Corrections Community

I am a cognitive behavioral program specialist working for the Michigan Department of Corrections. The best way I know of to diminish manipulation by offenders is to learn about criminal thinking. There is a book called "Inside the Criminal Mind", by Stanton Samenow that gives an outstanding...

Hello, I am an ex correction officer from Georgia and MIchigan. My pastor has put me in charge of forming our correctional outreach ministry. We are in the infant stages of forming the ministry and I am looking for training material to train our future volunteers on inmate manipulation and similiar...

In the Jail I work in there seems to be a need for more extensive training for civilian detention officers. The Deputies have gone to the Academy and some have military training. Some of the civilian officers are so young and don't exude much confidence. My understanding is that they get 7 hours...

The Indiana Department of Correction is honored to host the 2008 National Mental Health Conference titled, “Unlock the Mystery: Managing Mental Health from Corrections to Community.” The conference will be held June 23-25, 2008 in Indianapolis, Indiana at the Adam’s Mark Hotel at the Indianapolis Airport...

Hi, I'm working on a project that involves evalauting training. I'm interested in your responses to: What types of evaluation do you do? Is any of it designed to directly measure the impact on the job (once they get back)? Are you doing any ROI (return on investment) analysis? What are you doing...

The 68th Annual New England Council on Crime and Delinquency, Training Institute is taking place on September 23rd through 26th, 2007 at the Red Jacket Resort in North Conway, New Hampshire. It is entitled "What's New: Technology for Corrections, Law Enforcement and Community Supervision"...