Corrections Today articles from April 2008

Corrections Today archives from April 2008

Partnerships benefit corrections; ACA is also a partner with corrections. The education and training we offer provide staff with the tools necessary to be successful in their jobs.(American Correctional Association )(Editorial)
April 1, 2008... The poet John Donne once wrote, "No man is an island." This is true today for individuals as well as for organization. More can be accomplished by working in partnership than by working alone. In other words, adult and juvenile correctional...

Partnering for success: What we sometimes forget is that communities may not be aware of or accept the fact that they are key to enhancing public safety.(Commentary)
April 1, 2008... Call it what you will--collaboration, coalition, partnership. While you can debate its name, there is no question about its significance. Utilizing the assistance and cooperation of others for successful goal obtainment with measurable outcomes...

Profile.(Taser International Inc. )
April 1, 2008... Founded in 1993, TASER International has remained committed to protecting lives by providing innovative, high-quality products and services that exceed customer satisfaction. TASER International (Nasdaq: TASR) features proprietary technology...

Physicians (fp/gp/im) Federal Correctional Complex Florence, Colo: 40-hour work week in Colorado.(Job Bank)
April 1, 2008... The Federal Correctional Complex in Florence is comprised of four facilities. Medical staff provide care to 3,200 inmates from the minimum-, medium-, high-and administrative maximum-security facilities. Our health services units are JCAHO...

Director of Training and Development; The GEO Group Inc. Boca Raton, Fla.(Job Bank)
April 1, 2008... The GEO Group Inc. is a world leader in the delivery of correctional and detention management, medical and mental health rehabilitation services, and other diversified services to federal, state and local government agencies around the world....

Correctional officers: Prince George's County Department of Corrections Upper Marlboro, Md.(Job Bank)
April 1, 2008... Join our team of professional correctional officers at Prince George's County Department of Corrections. We are seeking career-minded applicants to become professional correctional officers in a state-of-the-art, new-generation,...

Superintendent: Eldora State Training School for Boys Eldora, lowa.(Job Bank)
April 1, 2008... The Iowa Department of Human Services is seeking to fill the position of institutional superintendent for the Eldora State Training School for Boys. This facility offers adjudicated delinquent males a variety of services, including counseling,...

Illinois meth program is nation's first.(News Briefs)(Turning Point )(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... A substance abuse treatment program designed specifically for metham-phetamine users at Southwestern Illinois Correctional Facility is one-of-a-kind, reported The Southern Illinoisan. Approximately 200 of the facility's 700 inmates are...

Inmates cannot sue for lost property.(News Briefs)(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... According to an article in The Washington Post, the Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that it is illegal for inmates to sue over lost property under the Federal Tort Claims Act. The federal statute does not allow lawsuits against the government for...

Brain injury survey to impact Wyoming DOC.(Department of Corrections )(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... More than 80 percent of Wyoming's inmates are likely to have suffered a brain injury reported The Associated Press. The Wyoming Brain Injury Association surveyed a sample of 200 offenders at the Wyoming State Penitentiary in Rawlins and the...

Corrections Calendar.(Calendar)
April 1, 2008... * New York Corrections and Youth Services Association, Region III Training Conference, May 2, Troy, N.Y. For more information, visit www.nycaysa.org. * American Jail Association, Annual Conference, May 4-8, Hyatt Regency Sacramento Hotel,...

Honor corrections' fallen heroes.(Correctional Officers/Employees Week )(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... A wreath-laying ceremony commemorating Correctional Officers/Employees Week will be held on Saturday, May 3, 2008, at 10 a.m. at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial at Judiciary Square (F Street, N.W., between 4th and 5th streets,...

University and sheriff's office create a model collaboration.(Correctional Health Perspectives)(University of Massachusetts School of Nursing, Hampshire County Sheriff's Office Jail and House of Correction)
April 1, 2008... The University of Massachusetts School of Nursing (UMA-SON) in Amherst and the staff and inmates at the Hampshire County Sheriff's Office Jail and House of Correction (HSO) in Northampton, Mass., have maintained a unique four-year...

Partnering with higher learning to provide better training and education.(Professional Development Update)
April 1, 2008... Partnerships are vital to the growth of the criminal justice system. Law enforcement, courts and corrections must work together to protect and serve society. One of the resources that has improved these partnerships is technology, which has...

In memoriam.(Obituary)
April 1, 2008... Oliver J. Keller Jr. ACA Past President Oliver J. Keller Jr., 84, passed away on Feb. 12 in Atlanta. A veteran of World War II and the Korean War, Keller's corrections career began in 1952 with the founding of Boys Farm in Springfield,...

ACA president and staff attend second chance act signing.(American Correctional Association)(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... President Bush signed the Second Chance Act (H.R. 1593) into law on Wednesday, April 9, at a ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C. Attorney General Michael Mukasey, Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, the bill's...

