Confinement and Care: The Ethics of Health Care Behind Bars

Event: The 2026 William C. Stubing Memorial Lecture, "Confinement & Care: The Ethics of Health Care Behind Bars"

Date: Monday, November 16, 2026

Time: Reception at 5:30 p.m.; Lecture at 6:30 p.m. (Eastern Time)

Venue: Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY

About this Event

Join The Greenwall Foundation for our 2026 William C. Stubing Memorial Lecture, Confinement & Care: The Ethics of Health Care Behind Bars.

Homer Venters, MD, former Chief Medical Officer for the New York City jail system, will discuss the ethical dimensions of health care in carceral settings, including jails, prisons, and immigration detention centers. Dr. Venters currently serves as a court-appointed monitor of correctional health and is the author of Life and Death in Rikers Island (2019). He will be joined in conversation by Keri Blakinger, an investigative reporter at ProPublica covering federal prisons and the death penalty.

The Greenwall Foundation will host this year’s William C. Stubing Memorial Lecture in person in New York City. The event will begin with a reception at 5:30 p.m. EST, followed by the moderated conversation beginning at 6:30 p.m. EST. An audience question-and-answer session will follow.

Register to attend the event in person by clicking the "Get Tickets" button. Registration is free and open to all, but in-person seating is limited.

Submit a question for the Q&A here: https://tinyurl.com/2026StubingLecture

For more information, please visit greenwall.org/events.