Transform youth detention facilities from places of confinement to centers of rehabilitation through the innovative Community Assessment Model. This workshop reveals how correctional professionals in the Americas have dramatically reduced violent incidents and solitary confinement, and improved youth outcomes by harnessing community expertise.
Discover how multidisciplinary teams - including mental health specialists, educators, families, and formerly incarcerated youth - provide powerful insights traditional compliance inspections miss. Through compelling case studies and testimonial videos, see how these diverse perspectives drive meaningful reform while helping facilities meet international standards like the Mandela Rules and Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The model's innovation lies in its sustainability: community stakeholders don't just identify problems - they become long-term partners in solution implementation, providing facilities with specialized knowledge and resources often unavailable internally. The custom technology platform streamlines assessments and utilizes data analysis tools to uncover systemic obstacles to reform.
Workshop participants will gain practical tools for identifying and engaging the right community partners, conducting effective assessments, and transforming findings into actionable improvement plans. Whether facing resource constraints, staff resistance, or implementation challenges, you'll leave with strategies to launch community-based assessment in your jurisdiction.
Join pioneering juvenile justice professionals who have used this approach to achieve what seemed impossible: facilities where youth feel genuinely prepared for successful community reintegration, and where international standards are put into practice.
Moderated by Kevin Wright, Co-chair, Research and Development Network, ICPA, United States
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Douglas Keillor
Executive Director, Juvenile Justice Advocates International, United States
Douglas Keillor is the founder and Executive Director of Juvenile Justice Advocates International, an international nonprofit organization working to promote the rights of youth in the juvenile justice system. Mr. Keillor works with justice sector agencies, such as the juvenile courts, police, prosecutors, public defenders and civil society, to identify the causes of the excessive use of juvenile detention. He works with local teams to implement best practices, prioritizing public security and juveniles´ human rights. JJAI’s primary projects are in Mexico, the United States, Puerto Rico, and Central America.
Mr. Keillor received a Masters in International Politics and a Juris Doctor from American University in Washington, DC. Mr. Keillor was a special assistant to the chairperson of the UN Committee Against Torture at the 2011 committee session in Geneva, Switzerland. In 2012 Mr. Keillor received a Fulbright Fellowship to study pretrial detention in Mexico. He was a contributor to the United Nations Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty, and has presented at international, regional and national conferences on youth justice around the world.
