How Well Intended Systems Steal Hope and How to Change
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SESSION INFO

Monday, January 30, 2023
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Session Type: Workshop
The workshop will illustrate through personal experience the traumas inflicted upon young people through exposure and the subsequent failures of those systems. The progression of our justice impacted citizens from early childhood trauma in the child welfare system, to the various methodologies to remove children from the learning environment and further label the child to the numerous touch points in juvenile justice that all encourage further system involvement. The workshop will start with my personal experiences having been raised in the system since I was two days old, examine the failures of those systems and how they systematically removed hope and how a system can be hope and growth driven and how to manage that cultural change within an organization.

SESSION PRESENTERS
John "Jack" Martin
Client Executive, Clark County Juvenile Justice Services


Director Jack Martin of the Clark County Department of Juvenile Justice Services has served over three decades in law enforcement, both in the adult and juvenile arenas. Mr. Martin began his career in California before transitioning to both Arizona and Hawaii as a subject matter expert to assist those State’s successfully rebuild their troubled correctional systems due to Federal oversight matters regarding health and safety of the residents. Mr. Martin moved to Nevada in 2009 as the Chief of the Youth Parole Bureau and transferred to Clark County in 2011, where he accepted the position of Assistant Director and then promoted in 2013 to the position of Director. Mr. Martin earned his degrees in Criminal Justice Administration and Communications, his Master’s in Public Policy, is a national speaker for operational issues surrounding cultural change and leadership coaching and development within law enforcement and government agencies. Mr. Martin is an expert in designing and teaching evidence based curriculum, and turning around troubled departments. Mr. Martin was lucky enough to find his sweetheart early in life and is blessed to be raising his children with his best friend.