Corrections Today articles from August 2000

Corrections Today archives from August 2000

Standards and Accreditation: A Collaborative Effort.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... How can you assess a facility's strengths and weaknesses, identify attainable goals, implement state-of-the-art policies and procedures, establish a "good faith effort" in the defense of frivolous lawsuits, increase community support and...

Our Commitment to Accreditation.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... What is commitment? Commitment is a pledge to willingly and enthusiastically accept an obligation. Anyone familiar with the American Correctional Association (ACA) and its goals knows that its commitment to the accreditation process is strong....

Profile.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Global Tel*Link was founded in 1988 in Mobile, Ala., to provide pay telephones to the general public. Global Tel*Link spent its first year researching and developing a "smart" store-and-forward telephone that would out-compete other public pay...

Iowa Firm to Hire 160 Inmates.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... According to The Des Moines Register, a Southwest Iowa trailer manufacturing firm recently disclosed plans for the largest effort by an Iowa business to hire inmate labor. H&H Trailer Co. of Braddyville plans to open a factory next month at the...

Crime Rate Drops in Washington State.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... According to an Associated Press report in the Seattle Times, Washington's crime rate dropped significantly last year, including a 22 percent decline in the murder rate, the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs recently...

Parole-Centered Counseling: Motivating Inmates by Addressing Their Primary Concerns.
August 1, 2000... In a perfect world, a relationship between therapy and parole eligibility merit systems would not exist. Parole-Centered Counseling (PCC) is a set of motivational and behavioral techniques that provides the necessary separation between therapy...

Paving a Path of Excellence And Commitment.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... During the past 11 years, William Harris has dedicated his time, knowledge, skills and talents to the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (DOC). Harris has been a correctional program officer at Massachusetts Correctional Institution...

The Ohio Correctional and Court Services Association: Providing Opportunities for Ohio's Criminal Justice System.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... For the past 72 years, corrections professionals throughout Ohio have been able to share and exchange ideas and ad-vance their careers thanks to the Ohio Correctional and Court Services Association (OCCSA). The association originated in 1928...

STANDARDS: What Good Are They, Anyway?
August 1, 2000... The day has finally come. The past six months have seen countless hours of reviewing files and procedures, days and weeks have been spent making sure that the proper documentation is in place and there have been countless sleepless nights...

Goal-Setting and Accreditation: Reaping the Benefits.
August 1, 2000... Agencies that have been under federal supervision for extended periods of time sometimes doubt their ability to manage themselves without it. This article is about such an agency, and how accreditation brought it where it is today. It is aimed...

THE ROLE OF THE ACA AUDITOR: The Eyes and Ears of Accreditation.
August 1, 2000... No matter how well-prepared an agency might be for an accreditation audit, there is one variable over which they have no control - the auditors. It is the unknown that keeps agency administrators and accreditation managers awake at night and on...

ACA Correctional Health Care Standards - Looking Forward.
August 1, 2000... Health care delivery has experienced unprecedented change during the past decade Advances in medical technology, new generations of pharmaceuticals and a shift toward preventive measures and managed care are among several key areas of change...

DISCOVERING THE NEW WORLD of accreditation standards.
August 1, 2000... In October 1999, the Salvation Army Community Correctional Center in Chicago became the first field test site for the American Correctional Association's (ACA's) fourth edition of Performance-Based Standards for Adult Community Residential...

INSTANT CAMA Connecting Accreditation Managers.(Correctional Accreditation Managers' Association)
August 1, 2000... The Correctional Accreditation Managers' Association (CAMA), established in 1988, is a national organization representing professionals in adult corrections, juvenile justice, law enforcement and all related areas of the criminal justice...

Jails and Standards and Accreditation: An Emerging Partnership.
August 1, 2000... The history of standards and accreditation for corrections is replete with examples of partnerships. These early and continuing collaborative efforts are largely responsible for the current success the industry is experiencing in this area. In...

STANDARDS FOR PHYSICAL PLANTS: When Correct is Not Right.
August 1, 2000... Helen Gamble is very watchable. She is exceptionally bright, strikingly attractive, extremely competitive and well-respected as the lead district attorney in a major metropolitan area. Gamble is indeed, watchable. She also is one of these...

Performance-Based Standards For Juvenile Facilities: The Wave of the Future.
August 1, 2000... In 1995, when the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) announced it was making funding available to develop performance-based standards for juvenile correctional and detention facilities, it was expected that the...

THE COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION FOR CORRECTIONS: Raising the Bar of Excellence.
August 1, 2000... I have had the honor and pleasure of being on the Commission on Accreditation for Corrections (CAC) for the past six years. As director of the Johnson County, Kan., Department of Corrections, I understand the importance of the accreditation...

A Century's Legacy: Five Critical Developments in the Evolution of American Prisons, 1900-2000.
August 1, 2000... It was the beginning of the 20th century and leading corrections officials exhibited an almost self-congratulatory mood. "The period of barbarous treatment of prisoners... is passed and a new era has dawned upon us," said Rev. William...

ACA's 130th Anniversary: Past Success and Future Goals.
August 1, 2000... The American Correctional Association's (ACA's) first president, Rutherford B. Hayes, never would have imagined being able to take a professional development course online, visit an electronic poster session at a conference, vote in an ACA...

Maryland Divison of Correction's K-9 Unit Wins National Championship.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... The United States Police K-9 Association held its "2000 National Detector Dog Trials" in Johnson City, Tenn., April 15-20. The Maryland Division of Correction (DOG) sent the following officers and their dogs to participate: * Division of...

Youth Education in the Juvenile Justice System.
August 1, 2000... When it comes to the education of youths under the care of the juvenile justice system, you had better set your camera on panoramic if you want to get the full picture. In large measure, youths' placements (into either state-operated, locally...

Where Has All the Legislation Gone?(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... A Commentary on the Process When we went through civics or American government class in high school, we learned that Article 1, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution states: "All Legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress...

Probation-Police Partnerships in Britain.
August 1, 2000... The British government established targets for the reduction of crime and through initiatives including the Crime and Disorder Act of 1998 and a nearly $500 million budget for crime reduction programs is encouraging local municipalities and...

Into the Millennium With Comprehensive Objective Prison Classification Systems.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... The current generation of objective prison classification systems must be capable of more than risk assessment. Systems must be able to identify the needs of a diverse population with changing characteristics to provide appropriate programs,...

RNL Design.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... RNL Design recently welcomed a number of new employees to its multioffice firm. The new employees in Denver are: Jesse Adkins, Institutional; Gregg Allen, Corporate; Bryan Aumiller, Transportation; Brad Burns, Corporate Architecture; Jim...

HDR Architecture.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... HDR Architecture recently announced that Richard R. Bell, chair and CEO of HDR Inc., disclosed a leadership transition for HDR Architecture Inc., one of HDR's operating companies. Robert D. Cavigli was promoted to president of HDR Architecture...

Use of Force: Current Practice and Policy.(Review)
August 1, 2000... Use of Force: Current Practice and Policy, by Craig Hemmens, J.D., Ph.D. and Eugene Atherton, American Correctional Association (ACA) 1999, 273 pp. Use of Force: Current Practice and Policy is a collaborative effort between Dr. Craig...

NIJ Sets Standards With Office Of Law Enforcement Standards.
August 1, 2000... The standards program of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) was established to provide the criminal justice community, purchasers and manufacturers with information useful for the selection, procurement and evaluation of law enforcement,...