the state. Under Judge Curry’s leadership, Hattiesburg Municipal Court has secured three grants, totaling nearly $1 million dollars, to support and grow its efforts, including a large grant to HBHC. The success of HBHC led to the development of other treatment courts, including the creation of a drug court and a domestic violence court, both housed in the municipal court system. Judge Curry recently worked with local community colleges to develop a community service program that will provide free GED programs and workforce development classes to participants, who can then be granted forgiveness of fines and court costs.  

justice involvement, and workforce development for clinicians working with this population. She also promotes the importance of including people with lived experience in care delivery and policymaking on forensic topics. As part of her work, Dr. Piel studies suicide among individuals with recent arrests and is forging new studies and education on ways criminal defense attorneys can be involved in reducing suicide risk among their clients. She also started a Women in Forensics Peer Mentorship Program to support women working in high-security settings as well as an ambassador program at the University of Washington that pairs psychiatry residents with prospective residents and other trainees, particularly people from historically under-represented groups.  

court judge for 19 years and consistently promotes an atmosphere of hope, recovery, and safety from shame and adversity through the active creation of a trauma-informed community. She has been a lecturer on subjects such as therapeutic justice, trauma-informed courts, and procedural justice. She is the president of the New York Association of Treatment Court Professionals and is a faculty member of the All Rise Treatment Court Institute. She is also the president of the recently established New York Women Judges Association, Inc. 

effective solutions. At the forefront of Dr. Kupers' contributions is his pioneering research illuminating the detrimental effects of solitary confinement on mental health and the terrible human damage caused by sexual abuse behind bars. He has testified as an expert witness in jail- and prison-related litigation, and he pioneered trauma-informed approaches to mental health care within correctional settings. Dr. Kupers is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and recipient of the Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). Among the five books he has authored are Prison Madness: The Mental Health Crisis Behind Bars, and Solitary: The Inside Story of Supermax Isolation.