Corrections Today articles from December 2002

Corrections Today archives from December 2002

Alternatives to incarceration mentality is emerging. (Editorial).
December 1, 2002... The events of Sept. 11th will forever cast a shadow over the past year. The 107th Congress will always be known for leading the counteroffensive against the forces of terrorism, establishing the Department of Homeland Security and taking steps...

Public safety remains a priority for states during Budget Crisis. (Commentary).
December 1, 2002... The impact of Sept. 11, 2001, on the nation cannot be understated. Many officials have referred to this date in terms used by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941 to describe a similar incident -- "a date which will live in infamy." While the attacks...

Shefield Plastics Inc. (Profile).(Makrolon Hygard laminates)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Sheffield Plastics Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bayer Co., is one of the recognized market leaders in the production of high-performance thermoplastic sheet products for more than half a century. It is also one of the recognized...

The importance of involvement in the federal budget process. (Legislative Issues).(United States Congress)
December 1, 2002... The shadow of Sept. 11th will always be associated with the 107th Congress. The terrorist attacks brought Congress together to enact measures to revitalize America's economy and on which to establish a Department of Homeland Security. However,...

Making a difference in troubled youths' lives. (Best in the Business).(Kelvin Richardson)
December 1, 2002... As Kelvin Richardson worked his way up the ranks from security officer for a level-10 program to supervisor of his own youth program, he realized how important the presence of adults in troubled youths' lives was. "I went in there and saw how...

Michigan Corrections Association returns with renewed energy. (Chapter/Affiliate Spotlight).
December 1, 2002... During the past two years, the Michigan Corrections Association has been experiencing a rebirth of sorts. Although the organization was officially founded in 1933, membership had begun to lapse in the early 1990s and the association became...

Performance-based standards for adult Probation and Parole field services ready to field-test. (Accreditation Byline).
December 1, 2002... In 1999, the American Correctional Association began a collaborative effort with the American Probation and Parole Association to produce performance-based standards for community corrections. This past August, the ACA Standards Committee and...

A cognitive-behavioral framework for sanction implementation. (Speak Out).
December 1, 2002... Imagine you are driving along the interstate, maybe going to a conference on effective uses of cognitive-behavioral interventions in community corrections, and you glance up to see a police car's lights flashing in your mirror. You look at the...

California Court rejects prison book label policy. (State News).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Publishers Weekly recently reported that a U.S. District Court judge issued an injunction in September preventing the California Department of Corrections from enforcing a policy that prohibits inmates from receiving books, periodicals or...

South Carolina can try juveniles for murder. (State News).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... According to TheState.com, Juvenile Justice Department records show that during the past fiscal year in South Carolina, two children convicted of murder as juveniles were sent to state juvenile prisons. It was unclear in early October how many...

Corrections population reaches record high. (National News Briefs).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... The number of adults behind bars or on probation or parole reached a record 6.47 million in 2000 -- or one in 32 American adults, USA Today recently reported. The U.S. Department of Justice report indicates that jails and prisons held 30...

U.S. Fugitives find asylum in Cuba. (National News Briefs).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Cuba has long protected fugitives on the run from U.S. authorities, and it now protects more than 70 of them, according to The Washington Post. While Washington has always wanted them returned, the Bush administration has recently become more...

Associate director of operations. (Job Bank).
December 1, 2002... Liberty Healthcare/Florida Civil Commitment Center Arcadia, Fla. In 1999, Liberty Healthcare Corp. established a secured residential treatment facility for the Florida Department of Children and Families to serve the needs of adult sex...

Criminal justice consultant. (Job Bank).
December 1, 2002... Gallatin County, Mont. Gallatin County, Mont., is soliciting requests for proposals for a consultant to conduct a local criminal justice system assessment. To receive a Scope of Work and Request for Proposals, contact Dorothy Bradley,...

Deputy Sheriff. (Job Bank).
December 1, 2002... El Paso County Sheriff's Office Colorado Springs, Colo. The El Paso County Sheriff's Office accepts applications for deputy sheriff year-round, El Paso County has a population of more than half a million and the detention facilities hold...

Several positions. (Job Bank).(Dallas County, Texas)
December 1, 2002... Dallas County, Texas Dallas County, the second-most populated county in the state of Texas, is recruiting for a full-time chemical assessment specialist, a program manager and a juvenile detention officer supervisor. Minimum qualifications...

Corrections calendar.(Calendar)
December 1, 2002... * American Correctional Association, Workshop, "Women in Criminal Justice," Dec. 5-6, ACA, 4380 Forbes Blvd., Lanham, MD 20706. Contact Marie Hinton at (301) 918-1874; e-mail: marieh@aca.org. * Ohio Correctional and Court Services...

2003 Winter Conference.(American Correctional Association)
December 1, 2002... Sarah Hart Opening Session Keynote Speaker. Monday, January 13, 2003 * 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Charlotte Convention Center, Ballroom While serving in the Pennsylvania corrections system, Ms. Hart provided substantial assistance to...

Gazing into the legislative crystal ball: the future federal role in state and local criminal justice assistance.
December 1, 2002... One of the constants in Washington -- nearly as predictable as the cherry blossoms each spring -- is the belief that for every national problem, there is a federal solution. In the area of crime, however, governmental divisions of labor blur...

The challenge of domestic terroism to American criminal justice. (Feature).
December 1, 2002... Domestic terrorism poses perhaps the greatest challenge ever faced by American criminal justice. The Sept. 11th terrorist attacks introduced a new era in. criminal justice in this country and around the world. Today, every criminal justice...

