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Official Press Release Rewriting the Sentence II Summit on Alternatives to Incarceration Official Press Release Rewriting the Sentence II Summit on Alternatives to Incarceration The Center for Justice and Human Dignity and Aleph Institute Convene Hundreds of Key Criminal Justice Stakeholders Nationwide for Rewriting the Sentence II 2023 Summit to Promote Alternatives to Incarceration Washington D. C. October 1617 2023 The Center for Justice and Human Dignity a nonprofit organization dedicated to safely reducing the use of incarceration and improving conditions for correctional staff and incarcerated individuals hosted the Rewriting the Sentence II Summit at the George Washington University Law School on October 16 and 17 2023. The Summit brought together hundreds of current and former judges prosecutors probation and pretrial officers individuals directly affected by incarceration and other key stakeholders in the criminal legal system to exchange ideas about effective alternatives to incarceration and to build sustained networks for their expansion throughout the country as well as discuss the culture change in the system away from harsh punitiveness and toward greater humanity and alternatives to incarceration.