Deputy Director
U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Ruby Qazilbash is the Deputy Director for Policy at the Bureau of Justice Assistance where she leads an office of criminal justice experts responsible for developing and implementing programs totaling over $1.4 billion annually that meet the challenges facing today’s criminal justice systems, leaders, and practitioners. During her previous 12 years at BJA, Ruby directed policy and programs to support the criminal justice field to develop community-based alternatives for people with substance use and mental health disorders, and to improve programming, conditions of confinement, and sexual safety in the nation’s jails and prisons. Under her leadership, Ruby and her team implemented the Prison Rape Elimination Act and the Second Chance Act. She helped fund, launch, and sustain the Stepping Up Initiative to reduce the prevalence of people with serious mental illness in the nation’s jails. Ruby also oversaw the Justice Reinvestment Initiative which uses data to identify and address drivers of crime and state corrections costs, shifting state resources to more effective uses of criminal justice dollars to produce even more public safety.
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Implementing a Crisis Response and Intervention Program
Sunday, October 15, 2023
8:00 AM – 9:15 AM PST
Law Enforcement Coordination with Community Violence Intervention Programs in the Real World
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM PST
