Corrections Today articles from April 2000

Corrections Today archives from April 2000

Architecture -- Everyone Needs to be Involved.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... With the expansion of correctional capacity in recent years, the correctional field's attention has been focused on how to design, build and operate a large number of beds in the quickest and most efficient way possible. This has required those...

Challenges of the New Millennium: Optimal Facilities Design Through Objective Standards.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... With a growing inmate population of more than 1.5 million and the reality of ever-tightening budgets, there is no other choice but to harness the best available technology for building, renovating and operating detention and correctional...

Illinois Governor to Halt Executions.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Gov. George H. Ryan (R) recently decided to impose a moratorium on the death penalty in Illinois until it is determined why more death row inmates have been exonerated than executed since capital punishment was reinstated in 1977, reports The...

New Jersey's HIV Disclosure Rule.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... According to New Jersey's StarLedger, supervisors may be required to warn state correctional officers which of their inmates are HIV-positive or AIDS-infected. Under a bill that overcame its first legislative obstacle in late January, county...

Systems Will Trace Guns And Bullets.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... More than 230 crime labs and police departments soon will be able to trace guns and bullets the same way individuals are identified and tracked by fingerprints, according to USA Today. The FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms...

Small Decline Found in 1999 Murder Rates.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... According to a USA Today survey, murder rates have slightly declined recently in the nation's largest cities. Between 1998 and 1999, murders in 20 selected cities declined 2.7 percent, compared to a 13.5 percent decline between 1997 and 1998....

Elderly Less Likely to be Victims of Violent Crime.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... People 65 and older are less likely to be victims of violent crime than younger men and women, reports the National Crime Victimization Survey, a study published by the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics. From 1992 to 1997, there...

Making Big Strides In Little Time.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Looking back at his first day at Menard Correctional Center in Menard, Ill., Sgt. Charles Cadell remembers feeling a bit apprehensive when he first saw the facility. Finding its gothic-like structure and what was behind its walls somewhat...

Improving Opportunities for Women in Corrections.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Motivation, dedication and support are just a few things needed to form an organization. Luckily, these characteristics were present among the founders of the Association of Women Executives in Corrections (AWEC) in 1994 when they decided to...

ELECTION 2000: Candidates for 2000 ACA Elections.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... This year's slate of candidates was selected by ACA's Nominating Committee during its meeting Oct. 22-23, 1999. Candidates were chosen for the president-elect, vice president and treasurer positions, along with a full slate of nominees to the...

2000 Winter Conference Attendees Make Treatment Their Business.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Once again, the American Correctional Association (ACA) broke its Winter Conference attendance record. More than 4,000 corrections professionals from the United States and around the world gathered together in Phoenix for the 2000 Winter...

ACA and ACHSA Workshops Explore a Variety of Issues.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Attendees at the 2000 Winter Conference in Phoenix had the opportunity to attend a multitude of American Correctional Association (ACA) and American Correctional Health Services Association (ACHSA) workshops and seminars on various criminal...

Tony Orlando Speaks From Experience.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Good morning and a belated Happy New Year to you all. Thank you for that warm welcome. I want to welcome all of you here and I want to thank the American Correctional Association (ACA) for giving me the honor and the privilege of being the...

Barbara Bush Stresses Family and Literacy.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Greeted with a deluge of applause, former First Lady Barbara Bush addressed a full house at the 2000 Winter Conference Annual Luncheon. Although Bush humored the audience with a number of stories and observations, such as the fact that one in...

Brian Holloway Shows the Right Way.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... I was delighted to have the opportunity to be the breakfast speaker [here at ACA's Winter Conference]. I very expressly said to my representative, "I want to do that." I wanted to do it because I really connect with the commitment that each of...

Member Input Sought on New Policy.
April 1, 2000... Public Correctional Policy on Fiscal Responsibility for Correctional Legislation Introduction: The percentage growth of the correctional population of the United States during the last decade far exceeds the increase in the number of...

DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS.
April 1, 2000... FOR HEALTH CARE SPACE IN A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY Space -- how much there is, where it is located and how it is configured -- is vitally important to efficient and effective health care operations in any prison or jail. Health care staff...

Can't You Hear Me Knocking?
April 1, 2000... The ASTM APPROACH TO DETENTION SECURITY DOORS PERFORMANCE Doors within jails and prisons perform a crucial function as part of security barriers. Standards are needed to help assure that these doors are strong enough to withstand the rigors...

Design/Build: The Future of Contracting.
April 1, 2000... To design-bid-build or design/build? That is the question more and more correctional facilities are asking today. The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) decision to solicit for design/build as a construction delivery method for a new U.S....

Security Controls in Perspective: A Case Study of the St. Louis County Justice Center.
April 1, 2000... Technology affects us every day, both at home and at work. Today's detention and correctional facilities particularly dependent on appropriate security control systems to provide a secure, flexible, reliable and operationally efficient...