Supreme Court: officers who cuffed inmate to hitching post are not immune from damages. (Feature).(Hope v. Pelzer)
December 1, 2002... Correctional officers who allegedly handcuffed a shirtless inmate to a hitching post in the hot Alabama sun, without regular water or bathroom breaks, may be liable to the inmate for damages under the Federal Civil Rights Act (FCRA). Although...

Corrections Corporation of America. (Private Sector News).(John Pfeiffer appointed)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Corrections Corporation of America recently announced that it has named John Pfeiffer vice president of technology and chief information officer. The position is newly created due to CCA's increasing technology opportunities to enhance...

BI Inc. (Private Sector News).(San Bernardino County Juvenile Probation Department contract)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... BI Inc. recently announced that is was selected by the San Bernardino County Juvenile Probation Department for technology to monitor juvenile offenders released to community supervision. BI Inc., a leading provider of offender monitoring...

Are the politics of criminal justice changing? (CT Feature).
December 1, 2002... For those who are either deeply involved in or merely observers of American criminal justice policy, a pattern has emerged within the past two years that is unmistakable. Had someone predicted it at the close of the 1990s, the forecast would...

To confine or not to confine. (Feature).(community-based corrections)
December 1, 2002... Volunteers of America, a national nonprofit, spiritually based organization providing local human service programs and opportunities for individual and community involvement, has been a leader in community corrections and corrections reform for...

Unleashing the armies of compassion. (Feature).(faith-based organizations)
December 1, 2002... Do you have hope? People who do not think they have hope can find it, and society must help them. There are people who wonder about the American dream and as neighbors, we must help them realize the American experience is meant for them. ...

Waging a battle against myths. (Feature).(drugs and crime)
December 1, 2002... Prosecutors know through experience that the majority of crimes in communities are drug-related. This is an indisputable fact, backed by incontrovertible evidence, including prosecutors' bulging caseloads. Those who seek to decriminalize drug...

Population management strategies for deaf and hard-of-hearing offenders. (Feature).
December 1, 2002... Author's Note: Points of view in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the position of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. An estimated 30 percent of offenders are deaf or hard of hearing, often...

Purchasing: in the unequaled field of corrections.
December 1, 2002... In September 2001, the American Correctional Association distributed a comprehensive survey about correctional purchasing practices to every state department of correction and the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and despite the events that unfolded...

Reforming prison contracting: an examination of federal private prison contracts.
December 1, 2002... During the past decade, as the Department of Justice faced crowded conditions in its federal prisons, as well as a shortage of federal detention beds, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the U.S....

Working smarter: by mobilizing shrinking resources.
December 1, 2002... The aftermath of Sept. 11th, on top of the already ongoing economic slowdown, has hit services at all levels of state government, and as one of the largest consumers of state resources throughout the United States, corrections is facing...

More than just public safety through imprisonment.(Elayn Hunt Correctional Center)
December 1, 2002... The Elayn Hunt Correctional Center (EHCC) in St. Gabriel, La., provides public safety through more than just incarceration. The facility's primary mission is to provide a controlled correctional environment to protect the safety of the general...

Job-readiness training program at the Wayne County Jail prepares offenders for success.
December 1, 2002... The incarceration rate in state and federal prisons and local jails continues to rise. The U.S. Department of Justice reported that at midyear 2000, nearly 2 million people, or one in every 142 U.s. residents, were incarcerated. This represents...

Recent group of Corrections professionals achieves certification.
December 1, 2002... The following individuals passed the certification examinations administered at the Occupational Skills Transition Center, part of the Maryland Reception, Diagnostic and Classification Center in Baltimore, on Oct. 5. James D. Dean became the...

Prison treatment staff burnout: consequences, causes and prevention.
December 1, 2002... Criminologists have searched for several decades for ways to improve the delivery of treatment to offenders. In the process, various program characteristics that reduce recidivism (1) have been identified. Despite this encouraging news,...

Geriatric nursing in prisons is a growing concern.
December 1, 2002... Although crime in the United States declined throughout much of the 1990s, the number of Americans in prison is at an all-time high. The combined local, state and federal prison populations more than doubled between 1985 and 1998. (1) The...

ABA Endorses Sentencing and Correctional Systems Blueprint. (Judicial News).(American Bar Association)
December 1, 2002... In August 2002, the American Bar Association's House of Delegates unanimously approved a resolution calling on federal, state, territorial and local governments to undertake a comprehensive review of their pretrial detention, sentencing and...

Crime and Politics: Big Government's Erratic Campaign for Law and Order. (Bookshelf).(Book Review)
December 1, 2002... Crime and Politics: Big Government's Erratic Campaign for Law and Order, by Ted Gest, Oxford University Press, 2001, 276 pp. It is difficult to review a chronicle of federal anti-crime policies without being influenced by the recent events...

Futurist addresses APPA Annual Institute. (Probation and Parole Forum).(Ed Barlow addresses American Probation and Parole Association)
December 1, 2002... Delegates to the American Probation and Parole Association's 27th Annual Training Institute, held in Denver this past August, were treated to an insightful and intellectually challenging session led by futurist Ed Barlow. Barlow is president of...

Biometrics: separating myth from reality. (Technology Update).
December 1, 2002... During recent years, biometrics (automated methods of recognizing a person based on physiological or behavioral characteristics) have received a great deal of public attention. Since Sept. 11th, interest in biometric technologies to help...

Plan Colombia: a successful long-term effort. (NIC Update).
December 1, 2002... Since 1990, when the International Division was established within the National Institute of Corrections, NIC has provided correctional assistance to 87 different countries. To this day, Plan Colombia has been NIC's most extensive, long-term...