Corrections Community

Hello, I am a Korean university professor /researcher who have studied corrections, prisons and punishment. you all may be suprised when you see this post from the other side of pacific..... I desperately need your help for my work. I am now working on a paper about how american prisons...

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 topics...

I am an Interior Design Grad Student who is working on my fourth year thesis project -- a correctional ficility for young offenders. I am looking to get a broad over view of community based juvenile corrections facilities, the users (physical/emotional needs,how they think/act/feel/heal,etc), the design...

A few months ago our folks had to put something together like what you are doing here is what we came up with. Since suicide watch and hospital duty represent the greatest challenges for us, they were the primary topics: *consider employing Criminal Justice majors, interns, or mental health interns to...

Dr White IJust found yur message from last November. I wonder if you could share the information mentioned in your post? I work in a large county jail in the Mental Helath Departmet. thanks

Does anyone know if PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act) contains any provisions, requirements, or recommendations on Custody Officer staffing?

am currently a Unit Manager at the Federal Prison in McCreary County, KY. One of my collateral duties is that I am the Crisis Support Team Leader. Additionally, through the Kentucky Department of Public Health, I was recently trained as a Community Crisis Responder. I am also involved in suicide prevention...

Mental Health in Corrections Consortium, 17 th Annual Symposium, April 16, 17, and 18, 2007, Marriott Country Club Plaza, Kansas City, MO. “Offender Re-Entry and Reintegration: Best Practice Models for Reducing Recidivism, Part II”. Joel Dvoskin, PhD, University of Arizona, Keynote Speaker...

Dear Dr. Canning: I work in an ACA Accredited jail in Virginia. The ACA reference from the Standards for Adult Local Detention Faclities (3rd Edition) is 3-ALDF-3D-08. The 4th Edition refence is 4-ALDF-2A-52. It states: "All special management inmates are personnaly observed by a correctional officer...