Kevin Boyd, writing for Rare, covered Stand Together Trust’s criminal justice reform summit Advancing Justice. Boyd focused on one panel in particular, “Striking the Balance: Sentencing and Public Safety in America,” which featured Stephen Walker, the director of government relations for the California Correctional Peace Officers Association. As Boyd writes:
“Walker, who himself is a former corrections officer, also explained that reducing the prison population would improve the working conditions of his officers … Walker said the union had another reason to support criminal justice reform: to ensure that its officers had the proper training to fulfill their missions of incarceration and rehabilitation. He suggested that prisoners be given a risk assessment when they enter custody and that it be updated while the prisoner serves his sentence to determine future conditions.”