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. mmemeemnsene HEA Mate ce ca een 8 RNR MEE TITRE cece eeaceeed mavens ne Mite mess enema + ‘American — Friends ~ ~ Service PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM 1822 narneer 14.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20009 + 202-2 Committee, Inc TO: Members of Congress and Executive Branch Officials FROM: B. Tartt Bell and Harold E. Snyder SUWJECT: November Seminar #Pbd NOT FOR PUBLICATION You are cordially invited to the informal, off-the-record dinner-seminar described be] designed for a maximum of twenty Members. of Congress and Government Executives. Yous find enclosed a reply card, which should be returned at your earliest convenience, #8 Space will be at a premium. TIME: Tuesday, November 16, 1571; 6:15 sharp to 9:30 p.m. sharp PLACE: Davis House, 1822 R Street, N.W. CONSULTANTS : G. RICHARD BACON, Director, Pennsylvania Prison Society, and Editor, The Prison Journal EDWARD C, MORGENROTH, Chairman, AFSC Working Party on Criminal Justice, Certified Psychologist, State of California GEORGE E. SAWYER, Coordinator, Urban Studies Programs, Earlham College; lawyer CHAIRMAN: ROBERT F. DRINAN, M.C., Bouse Judiciary Committee PURPOSE: On November 17 the American Friends Service Committee will announce the | lication of STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE, - A Report on Crime and Punishment in Averica. It was prepared by a "working party" composed of both scholars in criminal j tice, and persons who have been on the receiving end of the system. The preface state "The question of crime, justice, and punishment has become a major public issue once a The working party concludes that reformist prescriptions for improving the system of c minal justice are bankrupt and that the system is a major failure. The seminar is to examine with the three working party members listed as consultants, the findings and r -mmendations of the book. We shall focus on the policy implications for the legislativ and executive branches. Your response to the book's “Epilogue: Action” will be espect waluable. ABOUT THE CONSULTANTS: G. Richard Bacon has worked for two state penitentiaries and 6 social work in the Philadelphia prisons. He is a member of th Governor' 8 Justice” Coumission. Baward C. Morgenroth is President Emeritus of Pacific Qaks Col: ~ and Children's School (Galif.) He is a member of the Vocational Development Committee Ex-Convicts, Golden West College. George E. Sawyer is a graduate of Howard University Law School rom 1966 to 1970 he was Executive Director of Legal Services Organization of Indianap and is a member of the Indiana bar. aHesmwnte /y)_// 3 PA — L 2/