The hearing will examine how the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 is being implemented with respect to the District’s parole, supervised release, and revocation systems. We will seek to determine whether the changes made have been positive, and whether additional changes are warranted.
The following witnesses are slated to testify:
Panel I
Tyrone Brown, Previously Incarcerated, Hope Village Residential Reentry Center
Panel II
Paul Quander, Director, Court Services & Offender Supervision Agency
Chief Isaac Fulwood, Commissioner of the United States Parole Commission
Avis E. Buchanan, Director, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia
James Austin, Ph.D., President, The JFA Institute
Panel III
George Snyder, Warden, Rivers Correctional Institution
Panel IV
Rufus King, Chief Judge, D.C. Superior Court
Betty Ballester, President. D.C. Superior Court Trial Lawyers Association