~ Equal Justice Talks Newsletter ~
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A Newsletter for the Disability and Criminal Justice Communities
Series # 2
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Dear Colleagues and Friends: The Criminal Justice Advocacy Program of The Arc of New Jersey has created this newsletter to bring information to you when we are not able to conference and train in person, full of links, articles and information to help you work with people with I/DD. Our hope is that this newsletter can keep you apprised of many of the issues that we have worked on together and will continue to address as we go forward.
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Highlighted in this Issue:
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- Internet Restrictions on New Jersey’s Sex Offenders: A Changing Landscape By: Stephanie Lutz, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, Special Hearings Unit
- The Arc of Aurora, THINK+change - Vodcast & Podcast, Forensic Interviewing Victims with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- NAPSA, the National Adult Protective Services Association -Webinar on Assessing Consent to Sex for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- Equal Justice Talk - Podcast Series
- May 18, 2020 - Person Centered Planning in a Time of Crisis
- May 27, 2020 - Courtship in the Time of Coronavirus
- June 4, 2020 - Addressing the Needs of Youth and Young Adults Who Engage in Sexually Inappropriate Behavior
- Equal Justice Talks - Webinar Series #10
- Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST. - Police Use of Deadly Force as it Relates to People with Behavioral Health Issues
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Internet Restrictions on New Jersey’s Sex Offenders:
A Changing Landscape
By: Stephanie Lutz, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, Special Hearings Unit
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For more than a decade, most sexual offenders in New Jersey were prohibited from using social media for any reason. For example, chatting with adults on Facebook, networking on LinkedIn, and “tweeting” about politics were all forbidden. The rule applied even to individuals with no history of misusing the internet. Recently, however, New Jersey’s Appellate Division struck down the prohibition as unconstitutional under the First Amendment. Individuals who work with or care for sexual offenders in New Jersey should be aware of the new rules surrounding internet use. Most importantly, offenders who were punished for using social media should contact the Public Defender’s Office or a private attorney to determine if they are entitled to relief under the new law.
In New Jersey, most convictions for sexual offenses trigger a special supervisory sentence called Parole Supervision for Life, or “PSL”. Individuals sentenced prior to 2003 are subject to PSL’s predecessor, Community Supervision for Life or “CSL”. PSL is exactly what it sounds like: supervision by the Parole Board for the rest of your life. Under PSL, an individual is subject to a long list of supervision conditions designed to protect the public and foster rehabilitation. The conditions include mandatory “general conditions” and permissive “special conditions”. The general conditions apply to everyone on PSL. Examples include drug and alcohol testing and restrictions on out-of-state travel. Special conditions can be imposed in addition to the general conditions based on an individual’s specific needs. For example, mandatory substance abuse counseling for an individual with drug addiction.
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Forensic Interviewing Victims with
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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This quarter,
The Arc of Aurora's
Assistant Executive Director Hanni Raley interviewed
Scott Modell, Ph.D
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about forensic interviewing victims with intellectual and other developmental disabilities (I/DDs). Dr. Modell is a nationally-recognized expert in the areas of child abuse, crime victims with disabilities, and the application of safety science to human services' agencies. This 1-part podcast/vodcast training offered by
THINK+change
provides basic information about:
- How interviewing differs between children and adults with I/DDs
- Best practices for interviewing victims with I/DD
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Vodcast
Watch
the vodcast episode anywhere and anytime on a phone, tablet, or computer - even a smart TV.
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Podcast
Listen
to the podcast episode anywhere and anytime on a phone, tablet, or computer - even in the car or while working out.
Want to listen to the series?
Click here
and
scroll down the page.
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NAPSA
, National Adult Protective
Services Association
Webinar Recording:
Assessing Consent to Sex for People with I/DD
This webinar, recorded on 5/21/2020, entitled "
Assessing Consent to Sex for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities"
addressed
how to help determine capacity to consent to sex for vulnerable adults. Please click on the video box below to the direct link to this webinar or on the link below to the NAPSA website.
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This webinar is in collaboration with the Counseling Center of
West Los Angeles Disability and Abuse Project.
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Criminal Justice Advocacy Program
Equal Justice Talk - Podcasts
The Criminal Justice Advocacy Program of The Arc of New Jersey is pleased to bring you a new series of podcasts- The Equal Justice Talks Podcasts funded by the generous assistance of the New Jersey State Bar Foundation. Over the next several months, we will be posting podcast conversations with experts and professionals about a variety of topics, some related to the COVID-19 crisis and some about issues we need to continue discussing despite the current pandemic. We will be posting podcasts about social skills programming, healthy sexuality and many other interesting and pertinent topics. Please listen anytime.
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Criminal Justice Advocacy Program
Equal Justice Talk - Webinar Series # 10
This Equal Justice Talks webinar series runs from
September 2019 to June 2020
Please join us in our final webinar for this series being held on Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST entitled "Police Use of Deadly Force as it Relates to People with Behavioral Health Issues",
with guest speaker Professor Heather Cucolo, co-owner and partner, Mental Disability Law and Policy Associates.
Our next Equal Justice Talks webinar series
will begin in September 2020.
We hope to see everyone again this Fall!
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This program is made possible through funding by
the New Jersey State Bar Foundation
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