Breaking Cycles Symposium: Re-envisioning a Health, Housing, & Corrections Continuum
October 10 & 11, 2023
@ YWCA Laniākea
1040 Richards Street Fuller Hall

We are gathering local and national subject matter experts and stakeholders together to share knowledge and explore new approaches to corrections, diversion, and reentry.

Day 01 - October 10, 2023

Oli
Jonathan Kamakawiwoʻole Osorio, Dean, UHM Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge
video recording

Welcome
Governor Josh Green
video recording

Opening Remarks
Tommy Johnson, Director, Department of Public Safety

8:30 AM

9:00 AM
Symposium Overview

“Breaking Cycles”
Cathi Ho Schar, Director, UHCDC
presentation slides | video recording

“Hawaiʻi Statutes”
Michael K. Livingston, Attorney, Correctional Reform Working Group
presentation slides | video recording

“A Snapshot of Hawaiʻi’s Correctional System”
Christin Johnson, Oversight Coordinator, Hawaiʻi Correctional System Oversight Commission
presentation slides | video recording

Perceived Barriers and Solutions
Tommy Johnson, Director, Department of Public Safety
Corey Reincke, Parole Officer, Hawaiʻi Paroling Authority
Ronald Ibarra, Judge, Hawaiʻi Correctional System Oversight Commission
Moderated by: Christin Johnson, Coordinator, Hawaiʻi Correctional System Oversight Commission

9:30 AM

Changing Correctional Culture - A Public Health Approach
Kelsey Engstrom, Program Manager, Amend at University of California San Francisco
Tom Eberhardt, Senior Adviser, Norwegian Correctional Services
Jeffrey Herrmann, Sergeant, Tri-Cities Reentry Center

10:30 AM

Lunch

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

1:00 PM
Designing for Health and Rehabilitation

“Engagement and Alternatives”
Cathi Ho Schar, Director, UHCDC
video recording

“Pilinaha”
Puni Jackson, Program Director, Hoʻoulu ʻĀina
video recording

“Jail Design is System Design”
Robert (Bob) Merce, Chair, Correctional Reform Working Group
presentation slides | video recording

“Sequential Intercept Model Workshop Share-out”
Heather Lusk, Executive Director, Hawaiʻi, Health, and Harm Reduction Center
video recording

Changing the System
Robert Mark Browning, Judge, Oʻahu First Circuit Court
Jonathan Kamakawiwoʻole Osorio, Dean, UHM Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge
Sonny Ganaden, House of Representatives, House District 30
Moderated by: Aviam Soifer, Past Dean and Professor, William S. Richardson School of Law

2:30 PM

Day 02 - October 11, 2023

Welcome Back + Overview
Mark E. Recktenwald, Chief Justice, Hawaiʻi Supreme Court
video recording

8:30 AM

Diversion - Alternatives to Jail
Dr. Michael Champion, Governor’s Senior Advisor for Mental Health and the Justice System
video recording

Shoshanna Scholar, Director of Harm Reduction, Los Angeles Office of Diversion and Reentry
presentation slides | video recording

Mike Lambert, Major, Honolulu Police Department
Rebecca Like, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, County of Kauaʻi
Laura E. Thielen, Executive Director, Partners in Care
Ashley Shearer, Director of Care Coordination, Utilization Management, & Clinical Documentation Integrity, Queen’s Care Coalition
Tia Hartsock, Director, Office of Wellness and Resilience
video recording

9:00 AM

Reentry Panel
Troy Vaughn, Executive Director and Chair, LARRP
presentation slides | video recording

Jamee Miller, Co-founder and Director, ʻEkolu Mea Nui
Les Estrella, Chief Executive Officer, Going Home Hawaiʻi
James Koshiba, Governor’s Coordinator on Homelessness, Office of the Governor
Monica Lortz, Correctional Supervisor, Department of Public Safety
Troy Vaughn, Executive Director and Chair, LARRP
Shoshanna Scholar, Director Harm Reduction Division, LA Office of Diversion and Reentry
video recording

10:30 AM

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch

1:00 PM
Whole System Workshop

“Call to Action”
Dr. Michael Champion, Governor’s Senior Advisor for Mental Health and the Justice System, Office of the Governor

Attendees will be asked to contribute to table group discussions focused on diversion and prevention, correctional culture, reentry, and jail design. These discussions will solicit additional ideas and solutions from participants and aim at the prioritization of departmental and legislative actions for the upcoming year. Action items will be shared-out at the end of the workshop. All feedback will be synthesized as part of UHCDC’s report-out to the community and in a final report submitted to PSD.

3:00 PM
Closing Panel

Linda Lingle, former Governor, Co-chair Women’s Prison Project
video recording

Michael Champion, Office of the Governor
Troy Vaughn, LARRP
Tom Eberhardt, Amend/Norwegian Correctional Services
Tommy Johnson, Department of Public Safety

This Fall 2023 Symposium was supported by: The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR), Hawaiʻi Correctional System Oversight Commission, Correctional Reform Working Group, YWCA Oʻahu, UH Mānoa School of Architecture/UH Community Design Center (UHCDC), Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge, Thompson School of Social Work and Public Health, Department of Urban & Regional Planning, Matsunaga Peace Institute, William S. Richardson School of Law, and the Governor’s Office.