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Confirmed speakers at the Deaths in Custody Conference include:
- Prof. Andrea Armstrong, Loyola (New Orleans) Law School, IncarcerationTransparency.org
- Prof. Jay Aronson, Carnegie Mellon Univ.; co-author of Death in Custody
- Carlos Ballesteros, Injustice Watch
- Dr. Sharen Barboza, Psychologist and court-appointed correctional mental health expert
- Laura Bischoff, Cincinnati Enquirer
- Clinique Chapman, Vera Institute's Restoring Promise Initiative
- Ethan Corey, The Appeal
- Kelly Davis, Freelance investigative reporter
- Prof. Michele Deitch, Prison and Jail Innovation Lab, University of Texas
- Prof. Sharon Dolovich, UCLA Behind Bars Data Project
- Nigel Duara, CalMatters
- Kate Eves OBE, former deaths investigator, British Prisons Ombudsman, and head of inquest
- David Fathi, ACLU National Prison Project
- Linda Franks, Fair Fight Initiative
- David Garlock, former hospice worker in Alabama prisons
- Alyssa Gordon, ACLU National Prison Project "Aging Behind Bars" initiative
- Krishnaveni Gundu, Texas Jail Project
- Brittany Hailer, The Marshall Project
- Jan Hamm, US Department of Justice Chief Inspector
- Esteban Hernandez, lived experience in Oklahoma prisons/Counselor
- Tom Innes, Director, Prison Policy & Advocacy Defender Association of Philadelphia
- Jimmy Jenkins, Arizona Republic
- Christin Johnson, Oversight Coordinator for the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission
- Dr. Sandhya Kajeepeta, LDF Thurgood Marshall Institute; researcher on public health and incarceration
- Prof. Terence Keel, UCLA BioCritical Studies Lab's In-Custody Deaths Project
- Sarah Knight, impacted family member
- Aaron Littman, UCLA School of Law
- Ilica Mahajan, The Marshall Project
- Jolie McCullough, Investigative reporter/ former PJIL researcher
- Lauren McGaughy, The Texas Newsroom (NPR)
- Margot Mendelson
- Dr. Roger Mitchell, former Chief Medical Examiner for Washington, DC, and co-author Death in Custody
- Mercedes Montagnes, Consultant, Brightflare LLC
- Eva Ruth Moravec, Texas Justice Initiative
- Paul Parker, former director, San Diego jail oversight body
- Andy Potter, One Voice United
- Katie Rose Quandt, Solitary Watch
- Jessica Sandoval, Unlock the Box Campaign
- Sumeet Sharma, Director, Correctional Association of New York
- Aviva Stahl, Freelance/The Guardian
- Dr. Marc Stern, Court Monitor, Arizona prison health care/ former Medical Director, Washington State prison system
- Hernandez Stroud, senior counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law
- Carrie Teegardin, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Dr. Homer Venters, former Medical Director, Rikers Island; author of Life and Death in Rikers Island
- Jennifer Vollen-Katz, Executive Director of the John Howard Association of Illinois
- Prof. Madalyn Wasilczuk, Incarceration Transparency-South Carolina
- Alycia Welch, Prison and Jail Innovation Lab, University of Texas
- Dean Williams, former Corrections Director for CO and AK