ICPA Conference in Mexico City

ICPA Executive Director Ed Wozniak addressed the crowd at the International Corrections and Prisons Association Conference held in Mexico City from October 28 to November 2, 2012. Matt Cate, secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, also spoke at the event.

ICPA is a nongovernmental organization in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. The 14th annual conference, held at the Hotel Intercontinental Presidente, focused on the challenges and experiences that the current international context presents to prisons and correctional institutions globally. The program was comprised of approximately 70 workshop sessions that attracted a significant number of the world’s leaders and experts in corrections from the public, voluntary and private sectors.