR Group
José M. Jordan, RID, IIDA
Principal and Interiors Leader
DLR Group
Julieanna Huddle
Executive Director
CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) Nashville
3:15-3:30pm Break
3:30-4:30pm
Incorporating access to justice principles in the planning and design of modern courthouses
Learn how access to justice and trauma informed planning and design principles can be incorporated to create modern, user-friendly courthouses that foster equity and inclusion in the justice system. Many states across the country are replacing aging courts and justice infrastructure with safer, more technologically connected, and more efficient buildings to support the justice system. At the same time, the needs of the user seeking justice and fair and equitable treatment must be considered. As public forums for legal proceedings, courthouses have a duty to balance the needs of all parties. Learn how architects incorporate access to justice principles in the planning and design of modern courthouses and how the Commonwealth of MA is providing leadership in this effort.
Speaker:
Ryan Critchfield
Associate Principal
Treanor
4:30-5:00pm
Wrap-up/update on initiatives
Learning units
Attendees can earn 6.00 LUs/HSW for attending the whole day