Cops and corrections: reentry collaborations for public safety.(CT FEATURE)
April 1, 2008... Ready or not, more than 650,000 people are expected to be released from state prisons this year, and approximately 9 million individuals will leave U.S. jails.(1) For those who work in a state correctional facility, odds are they will again see...

A critical component to successful prisoner reentry initiatives; Partnerships with local law enforcement and community agencies.
April 1, 2008... As correctional departments around the country expand upon their mission of public safety to incorporate a greater emphasis on reducing recidivism through successful prisoner reentry, partnerships with law enforcement agencies and community...

The C-crets of Collaboration.(CT FEATURE)
April 1, 2008... In the 1996 blockbuster Independence Day, Steven Hiller (Will Smith) and David Levinson (Jeff Goldblum) are able to save Earth from alien attack through a multination collaboration using Morse code. Similarly, with more than 7 million offenders...

The journey through collaboration.(CT FEATURE)
April 1, 2008... The National Network for Collaboration defines collaboration as "a process of participation through which people, groups and organizations work together to achieve desired results." Collaborating with community members is not unique to the...

Reciprocal forbearance: creating partnerships through community advisory boards.(CT FEATURE)
April 1, 2008... In its monograph on the broken windows model, the Reinventing Probation Council--a group formed by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research to discuss the state and future of probation--captured what the public wants from probation agencies:...

Putting the "community" in community corrections: partnerships that provide valuable assistance.(CT FEATURE)
April 1, 2008... During the past several decades, there have been various approaches employed to meet the needs of offenders in community corrections settings. As each new generation of criminal justice practitioners emerges from academia with ideologies in...

Reentry: partnership, mutuality and accountability.(CT Feature)
April 1, 2008... Reentry of released offenders is a fact--a statistic. It describes the return of more than 650,000 released offenders each year from state and federal institutions in the U.S. (1) Thousands more return from periods of incarceration in local...

Beyond buzzwords: making partnerships work for the benefit of youths.
April 1, 2008... Integration, collaboration, leverage, partnership, team--these are all words used to describe successful initiatives. It is true that anything can be accomplished with just a few dedicated and passionate individuals who are willing to tackle...

Maximizing offender learning opportunities through partnerships.
April 1, 2008... An increasing number of community colleges and other organizations are creating partnerships to provide the education and training that the economically and educationally disadvantaged need to succeed. Partnerships between community colleges,...

Utilizing community partnerships: the development of a community-based sex offender program.
April 1, 2008... In north central Iowa, a two-year-old program is now more effectively managing the growing sex offender population in the community. During the last two years, Iowa's 2nd Judicial District's dedicated Sex Offender Treatment Program (SOTP) staff...

ACA awards recognize exceptional commitment.(American Correctional Association )(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... Each year at the American Correctional Association's Winter Conference, four distinguished awards are presented to honor exemplary leadership and service as they recognize corrections' stars. The Exemplary Offender Program Award is...

2008 ACA election--candidates and voting instructions.(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... This year's slate of candidates was selected by ACA's Nominating Committee during its meeting on Oct. 29, 2007. Candidates was selected by ACA's Nominating Committee during its meeting on Oct. 29,2007. Candidates were chosen for...

Officers.
April 1, 2008... President-Elect Stanley Glanz Sheriff Tulsa County, Okla. Stanley Glanz was first elected sheriff in 1988 after spending 23 years at the Tulsa Police Department. Glanz received a bachelor's degree from the University of Tulsa...

Board of Governors.(2008 ACA Election)
April 1, 2008... At-Large Ethnic Minority (1 position) Raul S. Banasco Major Orange County Corrections Department Orlando, Fla. Maj. Raul S. Banasco, CPM, MPA, obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Iona College, a...

Commission on Accreditation for Corrections.(2008 ACA Election)
April 1, 2008... Correctional Health--Physician (1 position) Lannette Linthicum Director Health Services Division Texas Department of Criminal Justice Lannette Linthicum, M.D., CCHP-A, FACP, graduated from Smith College in Northampton,...

Delegate Assembly.(2008 ACA Election)
April 1, 2008... Correctional Administration--Adult (1 position) Bobby Lumpkin Deputy Director of Operations Monitoring Private Facility Contract Monitoring/Oversight Division Texas Department of Criminal Justice Bobby Lumpkin has been...

ACA entertains the Texas way.(American Correctional Association )(Conference notes)
April 1, 2008... Texas style took center stage this conference at the expansive Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center. From the exceptional hospitality to the Texas-themed carpet, the Gaylord made its state proud as the host of ACA's 2008 Winter...

The American Correctional association appreciates the commitment and dedication of the conference host committee. Its efforts made the 2008 winter conference a tremendous success.; Congratulations to the co-chairs and Host Committee members for a job well done!(HOST COMMITTEE)(List)
April 1, 2008... Bob Alford, sheriff, Johnson County Jail Ryan Ahern, vice president, Correctional Pharmacy Services. Maxor National Pharmacy Services Corp. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dee Anderson, sheriff, Belknap Facility Don Anderson, sheriff,...

