Corrections Today articles

Recent articles from Corrections Today

Professional Development: taking responsibility for your own career.(Guest Editorial)(Essay)
April 1, 2009... In the August 2006 Corrections Today Professional Development Update column I asked the question, "What would happen if you lost 25 percent of your agency's leaders?" At that time, we were watching our baby boomer staff march out the front door for retirement, to relaunch themselves in a new...

Professional development: the key to retention.(Commentary)
April 1, 2009... Employee turnover within the field of corrections continues to be one of the major challenges faced by correctional administrators. One viable strategy for promoting staff retention is to maintain an ongoing culture of professional development that spans the course of each staff member's...

Cities reconsider job application questions.(News Briefs)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... In recent years, cities have begun to eliminate job application questions that ask applicants whether they have been convicted of a crime, reported The Associated Press. These "ban the box" ordinances aim to help ex-offenders find work so they are less likely to commit new crimes. The measure...

Talk of prison closures worry small towns.(News Briefs)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Across the country, declining state budgets have sparked conversations about closing prisons, reported The Washington Post. These conversations are especially contentious in smaller, rural towns, where prisons often make up a large part of the economic base. New York Gov. David A. Paterson...

Louisiana tries program to cut recidivism.(News Briefs)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... With more than 50 percent of inmates back behind bars within five years of release, Louisiana has the second-highest per capita recidivism rate in the country. To remedy this, Gov. Bobby Jindal, Corrections Secretary Jimmy LeBlanc and sheriffs from throughout the state have designed a...