What is the Corrections Community?
This web site is a tool that allows correction professionals to communicate and work together online. The corrections environment can often be a very closed and strict environment and the Corrections Community offer a place for you to reach out for advice, share your knowlege, and network with your peers.
How do I get started?
This web site works through the, "Have a penny, leave a penny. Need a penny, take a penny," philosophy, but relax. We don't keep track. We want you to get as much information as you can find but, also consider giving a little back in the way of answering people's questions. It's not required but, it helps build this Community web site into a valuable resource for thousands of corrections professionals. It also helps you build an online reputation for yourself and you will get a warm fuzzy feeling after you help someone out.
What's New
The National Institute of Corrections released a solicitation to fund production of four satellite/internet broadcasts and three DVDs. The full solicitation is attached to this blog and will soon be posted to www.grants.gov . The service will be provided...
The National Institute of Corrections Prisons Division has released a solicitation to develop a curriculum to train upper-level management of individual state correctional and prison systems. Through a 12-month cooperative agreement, the developers would...
www.nascio.org writes "States are proven leaders in the green movement. In the face of tightening budgets that demand a departure from business as usual, states are demonstrating leadership through an array of green initiatives. State governments...
The National Institute of Corrections will partner with the Academy for Educational Development located in Washington, DC. The Academy will subcontract with John Jay College of Criminal Justice's Prisoner Reentry Institute, RicciGreene Associates...
"Neurological Manifestations of HIV Infection," the 34th program in the ongoing series designed to provide corrections professionals with strategies to manage HIV/AIDS in the corrections environment, will be broadcast on October 14, 2009, 12...
The National Institute of Corrections if offering Administering the Small and Medium-Sized Jail as a co-sponsored training with the Kansas Jail Association. It will be held November 16-20, 2009 at the Kansas Highway Patrol Training Center in Salina, Kansas...
On October 1, 2009, the National Youth Gang Center will merge with the National Gang Center . This merger is a collaborative effort between the Office of Justice Programs' (OJP) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and the Office of Juvenile Justice...
Read the Correctional Newsfront: Pennslyvania Department of Corrections article " Composting...it's a daily grind ." The article discusses recycling efforts (which uses inmate workers) and composting initiatives in several of PA's correctional...
The National Institute of Corrections has selected Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming to participate in the next phase of the Transition from Prison to Community (TPC) Initiative. The TPC Model is a comprehensive systems approach...
The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) reports violent and property crime rates in 2008 were at or near their lowest levels in over three decades. Violent crimes are categorized as rape, sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple...
This article , published in the June 2009 edition of Correction's Today , discusses the development of a green facility for juveniles. The facility was designed to save 7 million gallons of water annually and reduce energy consumption, in addition...
As practitioners and policymakers seek ways to improve correctional practice and to keep released offenders from recidivating, many are looking at ways to improve reentry success. Education and employment certainly form components of interest, and a newly...
The use of risk assessment instruments to measure the probability of individuals under community supervision re-offending is standard operational procedure (SOP) for probation and parole agencies across the country. Across the different generations of...
The report, Conducted Energy Devices: Use in a Custodial Setting , is a collaborative study by the Police Executive Research Forum, National Sheriffs' Association, and the Bureau of Justice Assistance. As part of this paper, the National Sheriffs'...
The National Institute of Corrections has published Inmate Behavior Management: The Key to a Safe and Secure Jail by Virginia Hutchinson, Kristin Keller, and Thomas Reid, Ph.D. The six elements of the inmate behavior management plan are: Assessing Risk...