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Doulas for Inmates in Labor

I am looking for information and resources for Doula programming for inmates in Michigan.

Posted to Women Offenders (Forum) by schuhmls on 10-05-2009
New Radio Shows: Employing Offenders, Women Offenders, Victim Rights

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...

Posted to General Topics (Forum) by Leonard Sipes on 06-30-2009
Reentry Research Continues To Report Out

The Urban Institute's Returning Home longitudinal study of prisoner reentry is continuing to produce reports of findings from its study. Three recently posted reports examine several aspects of reentry findings in Houston. Community Perspectives "explores prisoner reentry from the perspective...

Posted to Correctional Research Roundtable (Forum) by Eileen Conway on 06-17-2009
Re: Gender - specific policy & practice with women/female offenders

Hi there, In california We implemented a separate female property matrix as part of the Gender responsive startegies. it has worked well with having female property and not male based policy. we have instituted many programs that are gender specific and good things have come of it. most recently we will...

Posted to Women Offenders (Forum) by gonzalez on 05-07-2009
Re: New ideas

Oh boy Matt!!! managing Female inmates are more complex than male inmates ( i have worked with both) Currently I teach a 4 day Gender Responsive Class at my Female prison in California. Besides all the information regarding female offender pathways to criminality that is given, I also do common everyday...

Posted to Women Offenders (Forum) by gonzalez on 05-07-2009
New TV Program on GPS Supervision of Offenders--New Video on Reentry for Women Offenders—"DC Public Safety" at http://media.csosa.gov

New TV Program on GPS Supervision of Offenders--New Video on Reentry for Women Offenders—"DC Public Safety" at http://media.csosa.gov

Posted to General Topics (Forum) by Leonard Sipes on 02-04-2009
Safety of Women in Prisons and Jails

A recently posted report, funded by the National Institute of Justice, extensively examines violence and safety in correctional facilities for women. Gendered Violence and Safety: A Contextual Approach to Improving Security in Women's Facilities reports on survey findings, as well as focus groups...

Posted to Thinking About Corrections (Weblog) by Eileen Conway on 01-22-2009
Correctional Ministry Outreach

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...

Posted to General Topics (Forum) by kenneth.varney on 10-10-2008
Re: Inmate Manipulation

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...

Posted to Correctional Trainers (Forum) by kenneth.varney on 10-10-2008
"Women in Corrections" to Meet in Des Moines

The National Conference of Women Working in Corrections & Juvenile Justice will be meeting October 26-29, 2008 in Des Moines, Iowa. Twenty-nine workshops (under five major themes), plus an all day session on evidence -based practices and gender responsive research are included in the program. Read...

Posted to Thinking About Corrections (Weblog) by llinke on 10-08-2008

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