Women in Prison Committee

About the Committee

The Women in Prison committee disseminates information, makes recommendations and develops new initiatives relating to NAWJ programs to improve the lives of women inmates and/or ex-offenders, and their relationship with their children.

Committee Chairs

Hon. Judith Wheat, Arlington Circuit Court

Members

Hon. Dania Ayoubi, Maryland Office of Administrative Hearings
Hon. Stacie Beckerman, U.S. District Court
Hon. Susan Criss, Criss & Rousseau Law Firm LLP
Commissioner Deborah Cumba, San Diego Superior Court
Hon. Beverly Cutler, Alaska Court System, 3rd Judicial District
Hon. Yadhira Gonzalez-Taylor, Bronx Civil Court
Hon. Ernestine Gray, Orleans Parish Juvenile Court, Retired
Hon. Sylvia Hanna, Tulare County Superior Court
Hon. Sandra Jenkins, Louisiana Court of Appeal, Fourth District
Hon. Danielle Jose-Decker, Sullivan County Court
Hon. Nghana Lewis, 40th Judicial District Court, Division B
Hon. Shayla Marshall, Kansas City Municipal Court
Hon. Brenda Murray, Retired
Hon. Beverly Nash, D.C. Office of Administrative Hearings
Hon. Catherine Nugent Panepinto, Supreme Court of New York
Hon. Marian Perkins, Circuit Court of Cook County
Hon. Cathy Serrette, Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, Maryland
Hon. Julia Weatherly, Circuit Court of Prince George’s County, Maryland
Hon. Renee Worke, Minnesota Court of Appeals, St. Paul

Getting Involved

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