ADA: Proposed Final Regulations for Courthouses, Jails and Prisons.
April 1, 2000... The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) extends comprehensive civil rights protection to individuals with disabilities, including inmates. Title 11 of ADA, which became effective Jan. 26, 1992, prohibits discrimination on the basis of...

Facility Management IN CORRECTIONS.
April 1, 2000... Carefully organized facility design and construction programs too often give way to fragmented, poorly documented operations and maintenance programs. This is particularly true for correctional facilities, which experience continuous use under...

Prisons and Host Communities: DEBUNKING THE MYTHS AND BUILDING COMMUNITY RELATIONS.
April 1, 2000... Prisons are the fastest-growing public space in the nation. The dramatic increase in our nation's prison population and accompanying demand for new prisons has been consequential in several ways. Perhaps the most unexpected result is the extent...

Avoiding Trial by Fire: How Correctional Facilities Can Stay Safe.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... The ever-increasing adoption of the Uniform Building Code (UBC) Standard 7-2, (1997) "Fire Tests of Door Assemblies," will go a long way in preventing accidental institutional deaths. For many years, building code agencies in the United...

CUSTOMIZED TESTS FOR CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES: SAFETY THROUGH INNOVATIVE USE OF TEST STANDARDS.
April 1, 2000... It is a well-known fact that the construction of new detention/correctional facilities, as well as renovation of older existing facilities, is a multibillion dollar, fast-growing mega-industry in the United States. The work of The American...

The Quiet Resource.
April 1, 2000... Maintenance departments of these correctional facilities are "the quiet resource." Maintenance ensures that there is heat in the winter, that toilets are working, that there is hot water for showers and with the flip of a switch, the lights...

Comparing Public and Private Prison Costs: the ARIZONA method.
April 1, 2000... Finding a fair approach to compare the operation of public and private prisons is a daunting challenge. From a methodological viewpoint, such a comparison can easily become convoluted. Nevertheless, many state legislatures require comparisons...

Private Sector Involvement in Juvenile Justice.(Polling Data)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... The American Correctional Association (ACA), under a grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), conducted a survey in 1999 regarding private sector involvement in juvenile justice systems. Results of this...

NIC's Performance Measurement System.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... There may be some truth to the saying, "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." -- Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland. In preparation for the 21st century and beyond, the National Institute of Corrections...

Iowa's Living Laboratory.
April 1, 2000... At the heart of a unique effort by Iowa's Sixth Judicial District Department of Correctional Services lies an innovative way to unite research results and practitioner efforts in delivering effective correctional interventions in the community....

Officer Reaches the Inner Child From the Inner City.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... There aren't many opportunities these days for children to meet a police officer and develop a relationship with him or her over several months. The students in teacher Carlos Insignares' fourth-grade class at Miami's L'Ouverture Toussaint...

Variety With Few Trends.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Virtually all state legislatures are meeting in 2000. The sessions range from a few weeks to the entire year. In an effort to better determine state legislative trends, the American Correctional Association (ACA) has again surveyed both state...

CompuDyne Corp.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... CorrLogic, an institutional management software system, will be installed in five county facilities in the United States -- Wayne County (Detroit); Contra Costa County (Martinez, Calif.); Monroe County (Rochester, N.Y.); Shelby County (Memphis,...

Rotondo Precast Modular Group.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Rotondo Precast Modular Group recently announced it has been awarded three contracts to produce correctional cell modules and structure for security facilities in Kentucky, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. A 1,200-bed medium security facility in...

Intelli-Site Inc.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Last December, Intelli-Site Inc. announced an alliance with AATEL Communications Inc. through which they will offer Intelli-Site NT systems, a new systems-integration product, to correctional facilities, hospitals, government and large...

JUSTNET: Safe Harbor in an Internet Sea.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... The good news is that through the use of the Internet, information on any conceivable topic is just a few mouse clicks away. The bad news is that in a virtual tidal wave of available information, a Web surfer can easily go off course in an...

Sentencing and Corrections: Exploring Major Issues.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Corrections in America today is fragmented and fracturing. There is no longer a "standard approach." What seems at first glance to be a nearly monolithic set of tough-on-crime policies is really illusory. Some states have abolished parole, but...

Strategic Solutions: The International Community Corrections Association Examines Substance Abuse.(Review)
April 1, 2000... Strategic Solutions: The International Community Corrections Association Examines Substance Abuse, by Edward Latessa, Ph.D., American Correctional Association, 1999, 267 pp. Community corrections, probation and parole professionals, or any...

Profile.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Allvest Information Services Inc. is a software company focusing on tools for juvenile justice systems that enable probation professionals to objectively assess each youths in their system, and effectively track and manage behavior and...