Thank you new exhibitors we hope to see you in New Orleans!(Brief article)(List)
April 1, 2008... Adelante Enterprises, Inc. AGM Telecom Aleier, Inc Bayco Products Casa Playa, LLC Conplex, LLC Correctional Advisor's Group Draincable Direct Eclectic Products, Inc. Emerald Systems, Inc. FNH USA,...

The exhibit hall was the place to see and be seen.(American Correctional Association's 2008 Winter Conference)
April 1, 2008... More than 250 exhibitors set up shop for three days in the Gaylord's Convention Center for ACA's 2008 Winter Conference. Attendees were able to see product demonstrations and talk to company representatives about their products and services. An...

Ref. Davis encourages corrections professionals while calling for reforms.(Danny K. Davis)
April 1, 2008... At the General Session on Monday, Danny K. Davis, D-III., member of the U.S. House of Representatives, challenged attendees to believe in themselves and to "think high." He reminded them that faith is what ACA was founded upon. "Faith is what...

Political personalities debate the issues.(Bob Beckel and Cal Thomas )
April 1, 2008... All corny jokes and kidding aside, Bob Beckel and Cal Thomas had a serious message for General Session II lunch goers. The duo asked the audience to consider a political landscape in which bipartisanship stands as the norm rather than the...

ACA honors awardees.
April 1, 2008... At Monday's Opening Session, Morris Thigpen, chair of ACA's Awards Commtittee, announced the winners of two of ACA's most prestigious awards. He first presented the Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Award to Latoya Ivory Simmons, an...

Health care coalition meets to discuss challenges.(Coalition for Correctional Health Authorities )(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... The Coalition for Correctional Health Authorities (CCHA) met at the conference on Friday, Jan. 11, to discuss challenges new health authorities face when first entering the corrections field. The coalition was formed last year by ACA to bring...

A texas welcome for H-PLS member.(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... ACA held a special reception for Healthcare Professional Interest Section (H-PIS) members at the Gaylord's Lone Star Gazebo. H-PIS members were able to socialize with their colleagues and the ACA leadership in a festive western setting while...

Cline addresses mental health and substance abuse.(Terry Cline)
April 1, 2008... Terry Cline, Ph.D., administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) addressed ACA's Healthcare Professional Interest Section (H-PIS) members about the importance of prevention and treatment of mental and...

Grand prize giveaway.(Awards list)(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... You could sense the excitement encasing the stage of the exhibit hall at Tuesday morning's Grand Prize Give away. As the time grew closer to 11:45, attendees flanked the stage in anticipation. Executive Director James A. Gondles, Jr., took the...

Conference workshops address a variety of topics.(Workshop Coverage)
April 1, 2008... Georgia Does It Their Way For the past year and a half, the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice has been implementing a school-based supervision model that has led to great successes for students and the department. Robert Rosenbloom,...

Three policies approved for continuation.(Policies and Resolutions)
April 1, 2008... Editor's Note: The existing policies printed below were reviewed, amended and approved for continuation by the Delegate Assembly at the Winter Conference in Grapevine, Texas. There were no resolutions due for review. Public Correctional...

Study examines prisoners' reentry needs.(NIJ Update)
April 1, 2008... Authors' Note: Findings and conclusions reported in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. More than 97 percent of all U.S. prisoners are...

Partnerships facilitate criminal justice problem solving.(NIC Update)
April 1, 2008... Awealth of knowledge and experience regarding effective collaboration is available to the field as it seeks to solve criminal justice problems with collaborative policy teams. However, despite more than 25 years of research and experience,...

Character education in juvenile detention.(Juvenile Justice News)
April 1, 2008... In September 2001, Arizona became the first state in the country to use a character education program in its juvenile detention and correctional facilities. The Arizona Character Education Commission considered numerous character education...

REENTRY TODAY: Programs, Problems, and Solutions.(Book review)
April 1, 2008... REENTRY TODAY: Programs, Problems, and Solutions, edited and published by the American Correctional Association, Alexandria, Va., 2006, 229 pp. The reality is that more than 95 percent of all people put behind bars will be released to the...

Hate Crimes and Extremist Gangs.(Book review)
April 1, 2008... Hate Crimes and Extremist Gangs, by George Knox and Gregg Etter, Peotone, Ill., New Chicago School Press Inc., 2008, 363 pp. In looking at the totality of Hate Crimes and Extremist Gangs by Gregg Etter, Ed.D., and George Knox, Ph.D., I...

Welcome new members.(Membership News)(List)
April 1, 2008... ORGANIZATIONAL ALASKA -- Alaska Department of Corrections-Central Procurement Office ARIZONA -- Salt River Department of Corrections CONNECTICUT -- Community Partners in Action MARYLAND -- St. Mary's County Detention Center...