Corrections Community

Jun 30, 2009 – "DC Public Safety" offers television, radio, a blog and transcripts at http://media.csosa.gov.

The site obtains 135,000 requests per month.

"DC Public Safety" is the social media service of the federal Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency in Washington, D.C.

The host is Leonard Sipes. The producer is Timothy Barnes.

Employing Offenders--The show interviews Stefan LoBuglio, Chief of the Prerelease and Reentry Services Division for the Montgomery County Department of Corrections in Maryland and Anne Morrison Piehl, a Professor at Rutgers University who, in conjunction with the Manhattan Institute, published “Preparing Prisoners for Employment-the Power of Small Rewards.” The research indicates that 90 percent of offenders leaving the Montgomery County system were employed upon release.

The research is available at http://www.manhattan-institute.org/. The website for the Montgomery County Department of Corrections is www.montgomerycountymd.gov/cor.

Women Offenders--The show interviews Supervisory Community Supervision Officer Dr. Willa Butler and three female offenders currently under the supervision of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency in Washington, D.C. The offenders present anonymously. They discuss their crimes, drug addictions, children, histories of child abuse, relationships with men and their lives up to this point.

Crime Victims--The show addresses crime victim rights within the criminal justice system. Those interviewed include Will Marling, the Executive Director of the National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA) and Jennette Adkins, Administrator, Green County Prosecutors Office in Xeina, OH.

The web site for the National Organization for Victim Assistance is www.trynova.org. The phone number is 703-535-6682.

This is the first in a series of six radio shows with NOVA.

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