Friday, June 22, 2012 – Seaport World Trade Center, Boston

TEDxBoston Adventures

  • Lock-Up How can innovative education and health care keep people from returning to prison? Suffolk County Sheriff Executive Office, 20 Bradston Street, Boston

    Learn from the Suffolk County Sheriff herself how she is revolutionizing incarceration by providing intensive educational programs and health care to prepare inmates to lead accountable and responsible lives upon release. Ask Andrea J. Cabral, Esq., the first black American female sheriff in Massachusetts history, any questions that you might have about lock-up. Hear first-hand how Sheriff Cabral manages more than 1,000 corrections officers and other staff members and an average of 2,700 offenders each day.

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Recap

Suffolk County Sherriff Andrea Cabral led an intimate group in an “enlightening, inspiring” discussion about incarceration and rehabilitation. The guests were impressed by Cabral’s innovative vision for Suffolk County and her “brilliant, passionate, caring” attitude.