DATE: 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m., March 16, 2009.

EVENT: The Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy will hold a panel discussion on the “Rightsizing Michigan’s Prison Population: Policy-driven expansion & reduction in the era of mass incarceration.”

Current and former Corrections Department leaders will discuss changes in Michigan’s corrections policies and how they have affected the state’s prison population over time.

Panelists are Patricia L. Caruso, director of the Michigan Department of Corrections (2003-present) and Robert Brown, Jr., former director of the Michigan Department of Corrections (1984-1991). Dennis Schrantz, deputy director of the Michigan Department of Corrections Planning and Community Development Administration, will moderate.

The event is free and open to the public.

PLACE: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy’s Annenberg Auditorium, 1120 Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, 735 South State St. Central Campus map: http://www.umich.edu/news/Maps/ccamp.html

SPONSORS: The Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (http://closup.umich.edu/) and the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy (http://www.fordschool.umich.edu/)